Happy Birthday Grandma!

I hope you have a wonderful day! I wish I could be there to celebrate with you! Thank you for always singing to me when I need some cheering up and teaching me new things! I can't wait to see you in a few weeks!

All my love,
Your Little Stinker Pot
(and his mom, dad and dog)

Eye love you.

Gray has the most fabulous eyes (if I can say that?) They are so expressive, so big, so blue. Well, sometimes they look really grey, which I love. He also has these eyelashes that are a mile long.
love.love.love.

Inspired By.

Yep. We have a new food obsession. Annie's Mac & Cheese. Gray can't get enough. Funny thing is, I bought this t-shirt before was born because I love the little mac & cheese giving each other high-5 and smiling! Who knew it would be his favorite food on the planet. HA. It barely fits Gray now, so I had to keep pulling it down when I took his picture. The last picture is when Gray was almost 3 months old. Awwwww, where is all of his hair?

Walker Grayson Ranger

Twelve minus one.

Still a little small for his Bertoia chair.

This was right before I went head first onto the carpet.

My tie stickers don't stay on anymore because I really like to peel them off!

Gray loves looking out this window, partly because he always sees a reflection of himself. It always makes him smile and usually he will converse with the baby he sees in the reflection.

I can hardly believe he sat still for a picture.

This is the first time Gray has worn real shoes. He wasn't quite sure about them and really didn't like standing up with them on.

Gray got this bench as a gift from some friends at Drew's firm when he was born. He is now VERY interested in it (or should I say very interested in banging the wooden letters against the window.)

This may be my favorite Verdi/Gray comparison yet. It looks like he is preforming a dance routine.

11 months, but who is counting? Holy moly! I cannot believe (nor do I want to) that my little baby is almost a year old. Where has the last year gone?

Gray has had a very busy month...

-Yesterday morning Gray said "Hi Dad!" when he saw Drew!
He has been saying "Hi!" and "Da!" But never together! He also says "EEE" for "Ellie," and has just recently started saying "Mama." I don't think he knows what "Mama" means, but he says it! :)

-Gray has some new signs...
more, all done (he has done this twice), bear, dog

-Gray has started walking with his walker that his Aunt Kristen and Uncle Brian gave him.
(I'll post a video this week.)

-Gray went on his first trip to Telluride.

-Gray has been a busy little hiker. We started a Sunday morning tradition...breakfast at Snooze and then off for a hike. Gray loves the hike just as much as the pancakes!

-Gray's Grandpa & Grandma Bohn taught Gray where his nose is and also "How big is Grayson? Soooo big."

-Gray has had lots of new food...and loves EVERYTHING.

-Gray went swimming for the first time! Wasn't so sure about it at first, but now he loves it and loves to "jump" off the side into my arms.

-Gray loves to "dance" to music. Really, it's just bouncing, but I wouldn't tell him that.

It's been a great month. This time next month we will be celebrating one fabulous year of life with all of Gray's family and friends. I can hardly wait...not only for Gray's big day, but to meet my new nephew.

Tug of War.

We were trying to get packed up in Telluride and Gray wanted to play tug of war with my fleece. Pretty amusing.

Mountain Man

Doesn't the shadow on the mountain look like an angel laying down?

Good times.

This place really exists! It was so peaceful, Gray fell asleep! Lizard Head
(to the left)

Love this picture.

Look at those trees...and those clouds...and those mountains.
WOW.

Gray's cheeks got a little red from the falling asleep and the pack rubbing them.

This was the day before our hike.
Gray had just finished a major mountain bike ride (see his sweet ride on the roof?)

While we were on this hike we met up with a retired couple on horseback who were clearing the trail. After we passed them, we started daydreaming about how wonderful it would be to be retired in Telluride and go out every afternoon on a hike or on horseback (which I have never done, but it seems great) to check out the conditions of the trails. I hope those people know how lucky they are.

Surveillance

"Hello! HELL-O!!!! Are you watching this?"Just doing some pullups.

"Get me outta here!"

Don't those red dots mean anything to you?

Seriously...

When we were in Flag we set up our video monitor at the foot of Gray's pack 'n play to keep an eye on him. He must have know where the camera was because he was certainly putting on a show for us. We all had a good laugh.

Telluride (in town)

Gray is meditating...can't you tell by the blank look on his face?

When we were walking around town an entire wedding (probably 100+) people started walking down the middle of the main street from the ceremony to the reception. It was pretty awesome. Everyone on the side of the street was cheering and clapping.

That golden in the back had the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen...his name was Bear and he was sooooo sweet.

River man.

Hanging in town.

Most beautiful place on earth.

Trying to relax on the patio with a delicious I.P.A. Too bad Gray wouldn't settle down.

"I'll have a glass of Pappy Van Winkle please."
Only in Telluride!

The King's feast!

Outside our window during the rain...it reminded us of Europe.

Laughing at something hilarious.

We had a great time in Telluride.
Rainy days, cool nights...we decided we are going to retire there. :)
Tomorrow I will post the pictures from our beautiful hike!

Flagstaff

Grandma, Gray and me at the Hopi Festival at the Museum of Northern Arizona.

Grandpa and Gray

Grandma and Gray on the iPad

Grandma, Gray and Grandpa taking a break from Old MacDonald.

Gray thought it was pretty funny that he could be under the table and look up at us. We thought it was pretty funny too.

Grandma feeding Gray.

So sweet!

Swinging away (almost asleep) at Thorpe Park.
We went to meet a good high school friend of mine, Annette, and her 2 sons Baxter and Keaton. Her boys are adorable!

Keaton and Gray

Gray eating at Black Bean. Big mistake. One little black bean caused the poor guy some major intestinal issues. Well, he also ate chicken, pesto and cheese from our chicken pesto burrito, but we like to blame it on the black bean.

Having fun with Dad at Black Bean. Before the bean.

Downtown Flag. Such a great town.

Drew and I used to eat at PASTO a lot when we were in school. I was just checking out the menu.

Downtown

Oh look! Here we are downtown again!

Our favorite place to hang out while we were in school!

I.P.A, popcorn, husband, balcony at Zane Grey=good times.
My parents watched Gray so Drew and I could go out. We had a great time!

Pay-n-Take.
I used to LOVE going to this place, its a convenience store with a bar.

We went to Flagstaff for the 4th. We were there for 6 days and had a great time visiting with my parents. It was so nice to have some quality time at home with my parents and I know they enjoyed the time with Gray (and he LOVED the time with them.) We didn't do too much of anything, which was really nice. Drew went mountain biking, I ran on my favorite trail, we got to sleep in (my parents would get up with Gray), ate some great food, sat in the hot tub everyday, drank margarita's every night. It was everything a vacation should be. Thanks Mom and Dad!

From Flag we headed up to Telluride...it never gets old.
I'll post some more pics throughout the week !

Hope you all had a great 4th!