Christmas here we come...

I don't know why but for some reason this year I am in the christmas mood very early. I am getting very excited for the amazing food, and the great times with family and friends.

I am not sure what is putting me in the mood so early this year, maybe because I am excited for Darren to open his presents. I know that he was around for Christmas last year but lets be honest with ourselves, he had no idea what was going on. Or maybe I am excited to spend some time with my parents at their amazing new house! Or maybe it is that when my alarm went off the other day I heard two Christmas songs in a row. Which there is this station in point that is playing all Christmas music out there already. How cool is that?!? Today at work too we were kind of slow so we decided to decorate for Christmas. We made 16 paper snow flakes, I felt like I was in kindergarten again.

I might be taking Darren to our Christmas parade here is Stevens Point. If so look for pictures as the parade is tomorrow already!

So Look out Christmas here come the Grabski's!

Are you a scrapbooker?

I got into a discussion with a co-worker today about pictures being in print verses just on a computer. I had said I don't get a lot of pictures printed. I only tend to get pictures printed that I want around the house, and of course those are usually updated once a month or so. Or maybe with a season change. So I have the pictures that I take out of the frames but come to think of it I don't really do anything with those. I guess I am just not a scrapbooker.

I have been thinking about this for the rest of the day. Is Darren going to be mad that I don't have all kinds of pictures printed of his childhood? I have a lot (and I mean A LOT) on our computer, with a external hard drive for back-up as well. I mean everything these days is all digital, plus photo albums just take up so much room.

Then tonight as I am checking the usual blogs for updates, I realize that this is my scrapbook. This is my journal for all of you to see. It may not be in print, but I hope that it will always be here for him to look at when he gets older. He will know how just about every holiday, birthday, and get together goes. And of course there will always be the cute embarrassing things he does. Cute now embarrassing when he's older.

So here's to all you blogger's out there! Who needs a scrapbook when you can blog!

Happy Monday...

Something Funny

And something not

So the other morning we noticed that Darren was awake a lot earlier then he normally is. We wondered what was going on, but didn't want him to make a habit of getting up that early. So we left him until he went back to sleep. Then he woke up around his normal time, when we went to get him up for the day this is what we find...

And we wondered why he woke up early? I can't imagine that was comfortable to sleep like that. I am still pondering how he did it. Needless to say he didn't stay in his Pj's for long that day.

Now for the something not funny...

We worked outside this afternoon, which it was perfect weather for yard work. Darren was having fun eating the dirt, I guess I think eating a little dirt never hurt anyone! So we were playing and working, when I went to do something on the front steps. Little did I know D was following me up the steps, Dan was trimming the evergreens. I thought he was watching Darren and he thought I was watching Darren. He went up a step and tumbled back down to the cement! Yes there was blood and screaming. I feel awful for letting him get hurt! So here are some of the battle wounds. The cement did win this one!

As you can see he has a nice scrap on his nose and a big ole goose egg on his forehead. I think that I have come to terms with he is a boy and will most likely get hurt a lot worse then this.

He was having a blast playing "help mommy fold cloths". When I say fold, he is so helpful to unfold them for me. He will also pull the burp cloths and sheets out of the draws of his crib. It is harmless not like he can hurt himself. It is cute and annoying all at the same time!

Poor kitty, Darren beats the crap out of that cat! She keeps getting in his way too, you think she would learn.

Trick-or-Treat (but mostly treats)

Darren got to go trick-or-treating for the first time this year! He was the cutest, bear or was it a mouse, or maybe a Monkey? Well he was supposed to be a monkey, but none the less he was cute no matter what people thought. The day leading up to trick-or-treating, was a beautiful day! So we took Darren for a wagon ride to a school that is near our house to play for a while. He loves riding in his wagon! He went down the slide, and swung on a swing with mom. It was a good day. When we went pumpkin picking it was our goal to find a pumpkin that was just about as big as Darren. Well it at least weighed just as much. He is also starting to walk. So things around the house are starting to get really crazy.

When we did go trick-or-treating we got to see Uncle Brandon and Aunt Traci! They gave mom and dad, I mean Darren lots of candy. He did have to munch on a gram cracker before we went.

We tried to make the tail visible but it didn't always work.

This was a cool house that we came across while out and about.

Uncle Randy came to visit while he was in town for a conference. So Darren and Uncle Randy had some good male bonding time.

Needing to pick...

From far away this picture doesn't look terrible. If you can look past the giant zits on my forehead. Darren isn't really sure what is going on, but he has a big stream of snot running down his lip. Plus I was trying to take a picture of us, and it never works out the way I plan it too.

Now for the cute ones of Darren in his Halloween costume. He is a Monkey, can you tell?

It is hard taking pictures of your own children. Getting them to look at you and smile at the same time is almost impossible. You just have to keep shooting and keep shooting and before you know it you have about 50 pictures taken for the one shot you really wanted. These are the best I could do, and I think I didn't do too bad. Happy fall! I will be putting up a new banner too, so keep looking for that!

Yet another ear infection!

We made it a full year before Darren got sick for the first time. It was a cold, but along with that there was an ear infection. Now a little over a month later there is another ear infection. I felt so bad for him, he had to get his 12 month shots today and he isn't feeling good. My poor little boy. He is growing fast and starting to walk. At the doctor today he weight in at 19.2lbs between 5th-10th%, and was 29" long 25th%, I can't remember what his head measured at but that was on the charts as well. So I am pretty excited that he is on the charts for where a normal 12month old should be. Even though he will be 13 months next week, but who's counting.

The New Mr. and Mrs.

The Bride was beautiful, the Groom was dashing, and the wedding it self was amazing. We had so much fun. I will let the picture tell you just how awesome the day really was.

I did take most of the pictures, except for the group pictures(because I am in that one). Wasn't it all just beautiful?