our story

It all began on the evening of Nov 29th 2003, at former Chat Noir French Restaurant in Costa Mesa, CA. Brad approached me [Jana] and we instantly connected; it was love at first sight. The next 4 years that followed were a whirlwind of romance, growing pains, and adventures. We circled the globe, traveling to South America, Europe, and Asia. Then one night, Brad surprised me with a romantic beachside proposal. We made it official on August 23rd 2008 with an intimate wedding at a hip art gallery in Laguna Beach. A year later we finished redesigning our home in the beach village of Corona del Mar.

On May 18th, 2010, we were blessed with a sweet little miracle of our own, our baby boy Taj Leon. He stole our hearts and took our breath away! Then, 19 months later, his incredible little brother, Jax Franz, arrived on Christmas morning (December 25th) 2011. What an amazing gift we received! In an effort to slow down the clock and enjoy our beautiful family, in Spring of 2012, we sold our CA seaside home and moved across the country to our dream lake house in Brad's hometown of Bemus Point, a resort village on Chautauqua Lake in Western New York! Even though we are living a more slow paced life, we are living a life far from ordinary!

From the West Coast to the East Coast, our Grover family adventures continue! So won't you come along and join us on this journey of love, family, and travel we like to call our La Vida Grover!

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Taji turns 5 months old!




Holy moly, where is the time going?!! I can't believe our little munchkin is one month away from being 1/2 a year old! Well, the photos above pretty much depict the little rascal within. He grabs at everything, is a curious little kitty, and loves to taste and lick anything he can get his hands on! I weighed him yesterday on our baby scale at home, and get ready for this.... Taj came in at 15lbs and 12 ounces! Not sure how long he is now but that nightly rice cereal is turning him into a chunky monkey and we love every roll and dimple of his! And this week, in honor of his 5 month bday, Taji is transitioning to oatmeal! He is outgrowing his 6 month clothes, and now wears 9 month onesies, sleepers, pants, etc! I have also noticed how much he loves the water.... bathtime is his favorite part of the day and he gets super hyper splashing like crazy. Then again, because we use the ocean nature sound to wind him down for naps and bedtime, anytime we take him to the ocean he falls asleep within minutes of hearing the waves crash!
I think he is incredibly verbal for his developmental age too (thanks to his awesome home day-care and him wanting to copy the other babies!) As I mentioned before he says "mama" "nana" "da" "baba" and now his most recent version of "hi".... except it sounds more like "haaa" but he will say it everytime we say "hi" to him. SO cute! I love his little voice! His cries are changing too..... more like whines now.... and they can get pretty darn demanding. Did I mention he has a tooth?!! Yep, and another on the way! I'm trying to stay brave and continue nursing him, esp. after he bit me on saturday :/

Taj loves playing his piano and hitting the buttons on other musical toys......
can't get enough of his jumerooo....
rolls from place to place in order to touch things and grab his toys....
and enjoys watching football with daddy (but of course he has to represent mommy's school UCLA..... even though they are not good at football LOL) I forgot to mention that Taj is fascinated with the Baby Einstein Mozart & Neptune dvds, and gets excited when he watches their puppet shows.
my oh my, how our little one is blossoming! He keeps us entertained, and we treasure every moment we have with him! We love our beautiful blonde baby blue eyes to pieces!

3 comments:

  1. He is soooo big! Love the UCLA garb...we'll have to get all of our boys together for a REAL UCLA football game. Wouldn't that be fun?

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  2. p.s. I hear you about the biting, OUCH!

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  3. I love all your pics of Taj! He looks like he is very happy and well taken care of. Man, this baby thing is tough!

    BTW, I love the spotlight effect on your pics. I'm gonna try doing that.

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