I feel like we were still recovering from Avery's Luau party just barely a month ago and Grayson's birthday came up before we knew it! We had a simple party for him two Sundays ago at our home with just family, cake and ice cream to celebrate.
It was easy to pick a theme for him this year....he is OBSESSED with trucks!! He can accurately identify all the different types (dump truck, bulldozer, cement mixer, excavator...I'm learning so much from HIM!) Although, my theme didn't really translate that well...I picked out "construction zone" plates, cups, napkins, tablecloth, etc. from Party City's website and then when I went to the actual store (ok, I waited until the morning of the party) I found out that "theme" was online only! It didn't really matter though...the cake had a truck on it and I think that was good enough for him!
Since the decorations of this cake were pretty simple and we didn't prepare any other food for the party, I chose a very complex cake recipe that literally took me three days to make! But I think it was worth it...here is the what the inside of this triple layer oreo cake looked like!
Grayson was blessed with so many great gifts....many of which involved trucks!
He even got three copies of the book "Good Night, Good Night Construction Site"...Great minds think alike! He stopped opening gifts to ask Nonna to read him some of it.
The week prior, Nonna taught him how to ride Madi's old pink scooter in one day. So she got him a more masculine looking one of his own!
He is now officially obsessed with his Spiderman Umbrella! Much to his delight, it rained the next two mornings and he was able to use his new rain gear! Thanks Aunt RaRa and Uncle Billy!
Fun times were had with our wonderful family!
Where does Uncle Todd get his energy from?!?!
Especially with his new little girl in the house....
We are so blessed to have this little boy as part of our family! He is sweet and sensitive, but also rough and playful. He will not sit or watch TV for more than 5 minutes straight. He wants to do everything independently...he says "I do it" when unbuckling him from his car seat, feeding Guster, brushing teeth, and turning on and off lights. He eats raisins like they are going out of style! But he also enjoys pizza, avocado, cheese sticks, plain yogurt and graham crackers. He throws food when he's had enough to eat. He is very good at identifying colors (I think he is better than Avery was at this age...he can even distinguish between black, brown, gray, which Avery still has trouble with!). He loves to wear sunglasses but does not love to wear other clothing (at home, he is usually just in a diaper). He adores his big sister. Deep down, I think we all like the fact that they still share a room. It's really fun to see them grow up loving each other (most of the time). The first thing he wants to do EVERY morning when he gets out of his crib is to walk over to Avery's bed to say hello and cuddle.
A car ride with Grayson goes something like this:
Grayson: "mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy..."
Mommy: "What Grayson?"
Grayson: "Truck."
And then repeat, with every thing he sees along the way ("man," "bulldozer," "sky," "bird", etc.)
He can spot planes in the sky way before anyone else even sees or hears them. He likes to play on the iPad and we have found him playing Candy Crush Saga more than once! His favorite stuffed animal is his new stuffed horse from Great Grandpa Bob, which he named "Giddy Up."
Grayson is now 33 inches tall (29th %ile) and weighs 25 lbs 3 oz. (9th %ile) - thanks Mommy! But his head is in the 82nd %ile - thanks Daddy! He has used the potty less than five times ever....for the most part, he has no interest at all! He challenges our patience every day, but we just adore this little man!
Happy 2nd Birthday, Grayson Adam Levine!!!
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