Thursday, April 29, 2010
nice day out!
Grayson and I have just been chilling this week, so not much activity going on... But, today we went over to the Pitner's house (Kelly is the nursery coordinator and her son is the little boy, Jackson, that LOVES Grayson). We played outside with her kids for 2 hours! Grayson had fun sitting in the grass and watching her twin 3-yr-old girls swing. He was exhausted when we got home and ready for a nap, which he's currently fighting! So, I'm going to make this a short one and go check on him. Hope you all have a great weekend!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Happy Eight Months, Little Man!
Brandon and I can't believe it... our little boy turns 8 months today. And we are both happy and sad--happy that he is such a blessing in our lives and that he's a healthy, happy boy, but sad that he's growing up so quickly. It seems like yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital not knowing what the heck we were going to do with him when we got there! Cuddling in the rocking chair, watching him take naps in my lap... gone are those days. Now I can barely even cradle him in that chair because he's too big! He is a sweet, sweet boy though. Just Sunday, he fell asleep in Brandon's arms at church and everyone was proclaiming how cute he was.
So, today I guess I'm feeling nostalgic. I miss those days when he was a tiny, helpless baby and he loved to cuddle in my arms! Now he's struggling to sit up and look around when I'm merely trying to feed him! I'm sure very soon, he'll only want to sit with me when he's sick and otherwise will be running from me!
Oh, and here's the news on the house that we're hopefully buying!! The sellers have accepted our inspection response, so we are good-to-go for a June 4th closing as far as we know! We are set to move in the weekend of June 18--anyone wanna come help?! hahah Or, maybe just watch Grayson while we move everything?
Enjoy your day kids... mine has started at 6 a.m. Oh, to be able to sleep like I used to!!
So, today I guess I'm feeling nostalgic. I miss those days when he was a tiny, helpless baby and he loved to cuddle in my arms! Now he's struggling to sit up and look around when I'm merely trying to feed him! I'm sure very soon, he'll only want to sit with me when he's sick and otherwise will be running from me!
Oh, and here's the news on the house that we're hopefully buying!! The sellers have accepted our inspection response, so we are good-to-go for a June 4th closing as far as we know! We are set to move in the weekend of June 18--anyone wanna come help?! hahah Or, maybe just watch Grayson while we move everything?
Enjoy your day kids... mine has started at 6 a.m. Oh, to be able to sleep like I used to!!
Saturday, April 24, 2010
just in case you missed it...
I posted a ton of pics and a new video on Facebook this weekend, but I thought I'd post the video here too since it's so darn cute...
We were up and at 'em early this morning, thanks to you-know-cutie, and ended up running some errands. The post office, bank, Target, Chick-Fil-A, and Dairy Queen were all stops (had to get Brandon his blizzard so he wouldn't be jealous any more!). We enjoyed our afternoon and relaxed this evening. Hope you guys did too.
We were up and at 'em early this morning, thanks to you-know-cutie, and ended up running some errands. The post office, bank, Target, Chick-Fil-A, and Dairy Queen were all stops (had to get Brandon his blizzard so he wouldn't be jealous any more!). We enjoyed our afternoon and relaxed this evening. Hope you guys did too.
Friday, April 23, 2010
the smell of rain...
Yesterday we woke up and I got Grayson dressed in an insufferably cute outfit and knew I just HAD to share it with you all. It's one that we got from Alyssa (of course, all of our clothes are from her now!) and it just made me melt. So, I started to take him outside on the deck for a photo op, and to my surprise I opened the door to the wonderful smell of spring rain! The deck was soaked, so all you get are some less-than-stellar indoor shots...
He LOVES putting everything in his mouth, and the poor blanket was no exception!
We spent the day playing and then met Alyssa and Carter over at the local cloth diaper store (Barefoot Herbs, Barefoot Kids) and then went for ice cream at Dairy Queen. They're having an awesome deal right now where you can buy one blizzard and get another for a quarter, so Alyssa was awesome enough to buy me a blizzard! God bless her! It was sooo good. Brandon and I will go this weekend because he felt left out :o( Poor guy. :o)
Grayson is still eating us out of house and home and I am at a loss to where it is all going. Night before last, he drank a 5 oz bottle I had pumped that morning AND then he nursed for almost 10 minutes!!! He had to have consumed at least 9 or 10 oz in one setting and didn't spit up or anything. Then, this morning he ate a half cup of oatmeal and 3.5 oz of fruit for breakfast! Crazy guy.
We went to RoofCrashers this morning at church and my group was in charge of childcare this morning, so we enjoyed playing with all the other babies. Kelly was there, the nice Mama in charge of the Sunday morning childcare and her son Jackson LOVES Grayson. Sunday he asked Kelly to call me to see if Grayson could come over and play with them! Jackson is 4 I think and they also have 3-yr-old twins. (I know, brave huh?!) Next week we might go over and play for a while so Jackson gets his 'Grayson fix'!! :o) Kelly's kids are adorable and she the sweetest Mama too. They've watched Grayson for us before and I think he never even touched the floor the whole time he was there!
Well, Brandon will be home soon, and Grayson is refusing to nap, so I gotta run. You all have a great weekend!
don't you just want to pick him up and squeeze him?!
He LOVES putting everything in his mouth, and the poor blanket was no exception!
We spent the day playing and then met Alyssa and Carter over at the local cloth diaper store (Barefoot Herbs, Barefoot Kids) and then went for ice cream at Dairy Queen. They're having an awesome deal right now where you can buy one blizzard and get another for a quarter, so Alyssa was awesome enough to buy me a blizzard! God bless her! It was sooo good. Brandon and I will go this weekend because he felt left out :o( Poor guy. :o)
Grayson is still eating us out of house and home and I am at a loss to where it is all going. Night before last, he drank a 5 oz bottle I had pumped that morning AND then he nursed for almost 10 minutes!!! He had to have consumed at least 9 or 10 oz in one setting and didn't spit up or anything. Then, this morning he ate a half cup of oatmeal and 3.5 oz of fruit for breakfast! Crazy guy.
We went to RoofCrashers this morning at church and my group was in charge of childcare this morning, so we enjoyed playing with all the other babies. Kelly was there, the nice Mama in charge of the Sunday morning childcare and her son Jackson LOVES Grayson. Sunday he asked Kelly to call me to see if Grayson could come over and play with them! Jackson is 4 I think and they also have 3-yr-old twins. (I know, brave huh?!) Next week we might go over and play for a while so Jackson gets his 'Grayson fix'!! :o) Kelly's kids are adorable and she the sweetest Mama too. They've watched Grayson for us before and I think he never even touched the floor the whole time he was there!
Well, Brandon will be home soon, and Grayson is refusing to nap, so I gotta run. You all have a great weekend!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...
Or at least this weekend it was! Today it's in the 40's so we won't be venturing outside much! Sunday was beautiful, so after church we decided to make it a good one as a family. We went out to eat for lunch and then went for a loooong walk! We went down through the other apartment complexes and then back to ours. We both agreed that we are sooooo excited to get out of this neighborhood! But, it was nice anyway. When we returned from our walk, we drove over to Bruster's to get our free ice cream cones (we got free cards from our Sunday School class about a month ago and hadn't used them yet). Grayson got to try a little orange sherbet for the first time too! He made a funny face, but ate it! When we got home, we just relaxed the rest of the evening and just played in the floor with our beautiful boy. He's sitting up really well now and is starting to push up on his arms a lot better when he's on his belly, so I think crawling will probably come in the next month or so. I don't know what I'm going to do then!! I don't think I'm ready for that at all!
Yesterday we didn't do much, which was nice. I did diaper laundry and some other housework and Grayson educated me on his new sleep schedule. He's now waking up about 7:30 a.m. instead of 8:30-9 and taking 3 short naps instead of 2 long ones. That makes getting out of the house a bit difficult (and writing in the blog!).
I got to talk to a good friend from Joplin yesterday for a bit too, which was awesome! She is expecting a baby girl in May and she looks so cute pregnant! I can't believe how much our lives have changed in the past few years! We're all married and having babies! My, how the Lord has blessed us all! So Jamie, if you're reading this, you were such a blessing to me yesterday! I hope Cooper's birth goes swimmingly and I know she will be an amazing blessing to your life!! I can't wait to meet her!
Well, I better go get a shower before my little man wakes up! Bye!
Yesterday we didn't do much, which was nice. I did diaper laundry and some other housework and Grayson educated me on his new sleep schedule. He's now waking up about 7:30 a.m. instead of 8:30-9 and taking 3 short naps instead of 2 long ones. That makes getting out of the house a bit difficult (and writing in the blog!).
I got to talk to a good friend from Joplin yesterday for a bit too, which was awesome! She is expecting a baby girl in May and she looks so cute pregnant! I can't believe how much our lives have changed in the past few years! We're all married and having babies! My, how the Lord has blessed us all! So Jamie, if you're reading this, you were such a blessing to me yesterday! I hope Cooper's birth goes swimmingly and I know she will be an amazing blessing to your life!! I can't wait to meet her!
Well, I better go get a shower before my little man wakes up! Bye!
Saturday, April 17, 2010
wow! It's Saturday!
So, for the last couple of days, I've completely forgotten to blog! We've been pretty busy though, so you'll have to cut us some slack. Thursday we went to JoAnn's and I got some fabric to make tutus for a shoot that I'm doing today with Brandon's boss' family. They have triplets! I hope to take some good pictures, because you don't get many chances to photograph triplets in your life!! If I get any good ones, I'll try and post some of them just so you all can see their amazing cuteness as well! We haven't seen them in several months, so I'm sure they're going to look huge to us now!
Friday Brandon had the day off, so we got up and packed a picnic lunch and went to Karst Farm to eat it. It was SOOO pretty out and we really enjoyed ourselves. Grayson enjoyed watching the trees blow in the wind. After our picnic, we headed to the potential new house for the dreaded inspection. MUCH to our delight, the inspection went FANTASTIC and there's not really anything major wrong with the house!!!! Our inspector was actually really impressed with the condition. It has lots of nice upgrades too. The only thing that we're even going to ask about is the railing on the deck. Code says it has to be 36" tall and it's only 32". It's also pretty wobbly, but since the homeowner built the deck, I think he'll probably just fix it himself. So, God has blessed us again and worked this out! So, now all that's left is getting our financing in order and getting the appraisal done from the bank we choose. Then, hopefully we'll close on June 4! PRAISE GOD!!
This morning started with a bang for us--Grayson woke up about 8 and Brandon went and got him and brought him in bed with us where he nursed and then proceeded to throw up all over me, himself and our bed!!! So, off to the bath he went! I'm sure Mr. Quackers (his new ducky bathtub) was surprised to see him so early in the morning! I think he just ate too much too fast, and he was still probably full from yesterday... he ate 2/3 C of oatmeal, 3.5 oz of blueberries, 3.5 oz of greenbeans, and a full 6 oz of his favorite apple yogurt last night at our small group! Yes, he's quite the eater!! Thankfully, we're all clean now and he's ready for his nap... hope you all have a great weekend ahead!
Friday Brandon had the day off, so we got up and packed a picnic lunch and went to Karst Farm to eat it. It was SOOO pretty out and we really enjoyed ourselves. Grayson enjoyed watching the trees blow in the wind. After our picnic, we headed to the potential new house for the dreaded inspection. MUCH to our delight, the inspection went FANTASTIC and there's not really anything major wrong with the house!!!! Our inspector was actually really impressed with the condition. It has lots of nice upgrades too. The only thing that we're even going to ask about is the railing on the deck. Code says it has to be 36" tall and it's only 32". It's also pretty wobbly, but since the homeowner built the deck, I think he'll probably just fix it himself. So, God has blessed us again and worked this out! So, now all that's left is getting our financing in order and getting the appraisal done from the bank we choose. Then, hopefully we'll close on June 4! PRAISE GOD!!
This morning started with a bang for us--Grayson woke up about 8 and Brandon went and got him and brought him in bed with us where he nursed and then proceeded to throw up all over me, himself and our bed!!! So, off to the bath he went! I'm sure Mr. Quackers (his new ducky bathtub) was surprised to see him so early in the morning! I think he just ate too much too fast, and he was still probably full from yesterday... he ate 2/3 C of oatmeal, 3.5 oz of blueberries, 3.5 oz of greenbeans, and a full 6 oz of his favorite apple yogurt last night at our small group! Yes, he's quite the eater!! Thankfully, we're all clean now and he's ready for his nap... hope you all have a great weekend ahead!
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
FREEBIES and Great Deals at Diapers.com!!
Money-saving tips today folks!
3M just released a coupon for $1 off any Scotch-Brite Brand Product, which includes those awesome little yellow & green cleaning sponges that I love for the kitchen. It also includes the nice blue non-scratch ones great for your glass top stoves. http://www.3m.com/us/home_leisure/scotchbrite/ultranailsaver/coupon.pdf Print as many as you want folks! You can save paper by copy/pasting it into a Word document 4 per page. AND, IT GETS BETTER! Kroger has those wonderful little sponges 10/$10 this week, so yes, they are FREE!!! I just snagged 5 of them yesterday and plan to go back before the end of the week and snag 5 more.
The other tip I have for you pretty much is great for us Mamas! I LOVE LOVE LOVE diapers.com I don't know if any of you use them, but they always have a $10 off a $49 purchase coupon code out (NEWBIES) and they also always have a 10% off code out (10percent)... the best thing? You can use them together! The Newbies code has to be used in conjunction with a diaper purchase (we cloth diaper, but it's always good to have a pack of sposies for sitters) and the 10% off code is only on non-diaper products. They also have a great clearance section. An even greater thing? FREE SHIPPING. For all of us Moms who find it difficult to get out of the house to shop sometimes, diapers.com is your best friend. Use it. Love it. :o)
3M just released a coupon for $1 off any Scotch-Brite Brand Product, which includes those awesome little yellow & green cleaning sponges that I love for the kitchen. It also includes the nice blue non-scratch ones great for your glass top stoves. http://www.3m.com/us/home_leisure/scotchbrite/ultranailsaver/coupon.pdf Print as many as you want folks! You can save paper by copy/pasting it into a Word document 4 per page. AND, IT GETS BETTER! Kroger has those wonderful little sponges 10/$10 this week, so yes, they are FREE!!! I just snagged 5 of them yesterday and plan to go back before the end of the week and snag 5 more.
The other tip I have for you pretty much is great for us Mamas! I LOVE LOVE LOVE diapers.com I don't know if any of you use them, but they always have a $10 off a $49 purchase coupon code out (NEWBIES) and they also always have a 10% off code out (10percent)... the best thing? You can use them together! The Newbies code has to be used in conjunction with a diaper purchase (we cloth diaper, but it's always good to have a pack of sposies for sitters) and the 10% off code is only on non-diaper products. They also have a great clearance section. An even greater thing? FREE SHIPPING. For all of us Moms who find it difficult to get out of the house to shop sometimes, diapers.com is your best friend. Use it. Love it. :o)
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