Grady's Birthday

I was able to take the day off for Grady’s birthday (I hope I will always be able to do this but there are some blackout dates to where I can’t take off work). Grady’s birthday was on a Friday this year so Chad and I stayed up late on Thursday to put together his birthday present and to blow up an obscene amount of balloons. We decided to get him a play grill for his birthday. I have been dying to get him a play kitchen but Chad says it’s too girly, first off there is nothing wrong with boys learning to be a little more domesticated (can I get an AMAN?) but I finally got my girl and she will be getting one for her 1^st birthday. Any who I settled on the play grill for him since it was more Chad approved and let me tell you this thing is the cutest little thing. And why is it so much more fun to play pretend cook food than actually cooking food?

I let Grady sleep in as long as he wanted and when I went to go get him out of his crib he was asking for daddy, hum. So I persisted to tell him that we were going to get donuts (nonuts as he calls them) and he sprung right on up. I surprised him with his birthday present and then rushed out of the house to go get some donuts before we lost the motivation to actually get out of the house. We tried a new place out and holy moly were these donuts legit. As we were walking into the store Grady run to the glass counter yelling “No nuts, No nuts” mind you there was a line of people.

After coming back home we made a fun little painting. He’s starting to get more into crafts and art which I love and I can’t wait to get some of his paintings framed and hung on the wall. Mommy poured herself some coffee and then Grady decided he needed some coffee as well so we had some disposable coffee cups which I put milk into. Just a millennial raising a baby! 

We played and played and played all morning long and then during nap time my parents came over to deliver his birthday present a little early. They got him the up and up roller coaster. Chad came home early as well so Grady had another big surprise when he finally woke up. We played outside on his new roller coaster for the longest time and I quickly realized that the roller coaster was more of a present for me than for him.

Grady’s favorite meal is goulash so I whipped up a batch for the birthday boy during lunch and we ended the day with a yummy dinner and a cupcake!

Grady's 2

I know I have said this before but seriously where did this year go? I feel like it should be October and we should be celebrating Halloween not December and almost Christmas. The 2^nd year marks my baby boy turning into a toddler and starting to tell people he’s 2 instead of “however” months old, cue the tears!

This year has undeniably been a year of change for our sweet boy. To say he has made me proud would be an understatement. He has embraced big brotherhood with a charm and the way he loves his sister is priceless. He is the most caring little boy and will be the first one to ask if you are ok if he thinks you got hurt. He is also the funniest little kid I have ever met, sometimes I forget he’s only 2 years old.

Food:

Lately he is obsessed with Ketchup. This kids love for Ketchup is about as strong as his love for his Daddy. We experienced our first round of the stomach bug at the beginning of November and ever since then he has been somewhat of a picky eater unless it has ketchup on it then he’ll eat just about anything.

Development:

We are working on manners and Grady has quickly learned that if he says please he will more than likely get his way. I mean how can you turn down a child if they have manners? So basically, we have been having fruit snacks and suckers for breakfast.

He also knows where his time out spot is and anytime I raise my voice a little bit or get him in trouble he’ll go and put himself in timeout.

Play:

He LOVEs trucks and every night for bath time we must fill the bathtub up with trucks “More trucks” he will say and then his cute little naked butt will run into the living room to grab more trucks.

Bedtime:

We are still working on getting back to a consistent bedtime after me going back to work. While I was on maternity leave we would let him stay up until a little later, but now we are trying to get him to go to bed around 8:30. I embarrassed to say this but we still use a sippy cup that is basically a bottle for his evening milk but he loves it and I don’t see anything wrong with him having milk. He is also obsessed with Moana and will cry for Moana until you turn it on, good thing it’s a cute movie and I don’t mind watching it repeatedly.