It's a boy!!!

Well, this October we will be having another boy! The air in the sonogram room was filled with excitement when we (Momma, Daddy, Grant, Nana and Mamaw) heard the sonographer confidently say, "it's a boy" and saw on the big flat screen that he is. Grant was able to call his Grandpas and tell them himself that he is having a little brother.

Grant is ready for his little brother to be here. He keeps telling me to get him out of my tummy. When Grant gets excited and is squealing loud, the baby will often kick. He must be ready to meet his big brother as well.

Potty training complete....for the most part.

We never thought it possible for Grant to be potty trained by 2 1/2, but somehow it has happened. We have to stay on him sometimes when he's really playing hard to prevent accidents. Otherwise, we finally feel comfortable enough to leave him in big boy underwear all day, even outside the house!

The pictures I posted above are a few weeks old. The one of him in the overalls is just a picture I thought was cute. There is no telling why we had to take his shirt off that day. The one of him covered in paint was the day I realized that we won't be playing with paint again until he is much older. Thank you Crayola for making so many products washable!

Things with this pregnancy are going fine. Grant says the baby is in his belly, has pretended to flush the baby down the toilet and loves to talk to the baby through momma's tummy along with daddy. My boys are so precious.

Well, it took me over a month to post this video. Grant is singing to Momma "Happy Birthday". He has been so cute lately and his personality is developing more every day. He has a sweet heart, loves to help Momma or Daddy, loves to play outside and will comfort someone when they are sad. He can write the letter A and the number 3. (Momma and Grant may be the only ones who can tell what each looks like, though.) His vocabulary is expanding phenomenally, he speaks in complete sentences and tells us his future baby brother or sister is in his tummy.

That's right, we are pregnant again. We should be having another Alison or Russell Jr. in October, a couple of weeks before Grant's third birthday. Please pray for this one. It looks great so far. The baby is growing well and has a strong heartbeat. We've made it a lot further than last time, so we are confident.

Spaghetti slurper and bubble burster

Spaghetti slurper and bubble burster are two of Grant's new jobs. After several tries he is now finally able to suck a spaghetti noodle into his mouth. We have never been more proud. The second video portrays how much he imitates people now, especially Papa.

Potty training is going well. Grant will go most days with dry underwear. He still can't tell us when he has to go, but he'll usually hold it for the next pee pee session. Poop is a different story. If we get him on the potty at just the right time, he will poop in it. Unfortunately, getting "just the right time" figured out is still in the works. He is now praising us when we use the potty and offers a piece of candy.

Our not so little boy

I haven't posted in a while so here are a couple of videos. Grant is of course blowing us away with how much he learns everyday. He knows all of his colors, shapes, 1-10 (not in order, though), some of his ABCs, he says please and thank you all the time, he knows left and right, under, over, beside, next to, inside and many others. He almost always speaks in complete sentences (probably because he repeats EVERYTHING we say, good or bad) and loves to play with stickers ("pay stickers"), build, play outside, color, complete puzzles, sleep in his "big bed" (his crib has been empty for about a month now), stack things, hug and kiss loved ones and eat.
He has become so loving and sweet. He is a lot easier to control now. It used to be a nightmare going out in public with him, now it can be frustrating at times, but as long as he is not hungry or sleepy, he acts great. Sitting still continues to be a challenge for him unless he is playing with stickers, coloring or watching Tom and Jerry, Pink Panther, Curious George or Batman. (Thank you DVR for making these shows readily available!)

Here is a video of Grant discovering his gifts from Santa. (One of three sets thanks to grandparents!) He loves to stack up these bricks and run over them with his scooter.

And now the big news.....Grant is potty training!! We are about three days into it and he is doing good. He wears big boy underwear as long as he is awake and pees on the potty about 50% - 70% of the time. He pooped on the potty once on Thursday and I think it surprised him as much as it did us! It sure is a lot easier to clean up that way! I'm sure we have a long road ahead of us, but we've also had a good start. He likes using the potty better than I thought he would.

Here is a video of him explaining the digestion process.

Turkies!

We had two resident turkies at our house today. This husband and wife couple would play in our front and backyard as well as on the roof all day long. We thought about getting the shotgun out and offer to bring the Christmas turkey in a few weeks, but decided against it. They are officially our friends now and we don't make a habit of shooting our friends.

Now here is a video of our favorite turkey. He was definitely the star of the show this Thanksgiving in Shattuck, Oklahoma.

Get your guns up!

Well, Grant is a true Tech fan who will still get his guns up even after a far-from-perfect game Saturday. He will grab Daddy or Momma's hand and say "come on, my hold it two guns" if he wants one of us to go play with him. As you will see in the video, Grant wants the lights turned off for serious gunplay. At the end of the video I guess he realized the camera was on so he exclaimed, "cheese!" Our evenings here in the McGuire household are filled with fun and laughter...... oh and gunshots.