Grady's 1st Birthday Party

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Grady's 10 Months!

10 months already....really?! Grady grew up A LOT in his 9th month and is getting more of a personality every day. Let's start with his milestones: Grady can say "Daddy" and "Mama", he still always says "Yeah" and makes it sound like he actually knows what he's talking about because he'll say it after we ask him a question. He started pulling himself up to standing almost immediately after he started crawling and quickly after that he's able to walk along things (tables, couch, etc) while holding on. Grady also started waving and clapping. Now on to the personality: I think he's finally gotten tired of Dawson stealing his toys, now when this happens Grady will let out a loud yell/scream/grunt and hold on so tight to the toy but if Dawson still manages to get it away Grady will either throw his fists up in the air or pound them on his lap. It's hilarious! The best thing is that Grady is so happy all the time. He's full of smiles and is always jiber jabbering. He loves if anyone will play with him but is also just as happy by himself standing against Dawson's toybox and pulling out one toy at a time. My absolute favorite thing are Grady's hugs. He's been doing this for a while now and if you've ever gotten one from him you know what I mean. He wraps his arms all the way around your neck, presses his cheek tightly against yours and squeezes so tight. It's priceless.

Happy 10 months Grady cakes!

Happy Valentine's Day

This year I got to spend Valentine's day with my 2 sweethearts. What could be better than two shirtless cuties? Dawson and I made lots of heart shaped sugar cookies that we delivered to the ones we love on Valentine's day.

For our Valentine's dinner, my 3rd sweetheart came home and I made heart shaped pizzas for all of us.

Dawson's Valentine's Day present.

Hope everyone got a little extra love for Valentine's Day!

Like Mother...Like Son

I know that's not the way the saying traditionally goes, but both my boys have a physical trait just like me :)

Notice Grady's hair that sticks straight up...

So did mine when I was little!

(It's kinda hard to see, taking a picture of a picture, but we really do have the same hair style) Dawson and I have a matching birth mark!

Both on our left foot, 2nd toe, can you see it?

9 Months Old!

Grady turned 9 months on the 24th. Hard to believe in just a few short months my sweet baby boy will be one! Right now Grady's favorite toy (besides anything of Dawson's) is this blow up toy from Uncle Shane & Auntie Lynn. He bats it around like crazy and thinks it's hilarious to look through it.

Oh, and did I mention Grady's crawling now? He started on January 3 which basically means I've barely sat down for the last 3 weeks. And yes, he quickly figured out how to climb stairs as well.

The greatest thing I have to say right now is we are a happy household!! Grady is finally sleeping...a lot! He's getting between 11-13 hours a night and taking two solid naps which means he's a happy baby, I'm a happy mama and in return that makes Dawson & Chad happier too.

Grady is also starting to be more accepting of solid foods, his favorites are carrots and bananas. We tried peas today and that didn't go so well...but really, who does like peas?

It's been so fun watching Grady's personality develop and grow every day. Him & Dawson are going to be the best of buds and they can not seem to get enough of each other. Now we just need to work on them not stealing each other's toys all day long!

Our Year 2010

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Mama's Boys

Not much to say...except I LOVE my boys!

Dawson & Mommy Day

Dawson and I were in need of some time with just the 2 of us so Grandma watched Grady and we headed to Jungle Playland in Mt. Vernon.

Dawson took a ride in the Bat mobile.

Jumped around in the ball pit.

Going through the obstacle course.

Over the suspended bridge.

My FAVORITE thing about this place is the adults are allowed to get in there and play too. We had so much fun crawling thru and over and sliding for hours.

Playing the drums.

Went fast down the slides.

Now Dawson and I are going to be sure to have a "date" at least once a month because it was so special spending that time together!

Happy New Year!

Chad and I rang in the New Year at Katie's new house. We enjoyed a night out together while Dawson and Grady stayed at Grandpa & Grandma Gartner's house.

Some of you may recognize this picture of Katie...we had to update the one taken almost 5 years ago.

Katie & Ruben supplied a champagne toast for everyone at midnight.

This was Katie telling everyone to be quiet before giving one of her infamous speeches.

S-P-O-I-L-E-D!!!

And these pictures were taken before we celebrated Christmas with the Bennett's!

Christmas 2010

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We had a WONDERFUL Christmas! I took way too many pictures to choose only a few for the blog so anyone who wants, and has the time...enjoy them all! :)