Size at his 3 year check in January:
Height:
37 1/2” (49th percentile)Weight: 31 lbs (41st percentile)
BP: 88/60 (this was a first for him and he didn’t mind it at all and actually thought it was pretty neat)
Approximate size now:
Height:
39”Weight: 33 lbs
Potty training:
We are accident
free all day long 99% of the time. The
thing Grant still struggles with is staying dry at nap and bed time. He is staying dry more frequently at those
times but I think part of his problem is he is such a heavy sleeper and once he
is asleep, he is out.
Month:
January
Favorite words, sayings and/or things:
One of the silly
things that Grant often does is add syllables to words. For example, yeah = ya-ah and good =
gah-ood. Some other cute ways he says
things… instructions = constructions and lincoln logs = flinkin’ logs. Grant loves to tell us he “runs faster like a
cheetah.”
Funnies/Grant-isms:
Grant still
loves green everything. One night I was
explaining to him one day his baby teeth will fall out and he will get new,
adult teeth. He then told me, “Maybe
I'll get green teeth when I get my new teeth.”
There was one night when we had put Grant to bed and heard a bid
thud. Matt and I go racing upstairs to
find Grant crying because he fell out of bed.
When we asked what he was doing, his reply... "I was doing my
exercises!" Cue bursting out in
tears again. On his birthday, after he
blew out the candle he pulled the candle out of the cupcake and bit the bottom
off of it. This is a good one… Grant
likes checking for lint between our toes!
There was one night where I plucked his socks off and pointed out the
lint between his toes and from that moment on he will check for lint between
his and our toes!
Observations:
Grant has been
expressing more interest in lying in bed with us or having us lay with him. I usually cave on the weekends and snuggle
with him in our bed until he falls asleep.
He absolutely loves board games
and has recently received hi-ho cherry-o, don’t break the ice, and duck duck
goose and we play constantly! One of the
teachers at daycare stopped me in the hallway one afternoon and was giggling
and she told me Grant is so much fun, he says the funniest things and is so
entertaining. “He’s like a 17 year old
trapped in a kid’s body.” Grant loves
having a bath time fun buddy… Amelia.
Firsts/Adventures:
We celebrated Grant's 3rd Birthday complete with a construction theme. We purchased a
beginner snowboard for Grant and he loves it!
His balance is surprisingly very good.
He naturally bends his knees and puts his arms out. 
February
Favorite words, sayings and/or things:
It
doesn’t matter what it is but when you ask Grant when something happened he
will say, “It happened on Thursday.” He
will ask, “What's your thang chicken wang?”
He calls Amelia “A-mewl-da.” He
loves measuring things with his tape measure and it doesn’t matter what he
measures it is always 28.5" Grant
randomly tells us he slipped and fell on the ice anytime he is “hurt” or wants
extra attention. 
Funnies/Grant-isms:
More
and more frequently Grant is singing along to songs on the radio or singing
randomly. It’s so cute to hear what he
thinks the words are. For instance, he
was singing “I'm so heavy, so very heavy” when the words really are “I’m so
happy, so very happy. I’ve got the love
of Jesus in my heart.” Grant does this
really weird scrunchy eye thing… sometimes it is when he is mad or frustrated
and other times he does it being silly.
Observations:
Grant’s
imagination is growing! It is so
entertaining listening to some of the stories he comes up with. He likes to get our attention and say
“mommy/daddy I have to tell you something… Last Thursday I dunked my head in
the toilet.” To our knowledge this has
never actually happened but he says it constantly and giggles each and
everytime. When he eats a dessert or
sweet, he savors every bite and eats
slowly. He can get completely snow ready
by himself as well as now get a shirt on by himself. 
March
Favorite words, sayings and/or things:
Grant
says I love you a lot… over and over. I
will never get sick of him saying it
and taking my face between his hands, squishing my cheeks and saying “I love
you mommy.” He loves wearing sweatshirts
with a hood. He also loves dolphin and
brings him everywhere. He doesn’t like “red things” in reference to
tomatoes. 
Funnies/Grant-isms:
Grant
came to me with a broken piece of one of his new toys and said "someone
broke it." I asked who and he said Addie and I told him
Addie hasn't played with these toys yet are you sure that is what
happened. He said oh and then I asked if
he broke it and he said yeah. One night
at dinner we asked Grant if he knew where pork chops come from. Without hesitation he said, “Mmm hmmm! Apple seeds!!!”
Observations:
Grant
has begun to express interest in having privacy when he goes to the bathroom.
Firsts/Adventures:
We
moved Grant to the next car seat which is a convertible to booster but still
with 5 point harness. We needed his
current car seat for Amelia to move up.
Illness:
In
the beginning of the month, Grant popped up with a low grade fever and a croup
cough which only lasted for one night but was very bad. Luckily, we have a breathing machine and did
a treatment and some oils and the next day he was ok. 
Favorite words, sayings and/or things:
He has told us,
“When I'm bigger, I'll get to put someone in time out.”
Funnies/Grant-isms:
Matt was trying
to stay up to watch the 10 o’ clock news one night and dozed off on the
couch. When he woke up at midnight, Grant
was sitting next to him on the couch wide awake watching whatever was on
TV.
Observations:
There are times
when Grant will be whiny for no reason and we ask why. His reply almost always is “Because I miss
A-mewl-da” (when she is literally sitting next to him). Grant can do a perfect frontward somersault
Firsts/Adventures:
He
didn’t have his first dentist
appointment (that was almost 2 years ago) but he did allow the hygienist to
perform a full cleaning at this visit.
We also had Amelia’s birthday, the kitchen renovation, and a whole lot
of crazy busyness!
May
Favorite words, sayings and/or things:
Grant still loves
dolphin and wants to take him everywhere.
He is also adamant about the fact that he is “dolphin’s mommy” not his
daddy but he is “just pretending.” After
hearing Matt say it one time, one of Grant’s new favorite sayings is “I love
you like a fly on stink.”
Funnies/Grant-isms:
Grant is M&M
obsessed and he doesn’t even eat them that often. He will use M&M interchangeable when he
is happy/silly or mad. We’ve heard
anything from “I’m a little M&M short and small” or “see you later
M&M’s” to “mommy you’re an M&M” when he gets mad and doesn’t get his
way. It’s hard to keep a straight face
with a 3 year old throwing insults like that at you.
Grant loves
trying to identify smells. If he smells
something unique he will say, “what’s that smell.” We then have to go through the what, why’s
and how’s of the smell.
Observations:
It has been a
very difficult month filled with many
moments in which Grant is extremely defiant, angry, and upset. When he doesn’t get his way, he will
occasionally clench his fists and stomp his foot and say “I don’t like you
mommy/daddy.” There was one day at
school in which he spit at the teacher!
That only happened on one occasion I believe but he then resorted to
saying “spit” when he is angry instead of actually spitting. I am happy to say that by the end of this
month we saw these issues less. He spent
many minutes in timeout or afternoons without riding his gator or sleeping with
dolphin in his bed. He even earned a
couple swift swats with the paddle on occasion.
I am pretty sure
Grant also experienced and remembered his first dream this month. In the middle of the night, he was crying and
saying “Mommy I'm scared.” When I got to
his room, I told him it was ok and he said “but you're not on the boat anymore? You’re leaving without me?" He loves riding his big boy bike with
training wheels and is getting better at doing so. He has a hard time pedaling back up the
driveway however.
Firsts/Adventures:
We attended Addison and Ari's birthday parties, the Memorial Day parade and had our first
“boat day” of the season this month. We
also took a trip to the Dells with my parents while they were here for Amelia’s
birthday party. Grant loves all the
waterslides and is absolutely fearless when it comes to going down even the big
ones. 
Illness:
On 5/19 woke up
with a croup sounding cough. We did a
breathing treatment and peppermint oil on his chest with thieves on his feet
and sent him back to bed. There was no
lingering cough or return of the croup the following night.
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