Saturday, March 26, 2011

Rub-a-dub-dub two little ladies in the tub!

Saturday night after dinner with the Wright, and LOTS of playing, it was time for Grays bath. Hadlee got so excited when I said bath....she decided she wanted a bath too. The girls had such a fun time playing in the tub, even though they had both been cranky most of the night.
Hadlee is our god-daughter and the daughter of two of our best friends, Jenny and Tanner. She is almost exactly one year older than Gray, and knows that that makes her the boss! :)
Gray is so lucky to have a best friend like Hadlee, you should hear her say "gray," its the sweetest thing! The girls are having such a great time playing together these days. Now that Gray is getting older and more mobile, we are both having to learn to share, a VERY tough thing to learn!! I cant wait to watch these two as they get older, we are going to have TROUBLE on our hands!

CHEESE silly girls!

Playing with the cool water fountain Hads got Gray for Christmas

"Hadlee, is it my turn yet?..."

Hadlee: "ooh mom look!"
Gray: "listen here lady, those are my toy and this is my tub."

Hadlee loved the bath brush as much as Gray does!

"Brusha, brusha, brusha"

"Yes mom, can I help you?"
(see, theres the tongue again!)

Too much fun!

Soapy hair-do's

Thanks for playing tonight Hads! We love you!

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Ten months!

Holy cow! TEN months! Where has time gone? Gray is as busy as ever and already planning her first birthday...well, mommy is! We are planning a backyard garden party, with a pony...more on that later :)
Thought id fill you in on whats been going on with Gray lately:

*Three teeth, and three more about to break through
*Crawling EVERYWHERE!
*Standing by herself for long periods, and ONE step a couple nights ago, everything starts with
just a single step though, right?
*Loves food of all kinds, still eating oatmeal, but loves finger foods (like veggies and fruits), and couldn't live without her yogurt!
*Says "Dada" and "Baba" for Mama, (m's are tricky little boogers) this would be okay if I didnt think she was constantly asking for her Grandma whom we call Baba. Also "Baa" when she
waves bye-bye
*Loves playing with her toys, her kitchen and any music toys are her favs.
*Rigby (our youngest fur baby) is still her BF!
*Loves going to music class and art class at Gymboree
*Sleeping 8-8, or sometimes 9 (if im lucky)
*Morning naps are on their way out, she just doesnt care for them, but naps 2-3 hours in the
afternoons!

The next two months till we mark a year are surely going to be busy and full of surprises!


What a sweet girl!
"okay mom, did you get the shot of me holding this thing yet?"
sweet smile :)
"okay, Im done..lets play!"
Loving life, and this little girl!

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Beauty

This week the Pioneer Womans photo challenge was "beauty" photos, and I fully intended to submit a photo....just didnt get around to it. However I wanted to share with you a photo that speaks beauty to me on so many levels. For those of you that dont know my MIL was diagnosed with breast cancer for the third time last May. After being in remission for 17 years the same cancer came back but this time in her spine. Without hesitation she began treatment and has blown me away with her courage and strength. She has her bad days, but more often than not she is smiling, and carrying on with her life with grace and dignity. She gets her treatments here in Norman, but goes down to MD Anderson every few moths for a check up. She is actually headed there this week, and we pray for good results! I have never experienced someone (in my adult life) close to me being ill with cancer. Its a weird illness....
I know that Barbara is fighting a fight that many loose, but if you know her, you know for her, loosing isnt an option. I know that she will be there to watch Gray graduate and get married (as well as our other children to come). I also fully intend on her meeting her great grandchildren. I know that her grandchildren are going to learn so many amazing things from her.
I hope that you can see the beauty, courage, and strength in this photo that I see everyday in one hell of an amazing and beautiful woman that I am honored to call my mother in law.
We love you BaBa!

Friday, March 11, 2011

Swimming with daddy!

Due to my recent LASIK surgery (which is AMAZING by the way) I wasnt allowed to get in the pool for at least a week. That meant that daddy was called up to be the "parent" part of the child/parent swimming classes that we are taking. I know he was a bit nervous at first, seeing how he just hadnt done it before, but he...I mean they did great! It was so fun seeing them swim together even if it was behind glass, my eyes just couldnt take all the chlorine in the air in the pool area.
This was her last class of this session, and Gray is making great progress! She has stared kicking when you hold her out and doesnt mind going under as much. We are still trying to master bubble blowing, but with more practice I know she will get it!

"oooh daddy, its cold!"
"The teachers in and ready, Im here to learn!"
"hold tight daddy!"
Joey starting to get irritated with my photo taking
monkey crawl along the edge!
she is so strong and will hang on by herself...Im so proud :)
We are in a "tongue" phase
"look, Im cold and hanging on for dear life....GET ME OUTTA HERE!"
We cant wait for our next round of lessons!