"Let It Go..."

Happy September and soon to be fall adventurers. It's been a crazy few weeks in Smithtown. Trevor started a new job, I am taking on more responsibilities at work and Bailey is officially obsessed with the movie Frozen. There's a good chance if you stop by our house that it's playing in the background or if you are driving in the car with us the soundtrack will be on. So far we are all still enjoying it just not as much as the Bailey. 

We were able to take a quick last minute trip to Arizona to see some of Trevor's family and it was fantastic. Bailey remembered she loves swimming and is obsessed with her cousins. She is still asking pretty much daily - "play with Caleb, play with Lyssa...see Auntie Nettie..." It's adorable and we must spend more time together.

Bailey is growing up too fast and while I love it - It does make me a little sad. She is constantly climbing and her favorite places to hang out are either on top of her car or on a dresser or a counter or a table or her moms head. She climbs up and down and up and down. We think we need to get her into rock climbing because she would love it. 

Bailey continues to be ridiculously excited about Halloween, Thanksgiving, her birthday and Christmas. She has even requested to wear her Halloween and Christmas pajamas already.  Shockingly, (I am sure) I have already bought her Halloween costume (several months ago in fact), her birthday outfit as well as the decorations for her party. What can I say? I'm a planner. Ha! 

Storm also turned 4 recently and she is as loving to us and as mean to anyone else as she can be. We like her a lot and she and Bailey have a ridiculously good time playing together - they really do. They chase eachother through Bailey's tunnel - it's adorable. 

We also had the annual UCRM IVF picnic and it was just as enjoyable and awkward as ever. No one knows eachother, but we are all connected through the fun of infertility. Bailey had so much fun playing with all the kids and is such a diva that she kept her sunglasses on most of the time. Other parents thought she was pretty adorable and funny - so we aren't completely biased, just mostly. 

Salt Lake Comic Con happened again and Trevor had a good time, but lucky for me I was was able to go too and I met Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride) and he was delightfully charming. He told me I was beautiful twice - hugged me - kissed my hand and put it to his forehead while he bowed. I mean what?!!! So fun! Needless to say - that crush has been rekindled. 

So as you can see - it's been a crazy time in our household. I am sure the wackiness will continue, but we love it - mostly. :) Have a wonderful rest of your September. See you soon! 

"...I've Got All My Sisters (and Brothers) With Me..."

We are family!

It has been a crazy, busy, loud, and fabulous last few weeks. First up we had the Granat Family Jamboree and it was highly enjoyable to be all together. I genuinely enjoy my parents, siblings and in-laws quite a lot and my nieces and nephews are a fantastic bunch of goofballs. Bailey is obsessed with her cousins and continues to ask daily, "Play with cousins?" Thank goodness we have one quite close so she doesn't get too sad being away from her cousins (on both sides).

Trevor and I each had a birthday this past month and I don't mind getting older, but I have now moved up to the next age bracket when filling out surveys and I don't know how I feel about that. We are enjoying these last few weeks of summer and trying to stay cool. Bailey does it by watching the Curious George Christmas movie and reading books about fall and winter. She's a silly and funny girl. One of her new favorite phrases in "That's a great idea." She also has been adding the word "crazy" to things - such as "It's crazy bright out here..." or "Let's do a crazy dance..." etc. She is also singing a lot more and slightly off key which is pretty funny and adorable. She sings with such enthusiasm and mumbles the words she isn't sure of. She also likes to be the only one singing sometimes. She tells me "No singing mommy..." pretty frequently and I usually laugh and keep singing anyway. Bailey is 2 and not entirely the boss of me. Ha. Have a great end of Summer adventurers!