Business Dinner

I don't think Gray has learned that we don't take calls at the dinner table....

...although it looks like it was important.  

20 Months Old!

Wow...where has the time gone?  It is hard to believe that in 4 months we will be celebrating Grayson's 2nd birthday.  He is such a TURKEY!   He definitely keeps me on my toes ALL DAY LONG.  He is so much fun!  

A few weeks ago Gray and I went to photograph his sweet baby cousin for her 1/2 birthday.  She is so adorable and it was a lot of fun using all the girly props I can never use with Grayson.  Here are some of the 50 million pictures I took haha. 

This is what Gray thought of Autymn getting all the attention....he was not amused AT ALL.  

I am a little scared for the teenage years.  

It seems as though spring came early in Tennessee and we are soaking it up!  

Hope you are having a MARVELOUS month! 

Sweet boy

Yesterday the weather was so BEAUTIFUL!  After a nap and lunch, we just could not wait any longer to soak up the sunshine.  I am NOT AT ALL a fan of cold weather so this winter has been ideal for me!    Here are some sweet pictures of my boy!

I think it is safe to say that Grayson hopes winter is over! 

First Hair Cut

I have not been through the Christmas pictures yet so the first hair cut is going up first!  I promise I will come back and fill you in on all the holiday fun!


Grayson had his first hair cut today!  It is a day I have been putting off and rescheduling for months.  I just wasn't ready to let go of all that baby hair.  Plus- how the heck would she cut it?  Would I like it?  Would he sit still?  It just made my stomach hurt thinking about it so I didn't!  Until everyone started calling him a girl...I could have put the child in all blue with a shirt that said "I'm a boy" and people would still call him a girl.  So my dear husband suggested that it was time!  With a knot in my stomach we took him this morning to the lady that cuts Artie's hair.  We packed a couple of lollipops and prayed for the best.


He did such a good job!  He liked that he could see himself in the mirror.  We did give him a lollipop which I was a little scare about but he did a good job with it.  Artie was sitting with him just in case he did pull the top off.  He was a sticky MESS when we left but he was able to get his hair cut!!!

The before picture

That lollipop was our saving grace!  

Keeping a close eye on Miss Rachael...

There were mirrors all around and he kept looking at himself haha!  

He needed to tell her something! 

All Done!!  (looking at himself haha!)

Sweet boy!

Just  a shorter version of the old style!  I was so very proud of him!!!

Halloween 2011

Can I please start off this post with a good cry?  Please look...

Where did my baby go?  

Our Halloween was indeed happy!  It started off by sleeping in cute Halloween jammies of course! 

He did not mind his costume one bit...I was a little worried about the ears!

Please let me note that I NEVER have any good pictures with Gray...

Second try....

We decided Gray was going to be a dog this year because his favorite word is "gog".  He says it all day long haha!  I really wanted him to be a cow but all of the cow faces were either too girly or kinda weird. He was the cutest little puppy in the land! 

He wanted to crawl in the bushes...obviously that was a no.  This little puppy was not happy about being removed from them.  

After pictures, we were off to see Artie's Great Aunt and Uncle.  They are both in their 80's and just LOVED seeing Grayson. We did not stay long because, of course, their house is not baby proof.  Grayson wanted to pick everything up and was even licking their storm door haha!  It was so cute because they told Artie that he was never that wild.  Oh dear...

By this point it was dinner time so we drove to my MIL's house to eat.  Once dinner was finished we let Gray walk down the driveway to the house across the street.  I thought he looked so BIG! 

The across the street neighbors were so sweet even though Gray was OVER IT! He was mad because he could not get down and run amuck.

(amuck! amuck! amuck!- name that movie)

It was rapidly approaching bedtime and Gray needed a bottle! He was half asleep when Artie loaded him in the car.  On the way home we stopped at his Aya's house for 2 seconds.  She had a sweet Halloween gift for him- Thanks Aya! 

Once we got home it was straight to bed for the little puppy.  He was more than ready!  It was a great Halloween...I can't believe that he has already had 2 of them!  Where has the time gone?  Now it is time to gear up for Thanksgiving and Christmas!  I love this time of year but it goes by too fast.  I am going to soak in every moment of this holiday season.  

Have a blessed All Saints Day!