The Gruis Bean x Two!: September 2014

Ethan is 7 months! We need to weigh him, but we are sure he is over 20lbs. He was 19.2 at his 6month visit, and nearly 28inches. We'll have to measure and weigh him soon!

He has 4 teeth, with the other 2 sure to pop through any day. He'll be eating a hamburger before we know it! He's getting really good at rolling to where ever he wants to go, and you can tell he is understanding cause and effect. It's good to have a big sister to help with this! She just loves to play with him and his toys.

After church yesterday, we drove by a house that had 4 HUGE pumpkins on a trailer. We stopped and talked with the guy and Lauryn took her picture with the pumpkins. The one she is standing next to was 1,056 lbs. The largest was over 1,200 lbs!!

7 months!

HUH?!?

HUGE Pumpkins!

SKOAL Vikings!

Ethan was threatening the Vikings with a hammer...is this what helped them win?

Since the last update, we've had quiet the fun times in the Gruis household!

Ethan started getting his top 4 teeth. He is incredibly crabby and we are just waiting for the last two to break through and we should be back on the up and up.
Lauryn lost her first tooth on September 4th. Yep, she lost it... a combination of a loose tooth, biting on a hard piece of Artisan bread, and opening her vitamin box with her teeth... that all equals the unexpected tooth fairy!
Lauryn got her first bee sting on September 4th, too. Glad that is out of the way and that she did not have a reaction like her daddy.
Ethan is getting rounder and rounder. So much so that his sitting up skills have digressed! He might just skip sitting up and go right to crawling to get rid of that tire around his belly.
Ethan has started to eat lots and lots of foods. Just wants to chew! We've been trying bread, cheerios, and some teething crackers. He loves anything he can eat, besides pureed chicken!
Lauryn started swim lessons again. She just loves to swim so we are taking her to the last lessons she can have until she is 6. We might take her somewhere else in the meantime, just not sure we want to spend our life savings on swim lessons...ha!
Lauryn and mommy had a mommy-daughter day, with a FROZEN princess party and all. What a cute event to see all the little girls dressed up. Lauryn had a blast.
Lauryn got her hair cut into a cute little bob. The neighbor girls say she got her hair cut like her mom. It is similar, but it was Lauryn's idea!!!
We were going to attempt our first overnight as a family in a hotel room but got out of that one. Eric's cousin was married, and we were close enough to a friend's house, Megan and Ethan just opted to stay there instead. Daddy and Lauryn had a fun daddy-daughter time.
Ethan got to meet Uncle Brad, cousin Adrian, and Uncle Tim. It was great for Lauryn to spend time with Adrian, they seemed to have a great time together!
Ethan's future wife was born :-) Megan's best friend from college, Tara, had her 3rd and finally had a girl. Ethan and Autumn will be married in the summer of 2039!!!