Playing Catch-up

"Oh dear, it appears that Mommy and Daddy have gotten terribly behind on the blog..."

"But that's okay, Mama can get everyone up to date now!"

Two new blog updates in one month. Shocking I know. I'll do my best to update you on a few of the events of the last couple of months.

Grant and Matt were both baptised back on May 24. A good portion of my family traveled from Iowa and South Dakota for the event and Matt's parents and sister were all in town as well. It was a very busy, but wonderful weekend. The actual baptism was on Saturday night. Here is a picture of Grant and me at his baptism. I'd like to post a full length picture of him in his outfit, but I can't seem to find any (hint hint to all the aunts out there- I know you all had cameras, surely one of you managed to get a full length picture of my little dutch boy???).

Then, on Sunday, everyone made the short trip to the Minnesota Zoo. We live so close to it; I can't believe we hadn't been there earlier. We all had a wonderful time, even though Grant slept through much of it (or perhaps because Grant slept through most of it??). I can't wait to take Grant when he's a little older and can enjoy more of it just his older cousins did-

Heath and Joey measuring their respective wing spans at the zoo-

A few weeks later, the Wilson family, sans the Sash who got to spend the weekend with Grandma and Grandpa Wilson, traveled down to my home town for its annual July 4th celebration. As always, we had a great time. I've always loved the Fourth, and as a child looked forward to it even more than Christmas. It probably helped that, since my birthday is the next day, I always got presents. A parade, fireworks, and presents- hard to beat a day like that when you're eight. Of course, Grant doesn't get presents on the Fourth, but I still like to think that he'll enjoy the Fourth like I did when I was young. As with the Zoo, he slept through the parade and the fireworks, but that was probably for the best. He did get to put his footprint on Uncle Heath's derby car, so it's not like he missed all the fun. Following is a picture of Heath's derby car, which won the prize as the best looking car.

In more recent news, Grant had his nine month well baby check-up this past Monday and is doing very well- hitting all the milestones and all that. He's 21 lbs 8 oz and 30 inches tall. His head is now 19 inches- the same length of his whole body when he was born. Where does the time go?

No, he's not walking yet, but he is crawling all over the place now and starting to cruise along the furniture as well. His ever increasing mobility is playing havoc on poor Sasha's nerves. The poor pup has had to all but abandon taking naps on the floor, where her fur is a prime target for Grant's eager little hands. I'm afraid the couch is no longer a safe haven for her either. Just as she settles in to take a nap, Grant will pull himself up by the couch and, with a giggle sure to strike fear in any dog's heart, lunge after Sasha. With an annoyed grunt, she'll get up and move to the other end of the couch, only to have the gleeful baby cruise over and grab the pup by her tags. Here is a picture of Grant tormenting Sasha (heaven help her when the boy learns to walk!)-