December

AJ and Gray

Wow, am I behind on this!  December brought Gray's first friend birthday party.  It was with his friend AJ, who Gray just loves.  It also brought beautiful, not typical December weather.  Weather perfect for our Monday hikes. 
December also brought us to Florida and a chance to visit with family and celebrate Christmas.

Getting ready for our shape hike

Gray was so excited about this "mask" he found on our hike

Blue Springs State Park

On our way to Florida we visited Blue Springs State Park.  It was one of my favorite places growing up, and probably one of the reasons I went into natural resources.  This park is famous for the manatees that come to visit it every winter.  The day we were there, there was over 240!  It was so much fun sharing this with Gray.  He loved the manatees.

Momma and her calf

My happy boys

Mam-moo chasing the boys with the dust buster!  They thought it was hilarious!

We stayed at my grandmothers new condo, but mom is taking care of her, so Gray was able to spend a lot of time still with his Mam-moo.  They were able to be silly with each other and have a good time. 

On Christmas Eve, Jessie, Brian, Kaleb and Jim came over for dinner and to open our gifts.  It was good to have everyone together, and the boys of course had a great time.

Jessie and Kaleb

Christmas morning

Gray was so excited about Christmas this year.  He really got into Santa and his elves.  It was really a lot of fun.  Gray got a puppy for Christmas and named him Spidey. On Christmas morning Santa also brought a cash register and a leap frog scan and count toy. 

Mam-moo bought both Jess and I family memberships to our local science centers.  So before we left, we all got together to go play and explore at the Orlando Science center. 

Silly Kaleb at Light up UCF