We went to San Antonio to celebrate my sister's birthday. We went to El Jarro for dinner and had cake afterwards. It was really nice to have the whole family together. Happy Birthday, Karyn!!!
Later that weekend we headed up to College Station and had all the Gardiner side go to an Aggie football game.
Aggie football games are incredibly fun and A&M has the reputation for being the loudest stadium in college football. Although we were very high up, we had an awesome time participating in the yells, etc. Being there made me really miss and appreciate all of the wonderful times that I had while going to college there. There is something special about Texas A&M and the Aggie spirit,
We also got to see niece Alexandra get blessed at Church. We were glad to be there to witness and support her. Again, it was really great to have the whole family together and just enjoy spending time together.
Grant has been growing leaps and bounds and started doing a REAL, OFFICIAL crawl in late September. It is such a joy to watch him learn and grow. He is a very determined little boy. Once he realizes that he wants something or tries to accomplish something, he will keep trying and trying and trying until he gets it. It made me think of how focused, diligent, and patient babies really are. They put so much effort into learning the simplest things. As I watch him, I think to myself that I probably would have given up after just a few tries! But he just keeps on trucking along. This is one of the lessons we can learn from our little ones.
GRANT TURNED 8 MONTHS OLD! He is becoming such a big boy! Lately, he LOVES sticking his tongue out, blowing spit bubbles, still says 'dadadadada' a lot, has braved crawling on tile and has discovered the kitchen, can pull himself up to standing while holding on to something, and tries to climb up stuff and go everywhere!
We celebrated by going with some WONDERFUL friends at the BEACH! I love living so close & getting to go anytime we want. We had a blast-rode some good waves on the boogie boards and Grant was splishy splashing when the waves would run over his legs on the sand. Of course he tried to eat the sand again, lol! I loved the look of pure delight on his face!
The drawback to our great month is the fact that we got TWO flat tires in one week, both of which could not be repaired and had to be replaced. It was a crazy time but thankfully everything has been taken care of now. It seemed like a big deal at the time, but after reviewing everything else that happened that month, it doesn't seem like such a big deal after all. :)
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