9 months, Greats, and Callings

So Grant is officially a nine month old baby! Boy he is getting so big! He feels like a chunker but I guess doesn't necessarily look it. However his appetite is really growing. I love spending time with him and being his momma. He is cruising along the furniture, banging his head on accident while trying death defying feats, and is crawling like a maniac! So that is definitely exciting! You can't really stop keeping an eye on him. He will always be doing something dangerous. I have been contemplating buying him a baby helmet meant specifically for bumping their head on furniture and what not. 

Oh and he also, as I mentioned before, has 4 teeth now. So the two on top are his newest additions. They are a lot longer now, than what this picture shows. I believe he is teething yet again right now. Ah such is life as a mom.

Also Grant met his first set of Great Grandparents on the Yancey side. They love him to pieces and he definitely, like always, put his charmer hat on. It was fun seeing how my Grandparents played with him and enjoyed his personality just as we do!

Also....drum roll please!!....Perry and I got callings... (for those who aren't LDS, a calling is basically a volunteer church assignment but the Bishop of the church will ask if we are willing to do the assignment, and hence we are "called" to do something)... I am the new Den Leader (Mother) to the Bear Cub Scouts and Perry is the new Cub Scout Master! This will be so fun! I am excited to meet the boys and learn along side them the different merits they are trying to reach. This is unlike any other calling I have ever had and it will be a blast! I am so excited!

Happy Late Halloween!

So sorry that I haven't blogged in a while. Grant enjoyed his first Halloween. We were "Lions, and Tigers, and Bears! Oh my!" theme. I was the lion, with my sister's infamous lion costume, Perry was a bear, and Grant was an adorable lion. Boy though! ?It was hard to put his make up on! He would move around and push my hands away! But the whole experience was a lot of fun. We had the trunk or treat thing at church a couple nights before Halloween and of course everyone was gushing about how cute he was. Then on Halloween we trick or treated. Grant sat in the wagon as we pulled him to about 15 houses. Then when we approached the door I held him and sometimes the person would give him the candy into his bag or they would let him grab the candy him selves. At first Grant wasn't sure what we were doing going house to house but then I think he embraced the holiday and stopped looking so confused and chilaxed. He especially enjoyed some chocolate that I didn't know he had punctured a certain candy and was get the chocolatey goodness from the inside. We also gave him some teddy grahams since he deserved some sweets on his first Halloween. It was fun. He went to bed late and I got some great pictures from the whole thing.

Trunk or Treat. I dressed dad up to be a safari/jungle hunter guy!

Perry and I carving pumpkins. I'm pretty sure I will do this as long as I live! So fun!

Grandparents with the baby.

Cutie.

In the wagon, on our way to trick or treat!

After trick or treating with his candy of choice and pumpkin.

What fun!

Grant mutilated this Milk Duds box and got a little taste of Chocolate.

His (his parents) new candy stash! (Yes!)

Lounging with the coveted chocolate piece in his mouth.

The end.

Other small updates include Grant cruising more and testing his balance with out holding on to anything while standing. He cut his fourth located on top and it currently teething another. I guess I'm not exempt from sleepless nights sometimes. Grant woke every hour. It must have hurt the poor guy! Oh and I love putting Grant in his new (new to me) winter/fall attire!