Birthday Party

Last weekend my mom and I took GnG to their first birthday party. My friend Jennifer's son, Ethan invited us to celebrate his second birthday. We had a great time and GnG had a blast playing with the older kids, playing in Ethan's playroom and tasting his toys :-(they taste everything!!!). I can't wait for them to stop tasting every thing in sight. I'm a bit of a germaphobe so it drives me crazy trying to keep things out of their mouths. They enjoyed their first taste of vanilla ice cream and even took home goodie bags which I enjoyed eating :-). Here are some pics from our day.

Grant and Gabrielle, playing and tasting :-) and me feeding Grant

My friend Nse, her beautiful daughter Adiaha and handsome son Ajani

The Birthday boy, Ethan (he is such a cutie)!!

Puffs, Puffs Everywhere.....Uughh

I guess this kind of thing happens...they look guilty don't they? Grant hurried to stuff his mouth with the spilled puffs while Gaby was going to town on the lid :-). What a waste of puffs, I had to throw all of that away, but it made for a great picture.

Look Who's Walking

The Cuteness Never Ends!

As Fall approaches the weather is cooling off and we've been taking daily walks. Below are pictures fron one of our walks this week. My sister Colleen even came over one day to take a stroll with us.

GnG love the getting out of the house and Grant will sometimes throw a mini-tantrum when we bring him back indoors. On our walks we either use the stroller of the radio flyer wagon and walk around the neighborhood, sometimes we just stay on our cul de sac and go around and around. GnG usually enjoy a little snack on the walks too.

Uncle Chris Look-a-Like

I came across this picture of my brother Christopher and I'm just amazed at how much Grant looks like him. What do you think?

Babies in Motion

GnG are quite mobile these days, here is video of them getting some exercise with daddy :-).

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Alicia Keys Jr.

One of GnG's favorite toy is this cow Xylophone. Here is a video of Gabrielle playing and singing a tune for us. At the end Grant puts an end to her singing...I guess she was too loud for him.

Alicia Keys...Watch Out!!

A Day at the Pool

After our trip to the beach Chris and I took some additional time off to be with the kids. We went to the pool at Lifetime fitness. My sister and cousin Shanika came along for the fun. I think Gabrielle really like the water, whe was splashing immediately. It took Grant some time to like the water, but eventually he did. Here is a video and some pics of our day.

Pool Video

First Vacation

GnG, Your first vacation was to Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. Hilton Head is a really nice place, but the drive was a little too long for you. We left Maryland at 6:30am on Wednesday 8/24 and arrived at our final destination at approximately 9pm that night. It was a long day but you two were troopers, you slept, looked through the window and played a little. We made 3 stops, first in Fredericksburg to meet the Valentines(my good friend from college, her husband and their two kids, Bryce and Bayleigh) then again in Emporia for your breakfast break then at the South of the Border for lunch. Occasionally I fed you in the car so we wouldn't have to stop too often. We stayed in a nice 2 bedroom apartment style time share condo, it was nice.

On Thursday we went to Savannah Georgia. We walked around downtown and along the waterfront, we then had dinner at Paula Deen's restaurant. This was the very first time you sat in a booster seat and you actually ate some of mommy and daddy's food. You both LOVED the Lima beans and the mac and cheese. You had a great time and daddy and I loved watching you eat at the table like big kids.

On Friday we went to the mall to find you swim suits for the beach and pool, that took a lot of time since most stores are now in their fall season, but we got lucky to find two great bathing suits for $3.99 each at the Carters store. After that we hit the beach and then the pool. You both put your feet in the water, but the pediatrician advised us to not immerse you in Ocean water. Below are several pics from the beach.

We left first thing Saturday morning at 5am to beat the traffic rush and travel while you slept, but this return trip home took all day, we only stopped twice and got home at 8pm that night....whew...next time we are going to Ocean City, MD.