Bond, James Bond

My friend Lisa has been keeping me posted on the James Bond filming in Vorarlberg Austria. I know that it might be hard to grasp but these were the cobblestones that I walked on everyday... to grab a roll from the bakery on the way to school, through the markets on Saturday mornings and to meet friends on the weekends. Besides that, Feldkirch is not Vienna, its not Salsburg, its a tiny town so its nice to see that someone recognized it for its beauty and old world charm.

Apparently they filmed in Feldkirch yesterday and move on to the Lake Stage tomorrow... Here is the Marktgasse setting up for the shoot:

And apparently this is a car chase scene where Bond is followed by the bad men in tuxes...

New tricks!

Grant has 4 new tricks in 4 days:

-going from laying down to sitting up
(scared the crap out of geoff when we went in the morning and could see grant's head over the crib rail)
-waving hello and "buh-buh"
(he likes this one and waves to everybody in the supermarket)
-noooooo (as shown in the video- Jamie is off to the right)



and HE CRAWLED!

Superyard

We needed a quick fix for now-mobile-Grant to not get into Army stuff and computer cords so it was a Babies-R-Us run and the Superyard to the rescue. We set it up in the den and let me tell you, what a lifesaver! Turns out Grant doesn't get mad when he can't have what he can't see. Instead of constantly turning him in another direction or prying a cord out of his fingers (to be met with a scream) he plays with all of the toys in the pen and nothing gets out of his reach! I also captured his first "up on all fours" picture as he tried to chase down a runaway ball.

I know we've told alot of you but he is going to be an engineer when he grows up, he studies the smallest detail such as a string or the carpet pluash for minutes on end... hence the fleece blanket of top of the rug

Sick as a Dog...

...but still a ham!

Another first

It started out a typical Sunday morning, we had no idea that we would be in for another first today. Grant woke up, got changed, had a bottle, and went into his Jumperoo to play while we got started with the "post-packing" clean-up. No, we didn't have a clue that today would be the day for his first Onesie Sacrifice but it was and man will it be memorable. Sensing that he might be dirty got him out of the jumper to the changing table and quickly note that this is NOT a one woman job. Long story short I'll just say, UP TO THE BACK OF HIS NECK! So while Dad made sure he didn't roll off of the table I grabbed the scissors and said so long to the cute little fire trucks... and of course had to blog about it.

SCOOTER

We are officially in TROUBLE. Grant is MOBILE! (insert Home Alone face and scream here) ...Not crawling completely but an Army crawl he must have learned from his Dad. He loves the wood floors because he gets more bang for his buck and can slide further faster. So here he is in all of his lizard/salamander/army crawl glory.... (please ignore the Army packing, it has taken over the house)

Not bad for a kid with Pneumonia huh?!?!

Semper Gumbi

discouraging day yesterday... turns out Geoff is not going to 5-82 after all. That unit originally wanted a captain and we're told they wouldn't get one (thus why Geoff was offered the job) but someone is giving them one so Geoff stays put. {{sigh}} Thats the Army for you!

Not a Care in the World

We had a huge bottle blow-out in the mall today, Grant and the stroller were both sopping wet with milk but it didn't seem to bother him at all... he couldn't even wait to get on a fresh outfit before he passed out.

I'm going too!

Daddy is going to Iraq and I'm going too. He said I could. He even checked to make sure I could fit in his foot locker. There is plenty of room, see? Don't worry I'll send you pictures of the camels.

Big Changes

I know that this blog has been very Grant-centric but this post is all about Geoff. Big changes are happening in Texas! Geoff was told Thursday afternoon to go interview for another Battalion and he found out today that he got the job. (He was not expecting to as he was given a "coin" at the interview which he read as "thanks but no thanks") So Not only does Geoff leave his Platoon and Troop (something he knew was going to happen somewhere in the not so distant future) but he leaves the whole Squadron. His old Squadron was 8-10 and they reflagged as 1-9. He will now be with a Field Artillery Battalion, 5-82. ((Deployment timeline is still looking the same))

P.S. He also brought home the Army Commendation Medal today for being "Top Gun" at gunnery a few months ago (on a Bradley for which he'd never been trained!)
WAY TO GO BABE!

We're in trouble!

I was having a great IM chat with Valentine when I heard some funny noises coming from the Kid's Corner (his little alcove in the den) I leaned back from the computer to see Grant at the book shelves (always ignored up until this point) pulling toys out of the bin. As I went to take a picture he discovered something far better than silly ole toys in silly brown bins, BOOKS. Grant can pull himself up to the shelves and reach to pull out books, right now the Berstein Bears seem to be just the right size for his litle hands. Man are we in trouble. Looks like a week full of reorganizing is in our future! ....just sitting here playing... wait, whats this... I got BOOKS!

Just plain Stuck

Geoff is home, YAY. Weather is yucky, boooo. And Grant's transmission has been stuck in reverse for a few weeks now. He gets up on his hands, butt up and backwards he goes. I came back from the bathroom to find him stuck with his legs under the couch... and when you're stuck in reverse with your legs under the couch you're just plain stuck!