Funny Grayson!

Grayson is such an amazing little boy! Hank and I are constantly amazed at, humored by, and proud of this sweet boy. He is such a fun buddy to have along when I go out. I love hearing his little voice coming from the back seat of the car. I love the funny comments he makes as we drive. Lately he's been telling me every time something comes out of the baby's mouth. If Preston is crying Gray will say, "Mama, baby try. Mama, baby baba." The baby is crying & he needs a bottle. If the baby is making cooing noises, Grayson half giggling will say, "Mama, baby (followed by his version of the sound the baby just made)" then he laughs. He'll do this for the entire car ride. He thinks it is so funny when Preston talks. He also loves it when Preston gets a hold of any part of his body. Of course he tells me this too, "Mama, baby han." and then he giggles. It's so fun to watch him discover things and enjoy them so much.

The other night at the dinner table we were telling him that he needed to eat more food so he could get big muscles like dada. Hank proceeded to flex his muscles and grunt. Spontaneously Gray tensed up both his arms and grunted just like his daddy. Look how cute this video is!

Now that Grayson is two he is ALL grown up!

Now that Grayson is two, it's like he has suddenly decided to grow up! He speaks so clearly and remembers EVERYTHING we teach him. The other day I taught him the difference between day and night. After explaining it to him once, he started using it all the time. We were sitting down eating breakfast and I pulled open the blinds. Immediately he gasps and says, "day!" Then, tonight I opened the door when it was dark outside. The moment he walked over to the door he said, "night!" It baffles me! I always think I'm going to have to repeat myself several times before he remembers, but I never have to. I wish I had a memory like his. Since his birthday he has used one word more than any other..."self" (meaning"I want to do it by myself"). He wants to get in and out of bed by himself, don't you even dare try to pick him up and take him out. He's also VERY insistent on getting in and out of the car by himself. Today we went to the park with his best friend Gaige. We were running late (weird...I'm NEVER late!) so even though I know he likes to get out of his car seat by himself, I just picked him up and put him from the car seat to the floor in the car to speed up the process. He quickly whined, "seeeeeeelf" and proceeded to get back in his car seat, scoot all the way back where he was when I pulled him down, and then get back on the floor by him "self"!! WOW! He did the same thing to me the other night when I put him in bed. He was standing in the hall right outside his bedroom when I picked him up and put him in his bed. Again, he whined, "seeeeeeeelf!" and got out of his bed, walked back to the hall, stopped in the exact spot where I picked him up, and then walked back and got in his bed by him "self". He's THAT serious about doing it himself. I LOVE that he does this. It's like he is erasing the fact that you did it wrong by backing up to the point where you erred. Dang he's cute!!