Yellow Jacket Baby

I think Grady's ready for his first trip to Atlanta.

A FEW MORE

Here are a few more pictures. These are of Grady playing in his new toy - a gift from Scott and Anne. He isn't quite big or old enough to fully enjoy the toy, but he bangs around on the little piano and seems to really like it!

POOL DAY

We went to the pool this past Sunday for another day in the sun. We went with the Pulaski's and Ryan. The pool was a little colder this time, but Grady seemed to love it! We got some pretty cute pictures. I know his hat is too big for him and he isn't supposed to be wearing a shirt in the pool, but I'm so afraid he'll get burnt!

ALMOST CAUGHT UP

I'm finally starting to catch up with the blog! This past weekend we went to Richmond Hill for cousin Macey's 3rd birthday party and for Grady to meet his Great Gran and some of Andy's extended family. Once again, we had a great time and Grady charmed them all!!

CRYING IT OUT

I hate it! Every night that we let Grady cry it out before going to sleep breaks our hearts. We'd been putting it off forever and we know we probably should've done it earlier, but we just couldn't stomach it. We finally started the cry it out process last Monday - everyone has said it would only take 3 to 7 days. Well, we're on day 8 and I just put him down for a nap - I rocked him until he could barely keep his eyes open, turned on his mobile and the sound machine, gave him a pacie, told him how much I love him and he still cried/screamed/squalled for 10 minutes. Some days the crying takes a shorter amount of time so we think he's getting the hang of it, and then the next day it seems to take 30 minutes again. Andy and I have to force each other to stay out of his room. The only good thing that seems to be coming from it is that he's sleeping for longer stretches of time at night, although he's still not sleeping through the night - but I don't even know that the sleeping for longer stretches is because we're torturing him and not responding to his cries or if it's just that he's not getting hungry as quickly. I know he's so smart, but he just doesn't seem to be learning from all the crying!

NANA'S BIRTHDAY TRIP

My Mom turned 60 this year and Laurel and I decided to throw her a 60th Birthday Bash - it also happened to be Grady's first trip in the car that was more than 2 hours. My Mom's party turned out great with around 40 people there to celebrate with us - she said it was the best birthday she'd ever had! Unfortunately, our camera, my sister's camera, and my Mom's cameras all died and we hardly have any pictures of the actual party. The only good picture we have is one where Mom is holding up one of her gag gifts and she would probably kill me if I posted it!

Grady did great on the car ride to Asheville and back - he slept about 3 hours each way. He was the hit of the party and he was so good the entire weekend. We were so proud of him and of course proud to show him off to so many family friends.

FOURTH OF JULY

Yes, I realize it's almost the end of July and that I'm just posting about July 4th - I promise I'm going to get better at posting more often! Anyway, we had a great July 4th! Nana (my Mom) came into town to visit with Grady and "babysit" him the evening of the 4th. We took the boat out and parked it outside of the Riverdogs Stadium where the Dave Matthews band was playing - the Pulaskis, Sampsons, and Smoak/Dawsons joined us on the boat. We had so much fun being out on the water with our friends, and Nana and Grady had fun hanging out also.