Family Pics

We spent saturday with my friend Jessica Chapman taking pics of the family. Benjamin is 6 months old and B just turned 3. The pictures are so beautiful...Jessica always does such a great job. She has a great website...www.jessidesignstudio.com if you want to see more of her work. One of my favorites is the picture of Benjamin's scar on his back from his TEF repair when he was born...we will definitely be sending that one to his surgeon...wow it really is so amazingly subtle. Hope everyone is well...melanie and jerry

A day on the plains!

Benjamin enjoyed his first Auburn game (even though it wasn't much of a game unfortunately). Brother Barrett loved every minute of the day and had such a great time with his pals the Finches hanging out in Auburn!

Trip to the pumpkin patch

We headed to Calera to ride the train to the pumpkin patch! So much fun...

Yummmmm!!!

Benjamin turns 6 months old today and we celebrated with pureed food! He had oatmeal and pears for breakfast and green beans for dinner. He didn't seem to love the taste of it all (as you can see by the look on his face)...but he loved being big like Barrett and using a spoon.

Sitting Pretty

Benjamin is enjoying a new view of his little world. He started sitting up by himself this week and is loving life! He doesn't even mind when Barrett knocks him over when he "plays" with him. Benjamin continues to be such a trooper! He will be six months old the end of next week...can't believe it!

Barrett turns 3!

We celebrated B's 3rd birthday with lots of friends and lots of monkeys! He LOVES curious George so we decided to surround ourselves with little monkey friends for the big day! The banana monkey cake (made with the help of our friend Judi...see the video) and little monkey cupcakes were a hit and Barrett loved wearing his monkey mask (and still hasn't taken it off!).

All the brothers...

Jerry's brother Jeff (who lives in NYC) and Pat (who lives in Raleigh, NC) flew home for the weekend to celebrate Barrett and grandpa grant's birthdays. So all four of the Grant boys were in b'ham at the same time which rarely happens. You will see lots of pics of cousins and uncles playing the Wii (Barrett is pretty dominant in a game of Wii boxing!). This was Jeff's first time to meet Benjamin who turned five months old this week. MC, Julia and Emily Grant rotated turns holding Benjamin...who loved every minute of his visit with his cousins. A great weekend together...we are thankful for our family.

Four-month old Benjamin

Benjamin turns four months old and big brother Barrett is loving his new playmate. Benjamin weighed in at 15lbs. 8oz. at his checkup! He is in the 90th percentile for height and 70th for weight. Big healthy fella. Give me an esophagus and watch me grow!!! We say that a lot around our house.

Big news at our house is potty training with B....big fun. You will see a pic of B at the lake house on his homemade stool (thanks to Granddaddy). We watch the potty movie, we talk about the potty, we hang out in the bathroom and read books and try to go potty...we are all about the potty...and we celebrate success with M&M's!

Lots of fun play pics including a few with our friend Sally who is one of B's favorite friends...and Benjamin in a few of his new apparatuses...what in the world did they do before they invented these things!