First up was a trip from my parents in mid September. I should have known that the weekend was headed south when before I even picked my parents up from the airport on Thursday, I had to pick Grant up early from school because he was throwing up. We all took it easy on Friday, mostly because we were unsure if Grant was back to normal. He seemed fine, but the morning bottle really seemed to bother him. We did decide to venture out to Lookout Mountain on Saturday. There we stopped by The Buffalo Bill Museum & Grave and enjoyed the beautiful views of Denver and the mountains. The weekend was starting to look up and then Saturday night/Sunday morning brought on a stomach bug. My Mom and Dad were both up overnight and later that night Shannon also caught the bug. Luckily for everyone, the worst of it only lasted 24 hours. That allowed everyone but Shannon to go downtown to the Denver Mint and the Firefighter Museum on Monday. My parents left the following day (which of course is when the stomach bug finally got me). I'm not sure that they will want to come back to visit after this experience...
A couple weeks later, we celebrated my birthday... the big 3-0! I mention this not because I was freaking out about the loss of my 20s but because I want to thank everyone who sent me cards (including KU basketball head coach Bill Self). My wonderful wife gave me the best gift and showered me with cards from friends and family and even some of the KU athletic department (did I mention Bill Self?). I loved reading everyone's comments about turning 30, but here is one of my favorite cards (it's from Bill Self). Are you jealous?? I would be, if I were you.
In mid October I celebrated my birthday by going to Las Vegas for a weekend with my friend from high school, Tony, whose 30th birthday was just last week. We enjoyed eating well, relaxing, playing the tables and such. 
Our hotel, The LuxorThe weekend before Vegas though, Shannon's mom came out for the weekend because we had two weddings to attend. This was another visit from one of our parents, and yet another illness for Grant. We felt really terrible about leaving Grant with his Gigi because he had 3 molars coming in. In the recent past, his teething has generally included a cold and a diaper rash. This time seemed to be no different except each seemed to be a little worse than normal, however we still just chalked it up to the teething. We later found out that Grant actually had strep (Shannon also had it) so luckily some antibiotics cleared it up quickly for the both of them. As for the weddings, both were wonderful outdoor Colorado weddings. We enjoyed witnessing the marriage of Joe and Sommer Gaughan on Saturday at a beautiful ceremony in Golden where we burned up the dance floor (we unfortunately forgot our camera at home so do not have any pictures to show). Michele and Tim Rapp's wedding the following day was in Beaver Creek, which is about two and half hours away. We would not have been able to go to it if Shannon's mom had not been here to watch Grant because it meant that we were going to be away overnight. It was the first time that we have both left Grant overnight...ever.
Tim and Michele Rapp
A lot has been going on with Grant over the last few weeks, besides just getting sick. He had his 15 month checkup, which included the last set of vaccines that he will get for a while. Because of his recent illnesses (and new skill of picky eating) he has not put on much weight lately. He is now tipping the scales at 19.8 lbs (2nd percentile) and his length is 30.7 in (35th percentile). He is now bottle free, though still not happy with us regarding missing out on the morning one. Grant has picked up a few more signs, including please and thank you. He is also working on quite a bit more words, even though they are usually not very clear. Dog, door, and dad all sound very similar. The funniest word to see him attempt to say is 'apple' because he really emphasizes his mouth movements. We'll have to try to get it on video sometime. He is also learning to master his animal sounds and loves telling us what a dog, cow, duck and elephant say. Grant still LOVES his books and will plop down on the floor by himself at times just to flip through a book (which generally involves his own narration). He is learning his body parts and gets a great laugh out of trying to tickle me and Shannon. As you can tell, we are having a lot of fun (and we think he is too).
This past weekend we went to a pumpkin patch near us to join in the festivities. Now we are just getting ready for next weekend and Halloween! Hopefully we'll have a great picture of Grant in his costume to post next weekend! (Although he enjoyed trying it on a few weeks ago, keep your fingers crossed that he will agree to put it on again)
Tractor ride at the pumpkin patch
Our new favorite picture
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