He knows nose!

I've been worried that Grant doesn't know any body parts, so just this weekend when I quizzed him, I found out he knew belly.  Chris said he knew nose, but I didn't think so.  I also was worried about repeating "nose" over and over again, thinking he might think we were telling him "no!"  (I know, silly thing to worry about.)

But of course, my smart kid DID know nose!  Proved this Mama wrong.  I wonder what else he knows but we're just not asking him!  I promise not to post every little video I make... but he just seemed to have a big development week.  Dancing, belly and now nose!  They really are little sponges.

Shark week

Who am I kidding.  We don't have cable so I just heard it was shark week.  But, I never pass up an opportunity for a themed dress up!  

Where's your belly?

April 2012 & April 2013

Remember this picture? I took it on my last day of maternity leave. G was 3 months old. So small snuggled in my neck.

Tonight Chris took Grant and the dogs on a walk while I cooked dinner and Grant passed cold out. This never happens! (He was in the Ergo on Chris' back.) When they got home and I saw he was asleep, I scooped him up so fast so I could snuggle my sleeping boy. G monkey was worn out from daycare and playing at the park with friends. He didn't want to wake up! He finally did and ate dinner, took a quick bath and we were able to get him into bed for the night pretty close to schedule.

I had to replicate our previous picture (selfie!)

14 months

I'm so bad about these monthly updates, but I don't want to forget the cute things grant is doing lately.

New tricks:
Waving - he does the open handed wave as well as the open/close grasp wave

Clicking his tongue (or maybe this is an old trick?)

Giving kisses

Making noises with his hand/mouth and lips

Not walking yet but getting better while holding our hands.

Really loving the dogs right now. All three sit by the back door when I get home from work. He loves when Moses' big tail hits him in the face and when pepper licks him. He loves dropping them food from his high chair and tries to play in (and eat!) their dog food.

We're in a pretty good groove avoiding all dairy. Grant is allergic to cow's milk protein so that means no milk, cheese, yogurt, butter! We've become avid nutrition label readers (I have good practice!) and searching allergen menus at restaurants. He is doing really well with vanilla hemp milk. He's too young to know any better, but it's challenging to avoid dairy completely. Butter and/or milk is in everything! Hopefully he'll outgrow this in a few years, but if not, we're figuring it out. It seems like we've been dealing with this for a long time, but actually it's just been the past two months.

Size 3 diapers, trying to get back into cloth at home (took a break while figuring out the allergy)

Still fits into some 12 month clothes, but more 18 month clothes now

No new teeth, still sucking on his left two fingers

No new stats, but g is getting heavy! Ready for him to walk so we won't have to carry him as much.

Off to bed. Happy April!

Adios, Google Reader

If you use Google Reader to read blogs (who doesn't!) and haven't heard, Google Reader is retiring July 1st.

They say usage is down.  Usage is probably down because they got rid of the "share" and "comment" function awhile back!  Boo, Google.  I know some people who created a gmail account JUST for Google Reader.  Anyway... what's the alternative?  Reading blogs by actually going to the website is not going to happen.

There are several sites out there but I'm sure they're not the same.  Some friends are trying out bloglovin'.  I just downloaded feedly on my iPhone.  So far, so good.  You can sign into your Google Reader account and transfer all your blogs in one second.  The layout is very nice!  This is what the "cover" to my last blog post looks like in the app: 

The tools will take some time to get used to.  I've only messed with it for a couple minutes, but you can "bookmark" posts (recipes!) to save for later.  Having a decent app is one thing Google Reader did not do right so Freely gets points for that alone!

Let me know if you find something better.  I don't want to miss out on all my blogs!

Busy Saturday

What a day. I am so tired!

We went to a birthday party this morning. (Happy Birthday, Olivia!). It was at an indoor safari park. They had some electric animals that the kids rode. Grant wouldn't sit on the elephant, but did want to show off his tricks by standing on the elephant for his turn. He had fun crawling around the tunnels and sliding into a ball pit.

Then we headed home for lunch and a nap. Well, "No Nap Grant" had other plans and decided it was more fun to pull all the dirty clothes from his hamper into the crib.

Next we headed down to Fair Park to the Irish Festival with Chris' family. It was a lot colder than I was expecting so we bundled Grant in a blanket to stay toasty. Lots of people watching! And Grant went on a huge slide with Chris.

Since we were so far from home, we decided to swing by the new Klyde Warren park downtown and check out the food trucks. So fun! Grant is going to love it in the summer and when he's old enough to play on the playground. We did sit and read a book in the "reading room." Amelia Bedelia, my favorite!

Ready for a lazy Sunday!