And Then There Was Fall

It's that time of year and our family's favorite time of year! We've brought out the fall decorations, the fall candle's, and already made a few batches of soup. October started out pretty warm but the mornings and evenings are starting to get that cooler. We've begun raking our crazy amounts of leaves. I say we but really I mean Nick...but this year he has found a willing helper.

We've been taking walks to the park about every night. Grant loves this and we know soon it will be too dark to do so. These walks started out as us pushing Grant in the stroller, then him riding his tricycle (which has a handle for us to push him), then him pushing the tricycle, to now him just walking along side us. This kind of sums up Grant right now...getting big, doing a lot more on his own, and definitely expressing his want for independence. Gotta love it!

September

We had a very relaxing Labor Day Weekend hanging out at home and getting some things done around here. We spent most of the weekend outside especially since Grant was having so much fun on his little outdoor toy we found for him.

We spent a fun weekend back in Kearney for my 10 year class reunion. We saw a lot of friends and I think had even more fun seeing all their kiddos. We also had a fun morning at the band day parade with my Mom, Dad, and Michaela. Grant was mesmerized by all the bands, firetrucks, and motorcycles. Then the next weekend we did the whole parade thing again at the Overland Park Fall Festival. However, this parade Grant was all about getting all the candy. I don't know that he has ever had that much candy in his life.

Grant's also been doing a lot of reading...or at least loving looking through all his books. At least once a day we'll find him going through all his books in his room or the basket of books in the family room. Going off of Grant's current interests, Nick believes he is either going to be a Librarian or a Nascar driver.

I had to get this last picture because it just makes me smile...I have so many pictures over Grant's life on this changing table and it's always funny to see how much he has grown with each one. Our little guy is getting quite big!

Where did August and September Go?

Well here we are in October and I'm wondering what the world happened to August and September. The end of our summer blew by and obviously we have kept busy. So here's a little recap of our August...next update we'll tackle September.

The start of August took Nick and I on a little trip to Chicago. This was intended to celebrate our 5 year anniversary and we could not of asked for a better way to do it. We met some good friends there, visited Navy Pier, had an afternoon on Miracle Mile, hit up a great comedy club, and spent a day in Wrigleyville. It went fast but was a great weekend in the Windy City. Here's a pic of the crew outside Wrigley Field.

Another thing we did a lot over the past two months was hit up the Overland Park Farmer's Market. I could go on and on about how much we love this experience, whether it's the Wednesday or Saturday market, we always enjoy our morning there. The fountains and music are Grant's favorite part.


Grant's craze over trucks, tractors, and cars continues and this is quite evident every Thursday when the trash trucks roar up and down our street. We usually see about 3 to 4 trucks and every time Grant hears them he dashes for the couch and watches intently as they take our trash.

We spent a great am with friends at the KC Zoo. Grant loved seeing all the animals but I think the Polar Bear was his favorite. He loved watching him swim, flip around in the water, and most importantly yell "whoa" with all the other kids as the bear came up to the glass.