Celebrating Grant's Birthday!

We celebrated Grant's birthday several times ... he was a little stunned by the attention every time.  

At Cold Stone the night before his birthday

He LOVED the ice cream!

The morning of his birthday (and Griffin's 1st day of Kindergarten)

Our birthday boy!

When he turned 1 he was walking part of the time but still crawling a lot as it was so much faster for him.  His bear crawl cracks us up.

We had our own family party for him

Opening presents

This book was by far Grant's favorite gift ... he loves to lift the flaps and turn the pages  by himself.  Reading to him at bedtime is our favorite time of day with him!

12 months old!

Grant's birthday party with friends:

This picture sums Grant up at 1 ... he is extremely active and fearless! 

Grant is 1!

We can't believe Grant is already 1!  

The year truly flew by.  We couldn't love this little one any more! 

At 12 months old he is a spunky little guy who is always on the move.  He loves to climb, play with his brother and sister, color, and his new-found skill of walking.  

His favorite food is yogurt and he is becoming quite fond of milk, which we are all thankful for! 

He is in the 4th percentile for weight and the 90th for height - tall and skinny like his Dad!  

The last day of Summer before KINDERGARTEN! (and Josh's hiking trip)

Sunday, August 24th was the last day of summer before Griffin, Isaac, and Cohen started kindergarten.  It was fun to spend this day together ... and a bit surreal to think that they spent the last 5ish years playing together and are now going to three different schools for kindergarten, despite living within a half mile of each other.
It was the perfect end to a great summer ... we went to the farmer's market, played outside, went to the pool, and had an impromptu "first day of kindergarten" party that evening. 

A the Farmer's Market with our best buddies

They are growing up so fast

A little tennis in the alley

Fun at the pool

At the pool

 Griffin made this sign for the party by himself (the random letters are the initials for Griffin, Isaac, Cohen, Grace, and Eli)

 We wanted to get a picture of the boys and Eli and Grace wanted to be in the picture so badly.  We thought it was pretty funny.

 Laurie ended up getting a great one

All the kids on the fountain

Griffin's teacher left him magic glitter to put under his pillow the night before his 1st day of kindergarten to get rid of the 1st day jitters and help him sleep.  The next day he said he thought they were too powerful because he slept so well it was hard to wake up for school the next day.

Meanwhile, Josh, Isaac, and Joel were on a 3 day hike across the Continental Divide with friends. It looked like a beautiful trip!

They rode the train back to Denver from Fraser, Colorado