Weight - 47.5 lbs (85%)
Size 5T shirts
Size XS or 5 Long pants in the big kid section (SNIFF! TEAR! SOB!)
Size 11 or 11.5 shoe. Can't remember
Grayson is growing like a weed! And is getting very, very close to being too big for me to pick up. :( Sad! He still loves to be picked up though, loves cuddling, is doing really well with his manners and is overall, a really good kid. I am amazed every day at his intelligence, soft side, rough side (wrestling!), and his sweet nature. He does what he's asked, can sit through big church well-behaved and is my big helper! A total help with his little brother and understands that he should set a good example for Walker. But he can also take him down with one arm and wrestle away! Only on the carpet though. Good thing Walker loves every minute of it. :)
Grayson is such a cool kid. And y'all. He's BEAUTIFUL. I stare at him all the time. And the things he builds and creates and draws and paints are so impressive. I can't get enough of him and I can quite literally feel a shortness of breath come on when I think I only have one more year with him at home before he starts Elementary school where he will spend more waking hours away from me than with me. And we all know how fast these years go....
I have really wished over the course of the past year that I would've documented his cute sayings and conversations b/c this kid just isn't the same little guy from June 2013. His conversation and vocabulary have exploded (he says "Actually." Really?! The kid who used to just grunt at me?!), his temper has mellowed and he is usually just fine with "No" as long as he understands why. And usually, even if he doesn't.
Funny things he says (there has been so much more but this is off the top of my head):
"I need some milk or I can pass out!"
"I want to be a good kid like Finley and Cole." ME TOO, CHILD! Do it.
"Pop is not the boss. Mimi is the boss." I have a feeling she had something to do with that one ;)
Gets words confused. "I love you either."Instead of also. :)
"I want to give you a kiss or a hug." He says this religiously every time we leave Mimi and Pop's house and he means he wants to give both a kiss and a hug to them. :)
We say, "I love you to the moon and back, Grayson." Him: "I love you to the back of the moon."
"Fire starter" - Lighter
He tells me what Walker is "saying" when he grunts. "He says he wants to go to Cole's house." "He says he doesn't want to wear that." "He says he doesn't like dinner. He wants cookies." Sure thing, buddy!
"What you wasting time for?!" When we are taking too long to come play with him.
"Nap Sleeping" - Sleep Walking
"That is a good Dea?!" - Meaning 'Idea' and said every time he comes up with something we can do or a place to go. SO cute!
When he reeeeally wants something, he puts his hands together like he's in prayer and begs and pleads saying, "Pleeeease." He usually starts laughing because even he knows how ridiculous he looks. ;) It's super cute though!
Grayson's favorite things:
Golfing
Swim lessons
Building things, booby traps, forts, anything!
Writing and drawing! He is so good too!
His Daddy
Cooking and baking
Water guns, being outside, any outside toys, his scooter
Super heroes, of course!
Guns, bow and arrows, swords
Dessert, donuts, candy
Going to the candy store in the mall with Mimi is a BIG treat for him and he beams when they go!
Cole and Finley. He loves playing this brother/sister duo and asks for Cole just about every day. :)
Helping in the kitchen, chores, feeding Brinkley
Sleep Update: He is a dream at bedtime! He goes to HIS OWN bed effortlessly and can put himself to sleep. For nap time also. On the rare nights when he stays up a bit later to finish a movie (in lieu of a bedtime story), he will even walk up there by himself. I do love tucking him in but it's cool that he can go up on his own and tuck himself in. He likes to sleep with his lamp on and likes a stuffed animal and his "covers" (a blanket he has take a liking to recently). Beau installed a ceiling fan in his room b/c the kid is SO hot natured. He sleeps over his covers many nights with the fan on. Overall, he has grown leaps and bounds in the sleep department seeing how he was in our bed for over a YEAR! Even when he went down just fine, he'd always sneak back in with us at some point. I am so proud of my big boy! And Beau and I enjoy having our bed back!
We celebrated the Big 4 with two small get togethers. One with family at our house on the actual day/Father's Day and then with friends the following Monday at the park. Both were a Superhero theme and all of his friends came dressed in their favorite Super hero T. I didn't get any pictures :( There were about 20 or so kids there and he had SO much fun! He loves his friends! We DO have pictures of the family party but we have lost the chord to the big camera. Of course. (sigh). Another time...
And lastly...
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| Just the 2 of us at breakfast. We have real conversations about things. I love watching his brain work and seeing the things he finds humorous. :) |
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| He still falls asleep in the car like a champ and transitions to a bed for nap time. I can only carry him as far as my bed; I could never make it up stairs! |
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| On the way to swim. He's such a character. :) |
