WEEKEND WITH MIMI AND AUNT JENNY. FIRST POOL TRIP!!!

Taking a nap.....
This is the only time we get to trim his nails.

Daddy's fishing buddy.

Chillin' with Mimi.

Hangin' with Aunt Jenny.

Scotch is getting run out of every seat in the house.

Grady was not the main course. But his sugar's were dessert.

Already learning to swim. Scuba lessons are next week.

Learning to trust Daddy.

Good thing they did not have the red dye in this pool.

Getting all lotioned up.

Daddy's First Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all of you daddy's out there. We were very excited to celebrate Andy's first father's day - Grady and I are very lucky to have him and are so thankful that we won the Daddy jackpot! Grady is entranced by Andy, especially when he's talking (which most of you know, is a lot!) - when he's around he just stares and smiles at him. Seeing Andy in his new role as Daddy has made me fall even more in love with him. We started the day by taking Grady to church for the first time. He slept through our Sunday school class and through about half of the service, then he started getting hungry so we came home to feed him. For his first church visit, we were really proud and thought he did really well! Then we went to lunch at McAllister's and came back so Daddy and Grady could watch their Sunday fishing shows. I got my embroidery machine so we've been playing with that - Andy even embroidered something! We just have to figure out where to set everything up. . . Anyway, we had a relaxing weekend and are looking forward to going to the beach next weekend.
Watching Sunday morning fishing shows.

I just couldn't resist - he looked so cute in his church clothes!

GROWING BOY

Here are a few more pictures of the growing boy. D-Daddy and Grandma came in Friday morning and spent the day with Grady. The also watched him while Morgan and I went on a date Friday night. It is nice having grandparents close by to give us a break once in a while. Mimi is flying in on the 23rd to spend a week and all three of us are looking forward to seeing her.

Look what happens when we leave Grady alone with the Grandparents.
Passed out on Grandma's stomach.Do you think they are going to spoil him?

Mrs G. practicing for Cooper's arrival.

Already fascinated with the women.

I asked him to mow the lawn, but we could not get him out of bed.

Aunt Lou Lou bonding with Grady.

Morgan drying Grady after a bath.

Bath time has started to become fun.

Splish Splash I was taking a bath.

Jen and Paul making sure that Scotch does not feel left out.

Paul doing his best to avoid the hot potato. I think Grady is working on one based on his facial expression.

Aunt Jen teaching Grady how to mix a vodka tonic with line.

For Mimi

Now that Grady's smiling, I'm desperate to get a picture of it so that his Mimi can see his adorable smile since she lives far away and hasn't seen it in person yet. Margarita, this is the best I've got so far, but I'll keep trying!

Workin' for a Living

I am officially a stay-at-home Mom. As most of you know, I had been planning to work from home part time doing the same thing I was doing before Grady arrived - I had every intention of doing this and had it all planned out in my head and every time my boss told me that I didn't know what I was getting into I would laugh and tell him that I had no doubt that I would be back to work. Well, that was all before Grady came. At first I was just so overwhelmed, stressed out, unrested and unfunctioning so I put off my going back to work date. I was also struggling with the idea of leaving Grady with someone that I didn't know and with someone who didn't love him. I thought that it would be easier once he was less "fragile". Then came the smiles and the cooing and the noises and my heart broke thinking about someone else getting all of his smiles.

After much discussion and thought and prayer, Andy and I decided that it would be best to go ahead and turn in my notice, which brought a whole other problem. It must be my Catholic upbringing, but the guilt set in and I was scared to death to call my boss and tell him that I wouldn't be coming back. But my boss is awesome and has always gone to bat for me and always been supportive of any idea I've ever had (like creating my position/job because I wanted to work part time and then convincing the other partners in the firm that it was a great idea to work from home) and once again he was totally supportive and didn't yell at me. He told me that if I had the opportunity to stay home with Grady that I should take it and that it would probably be the best year of my life. He also said he'd been expecting to hear that I wouldn't be coming back. . . Anyway, I'm a tiny bit sad that I won't be doing the job that I've actually really enjoyed for the last 1 1/2 years, but I'm super excited about spending my days with my sweet little boy.

Now on to the next project - I'm getting an embroidery machine and starting a monogramming and embroidery business! I'm so excited b/c this will allow me to be creative and hopefully make a little bit of money. Of course I've got some practicing to do on the machine, but I'm hoping that it won't be too long before I'm in business!

How could I leave this everyday!?