It has been a long January. The kids got sick right after the New Year and then of course I got sick with whatever they had! No fun! How can you avoid getting sick when the kids cough and snot and saliva all over you! Its inevitable! But my cold lasted over 2 weeks. I have been feeling so so so awful. Counting down the minutes until Dave would come home at night so I could just go to bed! But now we are all healthy - let's stay that way.
On a happier note, last Saturday, January 16, 2009, Grayson turned 1. I can't believe how fast this year has gone. I have to say I have said many many times over this past year, I can't wait until Grayson is 1. He was not an easy baby for me especially for the first 6 months especially compared to Jack. I just was not prepared for it and knew that once he was bigger he'd be happier. And is he ever. He is so happy and loves to play. His favorite time of day is after Jack goes to bed and we get to play just him and me for a while! He is so funny and cracks us up. And Jack is amazed every time he walks. Jack will say..."look mom, look, he's walking". He still prefers to hold on to walls or crawl but he definitely walks around quite a bit lately.
Grayson's birthday was a quiet one! No big party. But we still had lots of fun. We invited a family over who have a son Jack's age and a baby a few months younger than Grayson (both boys). I made a Mexican Fiesta with Shredded Chicken Soft Tacos, Chips, Guac and nuggets and fries (okay the fries were for the kids and not Mexican!). We ate, opened presents and just hung out. It was quiet, but fun.
Since its a new year, I put Jack into some new activities. He takes a swimming class (all by himself - no mom). He has lots of fun, although last week he wanted me to swim with him in his class and wouldn`t let me go. But after a few minutes he was fine and was off swimming like a fish. Its so fun to watch him in his own class. Grayson and I get to swim and play while Jack takes his lesson. Grayson loves to swim too. I have to say swimming is one of our family`s favorite activities. We go swimming quite a bit (waterslides, baby pools, wave pools), we love it.
Jack is also in an indoor hockey class. This is a hilarious class. They really teach the boys to play hockey. They start out with stretching and a running game warm up and then they practice different stick handling and puck handling drills and then the boys split up into 2 teams and play hockey. It`s hilarious because the dads who bring their boys are so into the game. They are yelling when the boys have the puck `go go go, take it to the net` or whatever hockey dad`s yell. Then there are the boys who just stand there running but not usually in the direction of the puck just running around...Jack falls into that category. He is just too sweet and soft to push kids away and steel the puck. Jack loves it. Dave got Jack some indoor hockey sticks so they practice downstairs in the basement.
That`s what we`ve been up to the past couple weeks!
Enjoy the video and pics!
(dad and grayson - hang out time!)
(We made donuts and donut holes. 
(The boys looking very eagerly at Grayson`s new birthday toy)
(Brothers!)