sugar high

 my mom lives for this stuff

taking the grandkids to the zoo

or to fly a kite, on a picnic..

you name it!

she loves all the cliche things that you'd think a grandma should like.

but heres the thing. 

after a long hot / rainy day with no naps and way to much sugar

she gets to go home, to her own home.

the home without the children. 

 but thats what grandparents are for, right?

spoil em', love em', rile em' up  

and send them on their way. 

 well the little kiddos love every stinken minute of it!!

and when i take a step back from my sleep deprived life 

i know that i love it too. 

i love that my boys love their nana's and papa's 

because they have the best around

 and they get to make memories with them that they will remember forever. 

 and then when i do the exact same thing to them with their kids

i can just pull out the old

"you will do this with your grandkids too" card.

cuz what would life be like without family???

 or with out sugar highs, and the crash that follows.

or the ear piercing pterodactyl cry the entire car ride home

that signifies you may have pushed the limits of the day

a little too far!

 it would be down right mundane i tell ya!

so thanks to both sets of nana's and papa's in our lives.

ill forgive you for making some nights of my life a little harder.

because you make the little dudes entire life a WHOLE LOT BETTER!

"have you seen or touched any monkeys?"

i hadn't been to the zoo in over 10 years, i was so excited to go and take MY little monkey.

 even though i swear half the zoo was closed for remodeling and the train is out of commission until 2014..what!!

Gabe didnt care or realize what he was missing out on, he was focused on all the things that were open. and LOVING it!!

 man i wish i were more like that, not worried about what i was getting gypped on and just appreciating what i had right in front of me!

i should probably keep working on that one. 

he's getting so big so fast and FINALLY talking a mile a minute. 

now every time i ask him what he wants to do he says

"daddy, mamma, nanna, zoo"

he is getting to be such a goof ball as his personality gets bigger everyday. 

 if thats even possible, because honestly this kid cracks me up, he is a non stop circus.

here he is pretending to be a gorilla. 

seriously, where does he come up with this stuff. 

 but it never ceases to amaze me how loving he is. he still loves to give everyone and everything hugs and kisses. no lie, he sometimes hugs and kisses his gummy bears before he eats them. he looks at them and says "mama, teddy awwwe" kisses and holds it up to his cheek to give it a hug and then throws it in his mouth and gobbles it up. 

his fear O' meter is all over the map. 

he was TERRIFIED of the merry go round the first time he rode on it, i had to basically hold him down till he realized he wasn't gonna die. 

{now its all he talks about}

but he will climb up on top of anything and try to jump off with no regard for his safety or his breakable bones. 

he thought the bear that could tear him limb from limb was "coooo" and he

wanted to give the elephant a hug. 

gabe is grandkid #1 on my side and that means nana cant miss out on any of his firsts, she is always tagging along, we cant seem to get rid of her. haha, its a good thing we don't want to. 

gabe loves his nana!!!

he is such a cool little dude and i'm so glad we get to experience all these firsts with him, and see his face light up in complete awe at all this world has to offer. 

he loves to learn and explore and do new things and while he still likes to do all of that with mom and dad i'm gonna eat it up. 

 just a side note.. we didnt realize or plan to all wear UofU shirts, thats just how awesome we are!!!

 ha ha 

 and thanks to grandma marsha for watching the little dude so we could take gabers out for some alone time without having to share mom and dad.