Today is the day! Our MILK MONSTER!

Grayson started offically walking today! We were in his room this morning and he just started taking off from his dresser to this HUGE giffafe toy next to his crib! He almost got all the way there. He did it again a few minutes later! He is getting so big! Yay Grayson! Grayson starts in the toddler room on Monday (no more baby room... its bittersweet! because by the time Corbin was going to the toddler room I was pregnant with Grayson, so who knows if and when we will have another baby in the "baby room!") and thank goodness he started walking because I have been terrified the other kids would trample my baby! Gray looks so cute with his little arms out wobbily walk!

Our little man is also a MILK MONSTER! OMG he LOVES LOVES LOVES milk! He can sign more and say "ma" for "more" and he signs milk, he puts his pointer and thumb together like a pinscher grasp, and said "mmm." I have started to limit his milk consumption a ton because he was drinking so much his little tummy would get full and he wouldn't want to eat any food and he got sick a few times from drinking and being so full. The only problem is is that he dislikes water now! I don't know what to do! He will take a sip and then throw it on the floor! If he sees Corbin with some milk he will crawl SUPER fast, seriously I never seen this kid move this fast, to try and steal his milk from him!

I have tried giving him Keifer, its a yogurt drink with a lot of great probiotics instead of milk. But he keeps signing "more!"

I think Grayson is going to be our quiet yet mischievous child! He is a BIG climber! He loves to climb on everything! He took apart his nightlight today and took the bulb out of the light.

Merry christmas and 13 months a day later

Our sweet 13 month old!

Merry Christmas! The Ziaja's had a amazing Christmas and I hope you did too! The boys got a kitchen and grill set and have been playing and/or fighting to play with it since! We got a lot of organizational things at IKEA and our house looks somewhat in order! Thank goodness because I was getting panicky at all the toys and sheer mess that is our house all the time!

Playing in the kitchen together!

Jason surpirised me with an Ipad and so I have been reading up a storm on it! Hehe last night Corbin told me to put down my ipad and come play with him! I love our sweet boy! I love my present so much Jason!

Grayson turned 13 months yesterday! Our sweet little guy is trying to walk still but doesn't have the confidence to go it alone! He is starting to take about 3 steps towards something then falls. He is talking up a storm on Christmas eve he learned how to say "thank you!" I was lucky enough to get it on video! Its so cute!

Grayson's 12 month well check

Grayson had his 12 month appointment. He weights 19 lbs 11 oz and was 28 1/2 inches long. Our little guy was not so happy he got three shots and a finger poke to test for anemia and lead exposure! He was super upset by the time we left! I was by myself with him (Daddy picked up Corby from school for me) and he was not happy! After a few minutes of holding him he was ok! Poor little guy he had a ruff day! :(

Our Christmas tree 2010

Corbin really got into putting up ornaments on the tree! The ornament next to the one he is putting up is a little boy with a surprised look on his face that plays "I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus"and after Jason showed him how to play the song we heard that song ALL evening long! :)

I love this picture! Jason took some amazing pictures! Corbin looks so sweet! :) I was mad that Jason didn't use the flash but it looks so cute! Its growing on me babe!

Another favorite! Our tree is purposelessly bare at the bottom with the non breakables or just bare because we don't want Grayson to get them!

I love how Corbin is putting up the Christmas ornaments in skeleton pjs!

School pictures

The quality isn't wonderful on here because I took pictures of the pictures to send to my parents via email!

The boys school pictures finally arrived! Jason and I were AMAZED at how adorable ALL the pictures were! We ended up buying two packages! It was so hard to choose! If you have a two year old then you may know how HARD it is to get pictures of them! Corbin HATES stopping and smiling at the camera! Well I am amazed how they actually got him to look at the camera and smile! He has some really amazing pictures. I adore the picture of my sweet boys together! :) Grayson's teacher told Jason and I we make adorable babies together! Haha! I agree wholeheartly!

On his way to walking! Go Grayson!

On Thursday night Grayson started taking a few steps! When I picked him up at daycare yesterday his note for the day said "walking lots today!" I though to myself "OH NO has he started speed walking since last night?" But his teacher told me that he was taking a few steps! Phew! Well I ran and got a big red ball and put him standing up and he seriously walked 5 steps towards me to get it! Wouldn't you know that he hasn't attempted it since! I quickly called Jason because he was on his way to pick up Corbin who was at his dad's house because he had been running a fever. Daddy was so proud!
When we left Grayson and I went to Chick-fil-a to celebrate and Mommy got a yummy gallon of sweet tea! We then came home and just enjoyed each others company the rest of the evening because Jason didn't come home until later.

Randomness Corbin ended up spending the night at Papa's house and he did really well! I was nervous! He slept in Papa and Granna's room with Aunt Tori next to him and he only woke up once at 1:00 am and stood up and kinda cried for a second but Granna went and laid down with him and he was asleep 15 minutes later. I was having major Corbin withdrawls and it was weird not to have him sleeping in our house! But I am so happy he did so well!

Happy First Birthday Grayson!!!

Great-Grandpa Warren!

Mee Maw!

Aunt Carrie

Great-Grandma Beryl

Taking after his parents he LOVED the ski ball game! He LOVED ducking down to see if there were any more balls in the little slot!
He started out liking this Bob the builder ride. (My sister made Grayson the sock monkey first birthday shirt!I found one online for 40 dollars that was the exact same and I sent it to my sister and she said she could make it for him! We love it Carrie thank you!)

When Daddy said "Hi" to me I lost it and got scared!!

Yum Strawberry Love cake from Sugar Mamas Bakeshop!

Hehe while we were singing Happy Birthday Grayson kept leaning over and trying to grab icing to put in his mouth. He was having problems (he couldn't quite get the strawberry cream cheese icing in his fingers) so I helped him eat some!

We got Grayson a cupcake too! He had a small piece of cake and ate the icing off the cupcake.
Oh dear did we pay for all that sugar! That night we slept at my parents house because we thought that would be easier to not have to drive back the next morning and spend Thanksgiving with the family. Well Grayson woke up at 1:15 WIDE awake and he woke up Corbin who was sleeping with us and at one point both the boys were hysterically laughing. So when he hadn't fallen asleep by 2:45 we headed home. He fell asleep in the car and slept till 9:00. I talked to my mom about it the next day and the same thing happened with my sister, Merritt when she was 6 months old and fussy on a vacation and the waiter brought her chocolate mousse. She was crawling around the hotel room wired in the middle of the night.
Even though it was a pain at the time it will be a memory we can always laugh about and tell him!

Yesterday was Grayson's first birthday! We went to Chuckie E Cheese. We usually go there when my sister and her nieces are in town. I think overall Grayson liked Chuckie E Cheese. Jason's mom and his grandparents came too as they were in town from St. Louis. It was nice to spend Grayson's birthday with so much family! I was so excited that I got have the day off and spend Grayson's first birthday as a family! We were also fortunate enough because Jason took that entire week off too so Daddy got to spend Grayson's first birthday with him too!

As of now Grayson can say about 10 or so words, ball (this is his favorite word he says it ALL day! He loves playing with balls and he even sleeps with a lot of his ball toys), dog, Mama, Dadda, no, bubble, choo-choo, car, wave hi and say hi and bye, uh-oh, Ohh li ( he does at my parents house, they have a large chandelier in their kitchen, he looks up says oohh and points to the lights!), he is now starting to do it at our house because we have our Christmas tree up! :)

We love you so much Grayson. We are so amazed at how quickly this year fly by! I kept teasing that it felt like I just had you! Wow people aren't kidding when they say once the second child comes house quickly life just zooms by!

You are the sweetest most lovable baby, who according to my babycenter development emails that used to say "my baby this week and their age" now says "my toddler this week", hehe I don't quite agree with the my toddler this week! HE IS STILL MY BABY! I guess I don't want you to grow up too fast! Grayson is moving up to the toddler room starting the first week back in January! I am worried what if he doesn't walk, will the other kids hurt him? He's tiny! When we took Corbin for a visit to the toddler room he was SOO small compared to the others. I seriously feel like a new parent with all these insecurities! Hes my baby!

We love you Grayson and can't wait to see what this year brings for you!