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A New Blog!

Posted on Mar. 15, 2010 at 2:13 PM - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

In honor of baby brother's upcoming arrival, I have started a new blog here:

http://gradyeric.blogspot.com/

It is an easier format and will allow me to share all of the exciting events we have coming up in our life! This blog will stay here and can still be accessed if you want to see the old posts.

"LOVE"

Posted on Mar. 2, 2010 at 6:23 PM - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

It has been a tough week in our house - Mama has pneumonia, it seems, which is especially NOT fun at 26 weeks pregnant. Grady is also coming down with something, though he seems to be faring better than I am. Anyway, I am so sick of sickness and ready to be well. So I didn't come on here to post about that. I came on to post about a simple thing Grady did this evening after his tub that just warmed my heart and brightened my mood like only that little boy can. I pulled him out of the tub and wrapped him in a towel AND a blanket since he was feeling chilly (he has a low fever). He just snuggled his head down into my neck and said "LOVE!" Like that's exactly what he was feeling at that moment. Me too, Grady.

My Reader

Posted on Feb. 25, 2010 at 11:10 AM - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

So Grady shows lots of great pre-reading skills (like knowing all his letters, knowing the sounds most make, and recognizing logos for brands and stores EVERYWHERE!) but of course he is not reading yet. However, he really made me proud (and totally surprised me) last night when I was putting him to bed. I got him this little heart-shaped pillow for Valentine's Day that says "I love you". Of course I had told him it said that, but it isn't something we talked about again and again. So he picked it up last night and pointed at each letter, saying each one as he went. Once he did the whole word, he said what the word was! "L-O-V-E - love!" To me, that seemed like a pretty big step towards reading!

A Beautiful Weekend!

Posted on Feb. 23, 2010 at 3:18 PM - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

We had a really great weekend, partly due to the fact that we had FABULOUS weather which just put us all in a great mood. It was close to 70 and sunny both days. On Saturday we had a birthday party for the little boy down the street who was turning 2. Since it was so nice outside the party was in the backyard, which was great. Grady ran around and played and everyone had fun. Meanwhile Eric managed to move the remaining furniture out of the old office (new nursery) and into the new guest room/office. Everything fits great in the new space, and the room is really coming together. Now we can really get going on the nursery! The furniture should be here soon, I have paint picked, and we just need to start painting. Eric will be travelling a lot before and just after our upcoming trip to Florida, so hopefully we can fit it in. Eric also made tons of progress on the playhouse on Saturday. The roof is all shingled! The siding is up next, then he can install the windows, and the exterior is done! I plan on helping with the interior since that should be lots of fun. Saturday night we went out to dinner since G had taken a long nap. Good times!

On Sunday we went to a park/walking trails downtown. We brought G's bike and he rode all over! He did really great. He has been riding his bike some, but this was the first time he really rode it a long distance! After a family nap we all played outside with the sandbox and water table. Then we grilled out and ate outside on the screen porch, which was great!

Here are some pictures from our beautiful weekend... Oh, and our daffodils are even coming up - spring is here!

Biking at the park

swinging - he is starting to even pump his legs

He loves to swing a hammer

See the playhouse? He is SOOO excited about it!

He looks like a frustrated construction guy

trying to get the hammer in his pocket - I think he was wishing he had a hammer loop in his pants

playing with the water table

washing dishes

Eric at work

He said he was giving his trucks a "sand bath" because to them being clean is yucky and they like to get dirty :) That kid is always cracking me up with stuff like that!

We are still enjoying the nice weather around here. Hopefully we will be seeing lots more of it now that it is almost March!

Winter Fun

Posted on Feb. 16, 2010 at 2:50 PM - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

We had some fun times this past weekend, despite the snow, which never makes Mama very happy.

First, we had a Build-a-Bear party for Grady's friend Brooklyn on Friday.

Grady stuffing his bear

I never get over that huge smile!

Giving his bear a "tubby" - he loved this part

Ever the little engineer, he wanted to figure out how the machine worked

You can see his dimples - he must be happy!

The other moms must have taken about 100 pictures of him too. They kept saying how photogenic he is since he loves to smile and loves the camera. They were like "none of the other kids want their picture taken, so we'll just take pictures of Grady having fun!" :) Ah, I think he missed his calling as a Baby Gap model!

The whole (squirmy) group

Now for our "snow day" on Saturday! We got about 3 inches that all melted by about noon. But we got out in it before it did! I think some people in the are saw snow one other time this year, but for our neighborhood this was the first. We did get a little ice a few weeks ago, but nothing we coupld play in certainly.

Poor Grady was out in his rain boots because it would be sort of silly to own snow boots in SC.

Sad palm tree

First snow angel ever!

Grady getting ready to throw a snowball

"Helping" his best friend down the icy driveway - it was so cute how Grady was telling Drew to be careful.

sledding on the ice

sledding with Drew

A different sled - Drew is basically on top of him. Really safe, hmm?

Our sad, tiny SC snowman

Our yard at about noon - the only bits of snow left were where we attempted snowmen

We are very happy that temperatures are supposed to return to the more normal high 50's by the weekend. It sure has been one crazy winter! We are ready for spring!

Oh, and I just had to add this great little video of Grady sledding! It was his first time ever!

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