KDS Photography

Everyone knows how much I love the pictures that my friends Natalie
(http://s-portraits.squarespace.com/blog) & Heather (www.hdportraitsonline.com) take, but unfortunately they live in Atlanta and it's hard to get together with either of them to get updated pictures of Grady. I've been on a hunt to find someone in Charleston who takes pictures like Natalie and Heather and have had a hard time finding someone. But now my problem has been solved! Our sweet friend Kayce has always been interested in photography and has decided to take some classes and slowly build a photography business. Fortunately for us, she wants lots of practice and we are more than willing to offer up Grady as practice material. She got a new flash and wanted to play with it and figure it out so she came over last night and took these pictures. I love them!! Her website is http://kdsphotography.blogspot.com/ and I think she's off to a really great start!

JUST A CUTE PICTURE

First time wearing shoes!

FIRST HALLOWEEN

Despite an ear infection, Grady was a trooper for his first Halloween! He had an extra special Halloween because he got to stay home and play with D-Daddy and Grandma all day. They rushed into town Thursday night to take care of a sick baby so that Andy and I could both be at work on Friday. After a fun day with Grady we convinced them to stay Halloween night. We put Grady in his little Pumpkin costume (and the most adorable pumpkin shoes that I've ever seen from the Pulaskis) and headed to our church for the Fall Festival. We didn't stay long because it was chilly outside, but we were glad we went because Grady seemed to love seeing everyone all dressed up. We went to Ryan and Gillians after the festival and played Wii, ate roasted pumpkin seeds and hung out for a little while before bringing the little man home and getting him in bed.

VEGAS BABY!!!

We went on our first vacation since before I was pregnant - it was much needed and a great time even though we REALLY missed our boy - thanks to Grandma and D-Daddy for taking such good care of Grady and letting us go have fun without ever having to worry. We went back to Vegas and spent a portion of our trip with the Pulaskis and another portion of our trip with the Jen and Paul celebrating Paul's 30th Birthday - (Jen pulled off the trip as a surprise birthday present!). We had a lot of fun gambling, eating, shopping and just relaxing with friends.

I'VE BEEN TAGGED. . .

8 things I did yesterday (I did this portion on Monday):
1. Went to the Pumpkin Patch with Grady, Andy, Kayce, Jason and the Petersons.
2. Straightened up the house.
3. Gave Grady a sponge bath on my lap while I was fully clothed - yes, I got soaked.
4. Talked to Mom on the phone.
5. Ate biscuits with honey for dinner.
6. Almost bought a new playgym for Grady, but I was a good girl and put it back on the shelf (I went and bought it today instead : ))
7. Organized and reframed some pictures.
8. Searched Craigs List for black patent Danskos.

8 favorite places to eat:
1. Ippolitos!! My favorite hole-in-the-wall Italian restaurant in Atlanta.
2. Tommy Bahama Restaurant in Hawaii.
3. Tao in Las Vegas.
4. Chick-fil-a - favorite fast food.
5. Juanita Greenbergs - best margaritas in town.
6. Jim n' Nicks
7. My kitchen table when Andy is cooking.
8. Longhorn.

8 favorite TV shows:
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. Private Practice
3. Desperate Housewives
4. Barefoot Contessa
5. CSI
6. Friends
7. King of Queens
8. Giada at Home

8 things I'm looking forward to:
1. Grady's first Christmas
2. Celebrating our 6th anniversary
3. Thanksgiving in Asheville
4. New Years trip with Andy
5. Cooper to arrive - I copied Elissa!
6. Girls weekend with Jen and Nat in January
7. Crawling into bed and snuggling with my husband tonight
8. Any time that I get to spend with Grady

8 things on my wish list:
1. To stay home with Grady again one day - even part time would be wonderful
2. Enough time and energy to do the things I need to do and the things I want to do
3. That Grady would feel better - he has a bad ear infection and high fever. : (
4. A remodeled kitchen
5. An improved economy
6. A family vacation to the beach with Grady this summer and a vacation somewhere tropical for just me and Andy
7. A few more hours in the day
8. That I would have better business sense so that I could actually make one of my crazy crafty creative ideas profitable

GO JACKETS!!

The Jackets didn't win against VA, but Grady sure looked cute cheering for them! Our good friends the Dahlbys gave us this outfit for one of our showers and I have been counting down the days for Grady to be able to wear it - there's also an adorable jacket that goes with the outfit, but it was a little too warm for that (yes, I know it's October but we live in Charleston!). The hat that's on backwards is also a GT hat. I'm going to have to ask Heather where she got it so that we can buy it in the next size up for the coming years because I love it that much!! Thank you Jim, Heather, Meg and Kate!

HAPPY FALL Y'ALL

We took Grady to the pumpkin patch to get our pumpkin family for the front porch. Our little pumpkin head loved sitting among the pumpkins and he was such a little ham that everyone in the pumpkin patch came over to watch him and talk to him. We're headed to the another pumpkin patch at Legare Farms on Johns Island tomorrow. They have a corn maze and hay ride and I'm sure Grady will love it. We'll post more pictures from tomorrow.