Cuddle bug

She finds him pretty funny

Hanging out in the ball pit

Riding the bike at school!

Chocolate croissant connoisseur

Thankfully he eats a big bowl of fruit too! But nothing can compete with that "donut" as he calls it.

Bye bye beanstalk

Guess he didn't love that bean plant after all. Or at least not as much as ripping it out by the roots.

Sometimes your brother bites your finger

Sassy face

Baby in a bonnet

You're welcome

These two

Pepper thinks Grady's pretend phone call to his friend Duncan is hilarious.

Because who needs pants when you're making a phone call?

Blueberry face!

Whenever we make smoothies, Grady "helps." Mostly he just eats frozen blueberries straight from the bag, resulting in his face and hands looking like this:

Ice cream!

For the first sunny and warm day of the spring, we took the KUA Christian fellowship group to get ice cream. Poor grady's ice cream was the last to be delivered. But it was a great opportunity to practice patience!

The trip also included a bus ride, see you can imagine Grady's day was pretty amazing.

Nap time

Pepper is two months old!

Ella Gaves

If you talk to Grady for five seconds you hear about Ella, Jordyn and Maria, the other kids in his daycare class. On Valentine's Day the kids (read: their parents) gave each other little Valentine's. Ella's included little chocolate squares for everyone. We have managed to keep Grady from actual straight-up chocolate so far (two years, go us!) but this was his introduction.

Brett showed it to him and said "Ella gave you that." Grady ate it, laughed and enjoyed it a LOT, of course. As soon as it was gone, he turned to Brett and said "Want Ella gave you dat." It turns out (as we realized from many requests over the ensuing hours) that this was Grady's term for chocolate: "Ella gave you dat." Over time it has been shortened to "Ella gave." So if he sees one of us with chocolate it's "want dat Ella gave" or if he wants a reward for something, he walks to the cabinet, points and says "want Ella gave." Chocolate milk, however, is still "coc-olate MULK!"

We'll see if it sticks!

Cowboy, Cowboy, Lemon Drop

This afternoon I put Grady in the stroller and carried Pepper in the Moby and went for a walk - I think it was something like 35 so felt spring-like!

Grady and I were talking about our surroundings "who is that lady with the dog?" "where are the chickens and the pigs?" "daddy running at work?" (Brett was at track practice.) Anyway - about two minutes into the walk he asked about going home and I explained we'd just left and said "hold your horses, cowboy!" He then proceeded to sing "Cowboy, Cowboy, Lemon Drop" to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - all the way through. I have ZERO idea where "lemon drop" came from.

Milk drunk

Try getting anything else done all day with this little one to cuddle with.

Nap time!

Building a super-tall tower

Which Grady calls a "snake" for some reason. "Snake faaal down!"

Dr. Mike Mulligan

Today, Grady had an appt with his plastic surgeon - Dr. Mulliken. He combined his name with mike mulligan the steam shovel driver (http://www.amazon.com/Mike-Mulligan-His-Steam-Shovel/dp/0395169615) and was very excited all day to see "dr. mike mulligan."

This kid is hilarious

Today Grady called this kid in a book Uncle Marvin. Which is sweet but hilarious, given he looks nothing like uncle Marvin...

Grady's life just got a little more complicated

Welcome to little sister - Pepper Ann Nichols. 6 lbs, 6 oz, 20.5" of perfection. Born 9:38 p.m. on Friday, February 6, 2015. Her birthday is the same as her wonderful Aunt Jessamyn!