Grayden the Book Worm

Grayden loves books and he loves to be read to. Lately his favorite book is, If You See a Kitten, and anytime he sees it he will ask to read it by saying "cat". I love to listen to him participate and I'm pretty sure I could read it 100 times in a row to him just so I can hear his little voice!

Big Brother Protects

I hope it is always this way. I have to admit, when we first found out that Gray was a boy, I was a little bummed that I wasn't having a little girl, but I can't tell you how grateful I am for my two boys now. My biggest wish and hope is that they will always look out for each other and be buddies!

I love these little moments!

Grayden has a constant desire to head for the street every time we are outside, and Zander has taken it upon himself to make sure he doesn't go in the road, "because it's not safe".

Easter Weekend

We enjoyed our Easter weekend with our traditional trip to Kinde, to visit The Wileys! We always look so forward to spending the weekend with my Grandma, Aunt Helen, Uncle Kevin, and their daughters, Emily, Trudy, Grace, and Lucy. My mom and Jeff also came, as well as my sister and family.

This year we started a new tradition and attended an Easter Egg hunt in Port Austin.

We also always go bowling while we are there and this time Zander was able to join us as he is officially three and old enough. I think he's hooked on our traditional bowling outing!

We had a great weekend with the family! We are so lucky to have them all in our lives!!!

Kids Beyond Limits

This is what I am reading right now!!  I have not completed it yet, but I just wanted to share my excitement with all of you about this book and about Anat Baniel's work in general.  Have I shared yet, that I am so, so, thankful that my life collided me with Anat's work and that we were given the opportunity to work with an amazing and caring individual who practices her work. 

If you know someone with special needs or if you are someone who works with individuals with special needs I highly recommend this book (and this work)!

I feel like I could write a whole chapter myself on the ways this work has changed my life, but I thought I would share some other amazing blog posts about ABM instead. Go check them out and see what other parents are saying.

Gabe's Mom

A fellow ABM Mom who I met on facebook

A Day at the Beach

I have so much to update you on, but I wanted to share pictures and videos from our afternoon at the beach.  It has been CRAZY warm here in Michigan for March.  We went to the beach in Holland as soon as we got out of work.  We had such a great time.  Both boys love the beach, but they could not be more opposite in the way that they play.  Zander loves to stay clean.  He is a "neat" sand player (if that is possible). Grayden is the COMPLETE opposite, the MESSIER the better.  Tonight at the beach he was cracking us up.  He kept crawling backwards, like he was going down the steps, to get himself into the water.  He loved it!!  He even showed off his bear crawling skills for the camera.  What a great day at the beach!!

Lastly, I will leave you with a little sneak peak of what Grayden has been up to lately!  Blog post to follow!!

Beginning Steps

This boy is determined! Today we were playing and I looked over and Grayden was standing next to one of his ride on toys pushing it! He was taking little side steps out of the bedroom! I very quickly went and got my phone so I could capture it on video and share it with all of you! What a great way to end a long and busy week!

Cruising!

Grayden started cruising along the furniture yesterday! He is obviously brand new at this so still a little wobbly and slow, but I wanted to share!

Sorry the video is so long.  Austin is out of town and I forgot how to edit it!