18 Months/Halloween

Grant turned 18 months old on October 28. This was the day we came home from the hospital with Bryce, so his half birthday may have been overshadowed a bit, but he didn't seem to mind! We still need to find time to go get his 18 month pictures taken as well. We did take him to the doctor last night for his well check up, and everything is great! He had a huge growth spurt since his 15 month check up which we suspected. He now weighs 26 pounds, 12 ounces, which is the 62nd percentile. He was in the 50th last time. He also grew over 2 inches in 3 months making him 34 1/2 inches tall--the 92nd percentile! This is a big jump from being 75th last time. The doctor said he is definitely trending to take after his dad and be tall and skinny, but right now he seems like such a buster to us! He eats anything and everything, loves his milk, and sleeps great. The doctor was once again impressed by how much Grant knows. He knows way more words than he is supposed to at this age, and he can now identify all the numbers 1-10, over half of the letters, most colors, and some shapes. He tries to say and repeat anything he hears--which we figured out could be a bad thing after he repeated a word Daddy said during a recent Notre Dame game! He loves music, playing the piano, and dancing. He still loves books and will bring them to us all day long to read or look at. He has even starting bringing them to show Bryce! We hope he will teach Bryce all he knows as well. We are very proud of our Grant Man, and we can't wait to see what he will amaze us with next!

We also had a great Halloween! Even though we didn't get a chance to carve pumpkins this year since we were at the hospital, bringing Bryce home, etc., we still got a chance to get Grant out trick-or-treating. He was a very cute monster, and we even had a chili pepper costume for Bryce. When we bought it we hoped he would be here to wear it! We took the boys over to both grandparents' houses and let Grant stop at a few houses each time. Bryce didn't make the trip around the neighborhood since he was only 5 days old, but we can make up for that next year! It was a fun day, and we just love celebrating all these holidays with our kids. Now on to Thanksgiving and Christmas!