Puddles

Here's just a brief one from a few weeks ago when Graham found a puddle in our yard after a heavy rain. I went around the corner of the house to grab something and when I came back I found this scene:

Graham Puddles from Jonathan Shaw on Vimeo.

If you cant see a video above, click the word below:

PUDDLES

Luckily I had my camera with me....

Wedding!

It's been ages since we updated this blog, and we're sorry. So to make up for it we have a photo extravaganza! We've been taking pictures this whole time, so we'll try to keep you updated more frequently in the next few weeks.

The big news is that Graham went on a long car trip with Mom and Dad up to Kate's cousin's wedding in Connecticut last weekend.

He loved seeing his family again, especially his Granna...














and Grandad...




















and Aunt Emily:














As you can see in a couple of those pictures, he was wearing his first ever tux, courtesy of the Moore family!

It took a little doing to get it on on the way to the wedding:














and he gave us his best James Bond look when we put on his bowtie...




















Half on now...




















There we go! What a cutie! But what's this weird thing on my jacket??




















Now I'm looking good:



























Graham's big job was to carry the ring down the aisle. He was PERFECT in practice:














and there you go!














But he got a little overwhelmed when it came to the big show, and threw the pillow across the room and lost a shoe before he made it to Mom. It was still very cute though, and he loved the attention.

Afterward, he was a little overwhelmed and needed a good snuggle and nosepick:














He loved seeing his Mom with her cousins and sister:















And when things got boring, Grandad was always good for a ride around:
















At the reception he learned a new word, "Dance" or as he says it, "Dahntzzz". His favorite dance partner was a college friend, Kwadwo:















He also loved playing peek-a-boo with his great-Grandmother (thanks for the great pictures, Emily):













He is very eager to share his boo-boos with all who will listen. Listen, and then, of course, kiss it better. Here he gets solace from his Auntie Johanna:














When we had to leave everyone was sad, but it made us all feel better to stop and smell the roses.
















Thanks for everything, family!

Stacking Blocks Video

Now that Graham is officially 15 months old, he has a new absolute most favorite activity in the whole world:

STACKING BLOCKS

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Sometimes it takes multiple tries to see the video; sorry, we're not sure what the problem is, so we'll keep working on it from this end! Jon suggests if you click the link and nothing happens, try refreshing your browser a couple of times.

Shosho and the Whites!

Graham got to see his cousin Conner, and was initially a little dubious...




















But as is usually the case with our sweet boy the uncertainty quickly turned into affection:















And some more affection:
















And one last piece of affection (on the ear no less):














He also got to see his wonderful Shosho and loved being with her again. He had all his new books to show her:




















And made sure there was plenty of time for snuggles too...















They just left a few hours ago and we miss them already!