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Memorial Day

For Memorial Day we went to St. George and soaked up the sun and played with Graham at the pool! He loved the pool but loved making friends in the kiddie pool more! He is a social animal! The first time he pulled him self to standing was at the condo and then he walked along the furniture trying to keep up with his cousins! Thanks Tom & Corinne for the fun!

9 months & Back on the Charts!

Today I took Graham, affectionately known as The King of Tonga, to his 9 month appointment. Everyone warned me that they grow up too fast, sigh... and it is so true! Graham continues to be an extremely happy baby who always wakes up with a big grin! He loves riding his tractor, crawling, bathing, playing peek-a-boo, and pulling himself to standing! He smiles and nearly hyperventilates when he sees his Dad, Yo-Yo (Dru), Rees and especially George! He continues to generously give open-mouth slobbery kisses, which I can't get enough of! Graham's usual jibber-jabber consists of, "bye-bye", "ga-ga", & an occasional growl! He also likes to mouth what I am saying and looks like my little ventriloquist doll! Speaking of his mouth... 5 teeth have broke thru in the last 3 weeks, 4 on bottom and 1 snaggle on top! It is hysterical and compliments his styling tuffs of hair that hang over his ears!

9 mopth stats:

Weight: 25 lbs 6 oz 95%

Height: 29 1/2 inches 91%

Head Circ. 18 1/2 inches 80%

More Life Insurance Please?

I just was sent this picture from my brother-in-law who went dirt biking with Chris while he was in town! I did NOT need to know that he got this much air!!! Ah...

Crawling Craziness

There has been so many changes in the last few weeks! I have been so busy chasing my crawling son and baby proofing the house that I am just barely getting around to blogging about it! Graham's initial attempt at crawling resembled Mogalie from Jungle Book and consisted of many Yoga posses! He know is crawling circles around me and likes to find anything he can put in his mouth including shoes, dog bones, TV cords, George's Binky, George, Rees's dog bowl, the rug pad... the list goes on! He has more recently mastered pulling him self to standing! When he gets on his feet he immediately gives me and ear-to-ear grin and laughs and is so proud of himself!

Check out his knees in the picture! He has 3 inches of chub to cushion his crawl, they are affectionately called his Air Jordan's, they put a little hop in his stride!

(This was suppose to be a video but I can't load it that way, it was the official first crawl and I caught it on tape!)

I am pretty sure George whishes Graham was still stationary! Poor George gets constant open-mouth-kisses and huggs all day long!

Rees also wishes Graham could not find her!!!

He also has teeth now! The are crooked corn nibblets but oh so endearing ! When I snap a good pic of his grill I will post it! stay tuned...

Glamour Shots by Annie Belle!

I know I have been MIA from the blogging world but I had to share this photo that Annie took on Mother's Day of Graham! I am working on better post... hopefully before june! Stay tuned...

Sam Bam is Back!!!

Graham stole Elder Brewer's badge and of course tried to eat it, eww Argentina germs!!!

Graham was THRILLED to see his Uncle!

Sam-Bam & Graham-Bam, 2 handsome devils!

The only time I have ever looked short! I love my Brothers!

Sam coming down the stairs! He did his classic Sam dance all the way down! I love Dru's face in this picture!

Uncle Sam meeting his nephews for the first time! I think it was love at first sight for all 3!

I stole the first hug, I couldn't resist!

Graham Bam loved the people watching from his stroller although, he looks very unamused in this picture!

Hoppy Easter!!!

The basket is back, and surprise ... he still fits! Grandma Corrine and Papa spoiled us again with a darling Easter basket! Graham loves this basket and all the fun that comes along with it! I love it because I get decorations! His favorite was the Peter Cotton Tail that dances in an egg! Every time it danced Graham would clap, clap , clap ... he is very reinforcing! Thanks Again!

The beautifully wrapped basket before Graham got his hands on it!

Let's Hear it For the Boys!

Most my days are fun filled hanging out with the cutest boys in the world! I am so lucky to get to spend time with them!

George & Graham are best friends aka the G-Units, Bam Bam & Bom Bom, the twin Meatballs! In fact, I have been asked if Graham and George are twins, sometimes I go along with it but most the time I respond, "Nope, just best-friends!" They are twin meatballs however!!!

Look at this face? He is the sweetest, best baby in the world! I love this boy tooo much!

When we are lucky, Charlie, George's older bro hangs with us! He is the Comedian! He keeps the boys laughing all day long and keeps me up on my Star Wars trivia! As you can tell from the picture the babies think he is REAL Great!

Ethan is Chris's cousins Lindsey's baby! Graham and Ethan look a little bit a like! He is a doll with the most adorable chunky cheeks! Maybe that's why they look similar! It is so fun to have cousins close in age!

Twiner night-gowns, we couldn't resist!

Graham almost hyperventilates when Ethan comes around! I am not sure if Ethan is as fond of Graham! I am sure he will grow on him!!!

5 Years Ago Today ...

... I was on my semester abroad living in London! Whenever it is rainy, like today, it always makes me think of the amazing three months I spent in England. My friend Anya was having the same thought this morning and scanned and emailed me these pics! I was laughing so hard I cried, so i thought I would share!

Paris Cemetery in the rain, we visited Jim Morrison's grave and there was crazy mourning and drugs going down!

1.The Girls from the group
2.Look Out spot in Budapest
3.Thugin' in our free Swiss hats

1. Swiss thugs at the train station bathroom where we would pay to shower but not wash our hair, too expensive!
2. Showing off our Swiss army knife loot on the main street at the base of the Matterhorn
3-4. Statues and a Church, can't remember the location!!!

1. Don't Judge .. we hadn't washed our hair in 14 days! Well, judge if you wish that is pretty disgusting!
2. Walking thru the Keukenhof tulip gardens EVERYONE should put this on their list of must visit!

3. Back packing in Heidelberg Germany

1. Don't know the middle girl with the beer, but her friends are our backpacks that we would dress up and put in our train when it was boarding so we would have more room... didn't really work!

2. I can't remember... uh?

3. Budapest look out, acting like dragons with leaves stuck to our face... WEIRD?

Cydnee, Anya & me at a beach on the way to Stonehenge

The whole crew minus Ashlee waiting at the WRONG airport on our way to Paris, who knew London had 3 major airports ... not US! We ended up taking the Chunnel!

My amazement at this mans braid at the Hard Rock in Denmark! Impressive!

Graham + Tessa!

Graham and Tessa have been friends since the womb! Megan and I enjoyed sharing our pregnancy stories, making shopping trips to Babies R US, going on long walks to try to induce labor and having our babies 3 days apart! I had to post the pics that we have taken of them together because they are priceless! I hope that all of our documenting will be used in a wedding video some day!!!

April