Here comes TROUBLE...

Well it has finally happened. Spencer has learned to stand. Now nothing is safe from his little grasp. He will crawl to a chair or couch and then pull himself to standing and then fall over-and then do it again. I have a feeling this is the beginning of some true mischief. The last couple of days he has been standing up in the middle of the room for short bursts. Soon he will be walking!!? He is such a busy baby-into everything all the time. Way more than I remember Jonah or Jonathan ever being.


Here he is standing at the dishwasher...

At his toy chest...



At the chair...


And here is a little video of him getting up in the middle of the room. He is so proud of himself that he claps and screams.

You get the picture. There are definately more bumps and bruises now that he is figuring this out. He is definately one strong little cookie. A few months ago at the Doctor's office for his 9 month checkup he wouldn't hold still. I had to restrain him for the Doctor to do anything. By the time we left Dr. Allred had given Spencer a new nickname: "wiggleworm". Spencer "Wiggleworm" Gray. Sounds like a wrestlers name. We love our little guy (who is very tall for his age, by the way, 99th %tile).

Happy Day, Emily!

Ok, so this post is WAY late in going up. But that's alright, since all of us Utah Grays (except Stephen--and both Jon and Dave are no longer Utah Grays) forgot to wish Emily happy birthday ON her birthday. (Enough pandering already?)

Happy Birthday Favorite Sister/Single Aunt in the Whole Wide World!!

Haircuts 'N Pancakes

So I was sitting at the computer last night, preparing a lesson for church. I had just cut the boys' hair earlier that day, and my own. In fact, I cut my hair with a #2 attachment on the clippers--shorter than ever before.

In the midst of a rare moment of stillness (for him), Jonathan was sitting on the couch that was next to the computer, observing my preparations. All of the sudden he said, "Dad, when I grow up, I'm going to be bald just like you!"






Does anyone remember the ward pancakes/parades we participated in when we were kids? With Willie Hammond, Jack Macdonald, etc. under or overcookin' the food, and the games, and bike decorating, and stuff? I thought they were awesome, and could NOT wait to pull out my bike every year to decorate it and ride in that parade. Then eat pancakes...

Well, our ward did something similar for Flag Day this year, a Parade and pancake breakfast. Being the lazy dad that I am, I forgot to let the kids know in advance for the bike decorating part. It's all good though. The parade route was about 100 feet long, from one side of the church parking lot to the other. And back. Lots of times if you were ambitious.

At least the pancakes were good.

Reminds me of the pancakes Jon, Jackson, Cooper, Grandpa Gray and I enjoyed a couple of years ago in Thousand Oaks for one of their ward breakfasts. They were so good that Cooper and Jackson had to fend off Grandpa the Pancake Thief.

Birch Aquarium

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Old Town San Diego

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Farmer's Market, Oceanside

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