Recap: Busy, Busy Hartmans

It's been so long since I posted last, I'm not even sure where to begin! Grayden has grown so much since his 2nd birthday and it seems he is getting smarter every day. He amazes me with the things he says. And sentences! How does that happen? It seems like we were just working on words. Now it's "I need help" or "Momma, cracker please." And our favorite saying? "IT FELL DOWN!", which is what we hear probably 50 times a day. And let me assure you, things are not actually falling down 50 times a day....it's just that if something is on the ground, then "it fell down". And when the tv is turned off, "it fell down". So you can see how things fall down often around here. Grayden still loves music, singing and dancing. His most current favorite song is Rain, by Breaking Benjamin. I have a video of him singing along, I''ll be sure to post that soon. And one thing that I haven't caught on video yet is Grayden's most favorite thing of all- playing football. Rob introduced Grayden to video games which I initially thought was a terrible idea, but Grayden doesn't like to really play video games- he likes to MIMIC video games. Let me explain: Rob will turn on our football video game and put it on demo (which means it plays without anyone actually having to play). Grayden will then proceed to take his football and mimic every play and player on the game. Hilarious? Yes.


To catch you up on what we've been up to since I posted: Rob and I went to Hawaii for almost 2 weeks, Grayden stayed with his Nana and Papa in Ohio (while we were in Hawaii), we made  a trip to Michigan to meet our niece Brynn and celebrate our other niece Blair's 2nd birthday, we made a pit stop in Dayton to see Mamaw, a pit stop in Louisville to see nephew Luke (and his parents too), trips to the zoo, Jen had strep throat, Jen had jury duty, Grayden fell in love with Curious George, and we fell more in love with our little boy. Whew....it's been a busy couple weeks to say the least.

I'll spare all the details- but I will say we had the best time in Hawaii although deeply missed our chinchilla (Gray) and I think Grayden had a great time with his Nana and Papa. We loved getting to see our families (even if it was only for just a little while) and loved watching Grayden play with his cousins. A few pictures below to summarize our end of April/May/early June....