'Stros

Even though they're awful, we love the Astros in the Hokanson household. I love the super cheap tickets, stadium nachos, and lack of traffic but Gray loves rooting for the "bayseball pawers".

Here he is in September hanging out with Aunt Kim and enjoying some great seats.

easy as one, TWO, three

I can't believe our little guy is about to be TWO years old! It has both flown by and made for some of the longest days of my life.

We are all about ONE thing at age TWO... THREE strikes and you guessed it...

BASEBALL! Gray probably spends about 80% of his day participating in sports related activities. Trust me, this crafty, TV watching, homebody of a momma was not ready for this outdoor loving child in constant movement.

STATS:

Height---35.75 in.

86 percentile

Weight---30 lbs.

75 percentile

Hokanson Head Circumference---19.76 in.

87 percentile



Gray's turning TWO!

Stationery card

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Happy Belated Easter!

We had such a great Easter this year! My brother came in to town and the Gilbert clan got together for the first time in a while. Uncle Ross was so amazed at how big Gray is now and what an amazing arm he has... seriously.

Gray got a little help from Uncle Ross on his egg hunt. He slowly collected all of them in his bucket and then (of course) tossed them all out one by one. All in all, it was a successful 2nd Easter for little G full of fun memories!

Summer Days!

Days with Daddy are always messy and fun. Our little one and a half year old has recently discovered the joy of being wet outside in Houston's sweltering summers. Water and dirt mix to make this boy a hot mess...

who I love more than anything!

life lessons

Having a little boy has taught me many things...

the love of all things with buttons to press
faces don't need to be clean 24/7

how stopping and high-fiving every pole along the sidewalk is worth the time
that outside is THE place to be
one cannot own too many balls

that momma's hugs can make a world of difference

I love my little man and can't wait to see who he becomes as his personality and God's will unfolds.

Trail Riders

A Little Taste of Texas

Thankfully the trail riders made their way right past my school, so G and his little buddies stopped by to enjoy the show too! Love my little cowboy!

Finally...

I know, I know.... worst mommy blogger ever! One answer... life. It's been busy and perhaps a move, croup, RSV, and a full time job may have gotten in the way of this momma and her favorite little outlet... blogging. Gramma is out taking G for a walk and she said those magic words "You go do whatever you need to do." Oh, so scour the entire house, finish unpacking at least one room, dishes, catch up with my colossal pile of grading... where to begin. I think I'll just pick up the 5 dead C-roaches sitting around the house (I sprayed last night because all this stinkin' rain has them using my home as their own), take care of business in private without having a one year old unroll the tp and as he runs out, I suddenly realize that what's trailing behind him is the last of the roll and there's nothing but Kleenexes within reach, or maybe just blog. Was that a run-on sentence? Oh well, I mean I'm not an English teacher or anything... In a nutshell, I'm back!

Missed y'all! And sorry, Karen. ;)

Blueberry Boy

Mrs. Beauregarde: But I can't have a blueberry as a daughter... How will she compete?

Veruca Salt: You could put her in the county fair!

If we'd let him, Gray would eat blueberries all day, every day!

Little Lion Man

We started off the night right... a Cranberry PUMPKIN Apple snack!

Then it was off to join the gang.

We of course made a stop by the Gs and took a pic with Little Red Riding Hood, The Big Nice Wolf, The Tin Man, and Tinkerbell

After several almost-shmeltdowns, we discovered that Little Lion Man just wanted to travel in style with his best bud. 

Although several trick-or-treating attempts were made, mostly Gray was just curious then uninterested.  

Thanks Evans Clan for a super, second Halloween!

feeding fun

I feel like so many of my posts contain the words Mr. Independent but that's my Gray. 

This week we have started independent eating with a spoon. Needless to say, he loves it. 

Hope you enjoy the pics as much as he enjoyed the yogurt.

As you can see, I have my work cut out for me big time but I wouldn't trade it for anything!

Gray's Day at the Park

play ball

soccer that is. 

oh his grampa john and gray's hispanic side in general will be so proud.

and he's off! to the world cup... set high expectations for our kids right? 

:)

SMASH cupCAKE!

one.

Way to fall down on my job as mommy blogger and not have the star of the show's big one year celebration post on his actual birthday. One week later... whatever :)

We celebrated on Sunday the 16th and so many of our family and friends joined us! With a low key, lazy backyard party, we celebrated 365 awesome days of growth and learning and laughs. 

Momma made all sorts of goodies. Cloud jello, funfetti cake dip with animal crackers, lemon buddies, lemon cupcakes, lemonade, and Grandma Lynnie made her famous spicy bean dip... DE-LISH!

Carson (Gray's cousin and birthday twin) helped open up all the sweet gifts.

Chris and I could not be more blessed with little Gray and we can't wait to see what year 2 holds!

Here's where we were just a year ago...