Grant Henry Kelley - ONE YEAR OLD!!

So apparently sometime in my 30+ years I turned into a magician.  I didn't realize that came with old age and I'm not quite sure how I feel about this "magical gift".  

Anyone wanna trade magical powers?? I'll give you my AMAZINGLY AWESOME ability to flash forward and even throw in my super mom ability to be (somewhat) functional with only a few hours of sleep!  I'll take anything ELSE you got.  ;)  Anyone?..... Anyone??  

JUST TWO WEEKS ago I had our second baby!! A BOY!  Can you even believe it?!  A VERY handsome 8lb 1oz, 20" baby bear.  So tiny with the softest, sweetest coos you've ever heard.  

AND....wouldn't you believe....JUST LAST WEEK!!!....ONE single, solitary week later, he TURNED ONE!  Amazing right?!  

#NONONONONONONONO!  and #NO!  

What in hell is happening here?!  What alternate universe are we living in?!  He JUST let me sleep through the night?!  He was just 8lbs! We are STILL celebrating his BIRTH for crying out loud!!  #WhyInTheSamHellCrap does it all have to FLY by so fast?! So I can charge full steam ahead but I can't hit the pause button?  Or flash BACK?!  Ugh.. I think my powers are broken.  #RefundPlease  

So my bear turned one (on August 11th) and because I couldn't figure out how the hell to do anything about it, I decided to document it instead.  

Because what else can you do?  AND because he's so dang CUTE!  ;)  

 

Cell phone pictures follow.. too cute and funny not to share!  

DUDE was LOVING it! :) 

Grant Henry Kelley - 11 Months

Every single month that passes when I come on here to update our blog with Grant's monthly pictures, I feel the exact same way.  How in the HELL did we get here so fast?!  How is he already THIS old?! Why is everything passing by so quickly?!  I remember being at this stage with Everleigh like it was yesterday and that was almost FOUR years ago!  When I'm at work, wanting to be home, I wish the days would fly.  When I'm home staring at these "tiny" beings that I made, I just want it all to STOP (when we're not having tantrums of course ;)!  Someone needs to invent the remote control for life... STAT.  

All in all though, I love this stage we're in with Grant.  Every day is a new thing to learn.  New challenge to conquer.  New milestone to tackle.  He's still teething up a storm.  (And by teething I mean DROOLING. A. LOT...as in multiple outfit changes a day for BOTH Grant and mommy ;)  He's mastered crawling, he now knows how to easily pull himself up and he's even crawling up onto our playroom platform that he couldn't get on just a few short weeks ago.  He's doing things now with purpose and will get upset with you if you take things away from him.  :)  

But mostly... he's ALL smiles, all the time.  Except of course when you want him to....like for these pictures.  Boys.  ;) 

Sweet sister photo session bomber.  ;) 

Grant Henry Kelley - 10 Months

My sweet little boy.  Changing every single day.  Something new to discover.  Something new to accomplish.  On the day he turned 10 months he officially started crawling... and this mama, seeing the beginning of the end of baby-ness as we know it, felt indifferent about the whole dang thing. Keeping me on my toes right from the start, his main form of travel had been doing a modified army frogger move where he'd LAUNCH himself forward with a  force so strong, I cringed every time he came down thinking surely he'd face plant.  Once he figured it out though, he was OFF and I... I was quietly sobbing in the background with pride and sadness.  :( :( 

And just like that 10 months came and went.  

He's still rocking the 9-12 month clothes and is still working on the chunkier foods.  But dude sure does love his fruit and sweet potatoes though!