So my sister and her husband make the coolest shoes ever!!! They made Eli and I a pair for our birthday and we LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them. Check them out.
http://shoetattoos.blogspot.com/
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Just in Case You Were Wondering.......
Well, just in case you all were wondering what Grady, I mean we were up to, here is an update. YEAAAHH! I recently have tried cooking, a BIG stretch for me, but I LOVE it! I am trying my hardest to be more domestic and despite many failed attempts I think I might be starting to get the hang of somethings, I've got a LONG way to go. I also have tried sewing more since Eli is the BESTEST husband in the whole world and got me a sewing machine for Christmas! BEST PRESENT EVER!!!! That's really all that's new with me.
Eli has been working REALLY hard lately. He is studying to take the test to be licensed to sell securities, and on top of that has been working extra hard on putting together a business plan for his interview with State Farm in March. We are very excited to see were this next year takes us. We will keep you posted.
Last but not least Grady, my MONSTER. He had his 9 month appt today and is doing fabulous. Here are his game time stats....he is 70th perc for height, 30 perc for weight and his sweet little head is in the 20th perc (heheehehe). He has the tiniest head. I love it! NO joke this kid is EVERYWHERE. Sometimes I can't keep up with him. He has got the FUNNEST little personality and makes us laugh so hard. Well here are some pictures to back me up.....
He still has a fascination with the bath and his ducks. He sticks the whole head in his mouth.
I honestly DON'T know where this came from because I HATE doing it, but Grady LOVES "helping" me with laundry. Everytime I open the laundry room door, he drops whatever he is doing to crawl as fast as he can in with me to help. Understand his helping consists of pulling out all the clothes I put in the basket, but hey it's the thought that counts, right?
AWWW...look at that sweet and innocent face (notice the books in the background) wait for it.....
Now THAT looks more like it!
Here is another strange obsession, our night stands. Can you tell he has the time of his life??!!
I feel like my child NEVER stops eating, his favorite...suckers!
Oh, man. SOOOOO many pictures. Sorry so long, LOVE YOU ALL!
Eli has been working REALLY hard lately. He is studying to take the test to be licensed to sell securities, and on top of that has been working extra hard on putting together a business plan for his interview with State Farm in March. We are very excited to see were this next year takes us. We will keep you posted.
Last but not least Grady, my MONSTER. He had his 9 month appt today and is doing fabulous. Here are his game time stats....he is 70th perc for height, 30 perc for weight and his sweet little head is in the 20th perc (heheehehe). He has the tiniest head. I love it! NO joke this kid is EVERYWHERE. Sometimes I can't keep up with him. He has got the FUNNEST little personality and makes us laugh so hard. Well here are some pictures to back me up.....
He still has a fascination with the bath and his ducks. He sticks the whole head in his mouth.
I honestly DON'T know where this came from because I HATE doing it, but Grady LOVES "helping" me with laundry. Everytime I open the laundry room door, he drops whatever he is doing to crawl as fast as he can in with me to help. Understand his helping consists of pulling out all the clothes I put in the basket, but hey it's the thought that counts, right?
AWWW...look at that sweet and innocent face (notice the books in the background) wait for it.....
Now THAT looks more like it!
Here is another strange obsession, our night stands. Can you tell he has the time of his life??!!
I feel like my child NEVER stops eating, his favorite...suckers!
Oh, man. SOOOOO many pictures. Sorry so long, LOVE YOU ALL!
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Another Great Christmas
It's taken me a while to get these up, weird, but here they are. We had so much fun up in Washington! We are very glad that we made it home ok. It was quite a interesting task to get up there and then get back, but we made it safely! We had so much fun seeing and hanging out with family. We love them all so much. Grady had a great first Christmas and got lots of fun toys! We hope you all had a great Christmas and that you have a wonderful NEW YEAR!
Grady love hanging out at Papa and Amma's. He loved Tucker too!
Grady got to hang out with cute Avery (we missed Heath!). They are so cute together, and I can't wait until they are all old enough to really play together, they will have so much fun!
We got new hats, Grady's was made by Eli's little cousin Seth who made it all by himself!
We used Billy and Jamie's snow shoes to explore all the beautiful snow. It was quite the workout!
And best of all we got to spend all day with family and with Grady. What a great blessing family's are! Thanks Papa and Amma for letting us visit, we love you!
Grady love hanging out at Papa and Amma's. He loved Tucker too!
Grady got to hang out with cute Avery (we missed Heath!). They are so cute together, and I can't wait until they are all old enough to really play together, they will have so much fun!
We got new hats, Grady's was made by Eli's little cousin Seth who made it all by himself!
We used Billy and Jamie's snow shoes to explore all the beautiful snow. It was quite the workout!
And best of all we got to spend all day with family and with Grady. What a great blessing family's are! Thanks Papa and Amma for letting us visit, we love you!
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Bigger and Better Things
I really need to stop doing this to myself and go so long in between posts, because then I have like a million things to talk about. I will make it short though. So our BIGGEST news is that we only have 12 more days until we make our way up to the beautiful NorthWest to see Papa and Amma and all the fam. We are SO excited and can hardly wait! Eli and I both had our birthdays a couple weeks ago and both enjoyed them. For our birthday we went to the Coldplay concert and since Val didn't use the saying in her blog, I will "Viva La Awesome"! (thanks Val!) They were excellent. That's pretty much it on us, Grady on the other hand is were this gets long! :) He has mastered the army crawl which is really cute, but is really hard because I didn't think that I would have to childproof my house this early! He now has not one but TWO teeth. Both of his bottome ones are now poking through. He is at the age were he really has favorite things! Thinks that he LOVES and things that he really dislikes. Instead listing all these, I will explain with pictures. Here goes.....
DOGS - He has a real fascination with dogs, he just LOVES them
CURIOUS GEORGE AKA "CJ" - We CANNOT leave home without him, and Grady has a ritual with him, he sees him and gives him hugs, a kiss and then rubs his face in his face.
CRAWLING - He looks so cute and innocent, but really he is a little monster!
SITTING UP ALL BY HIMSELF - I think this picture explains itself, he feels so big when he sits up on his own.
EATING "BIG BOY" FOODS - If you eat in front of him, be prepared to hear some grunting from Grady as a way of saying, I want some too!
TAKING BATHS - Don't worry they are censored!
He is so fun and such a BIG boy! I love the stage he is in now and am going to try to keep him in it. I will you all know if I am successful!
Oh, and we also wanted to congratulate Jeff and Stacey on their new baby girl, I have checked their blog every few minutes to see pictures. I am dying to see her cute face. We are glad that she is here and everything went well! Love you guys!
DOGS - He has a real fascination with dogs, he just LOVES them
CURIOUS GEORGE AKA "CJ" - We CANNOT leave home without him, and Grady has a ritual with him, he sees him and gives him hugs, a kiss and then rubs his face in his face.
CRAWLING - He looks so cute and innocent, but really he is a little monster!
SITTING UP ALL BY HIMSELF - I think this picture explains itself, he feels so big when he sits up on his own.
EATING "BIG BOY" FOODS - If you eat in front of him, be prepared to hear some grunting from Grady as a way of saying, I want some too!
TAKING BATHS - Don't worry they are censored!
He is so fun and such a BIG boy! I love the stage he is in now and am going to try to keep him in it. I will you all know if I am successful!
Oh, and we also wanted to congratulate Jeff and Stacey on their new baby girl, I have checked their blog every few minutes to see pictures. I am dying to see her cute face. We are glad that she is here and everything went well! Love you guys!
Monday, November 17, 2008
From Grady Baby to Big Boy
It all happens so fast, my little one is now 6 months old!!!! He had his 6 month Doctors appt. and was 27 inches (60th percentile) and 16 lbs 14 ounces (30th percentile). Everything looked normal and great! He is officially army crawling everywhere!!! AHAHAAHAH! As I type this he is crawling to get the computer cord. CRAZY baby! Here are some recent pics of my BIG man!!
P.S. That IS hair on top of his head, and it is blonde! Where did Eli and I get a blonde haired blue eyed child?? I don't know, but we will keep him!
P.S. That IS hair on top of his head, and it is blonde! Where did Eli and I get a blonde haired blue eyed child?? I don't know, but we will keep him!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
After reading this article regarding the protest that occured at the LA Temple last week, that was sent to me by a friend, I felt like I needed to comment. The article was written by an LDS police officer who was called to help keep the protesters in control and gives his account on the incident. (this is the link in case anyone would like to read it http://www.ldsmag.com/ideas/081110hate.html)
It seems like so many times I have seen on TV a particular group protested against or "hated on" for lack of a better term, but when I saw people protesting and writing on a place that I hold very sacred and think of as a place of refuge from the world and all the hate and bad things that are it, it hit me pretty hard. It literally hurt my heart, but at the same time made me so happy, thankful and incredibly grateful for the freedoms that I have. How thankful I am that I can worship how I want, and also how thankful I am for the temples and the AMAZING place they are. At the end of the article the author wrote down what he learned from witnessing and being a part of the incident first hand, and I think it is something that we can all learn from and I know I will take into account in my life. He said:
Lessons Learned
Tolerance is not agreement and should not be a one way street. However, we must still remain tolerant of those who are intolerant of us.
Recognize the adversary at work here – making good seem bad and evil seem good.
We can only be disciples of Christ when we respond to adversity in a Christlike manner. To do less opens our actions to the influence of the adversary and hurts us even more.
We should never take for granted the opportunities we have to gather together in worship. We should never put off the opportunity to attend the temple. For these valuable things can be disrupted and possibly even closed to us – if not permanently, then at least on a temporary basis.
Pray. Often. Don't forget to include those who are set against you.
And finally, have no doubt President Monson knows where all of this is leading. He will surely reveal the knowledge to us on the Lord's timetable. Meanwhile, we must support and trust him, his inspired councilors, and our inspired local leaders in our actions. Their actions of Christian courage will be our examples.
I normally would not post stuff like this, but it just hit me so hard. So many times I have taken for granted the liberties that I have and after reading this article, I will never again be ignorant or ungrateful for my liberties, my country and my God who created it all.
Thanks for letting me share my feelings! :)
It seems like so many times I have seen on TV a particular group protested against or "hated on" for lack of a better term, but when I saw people protesting and writing on a place that I hold very sacred and think of as a place of refuge from the world and all the hate and bad things that are it, it hit me pretty hard. It literally hurt my heart, but at the same time made me so happy, thankful and incredibly grateful for the freedoms that I have. How thankful I am that I can worship how I want, and also how thankful I am for the temples and the AMAZING place they are. At the end of the article the author wrote down what he learned from witnessing and being a part of the incident first hand, and I think it is something that we can all learn from and I know I will take into account in my life. He said:
Lessons Learned
Tolerance is not agreement and should not be a one way street. However, we must still remain tolerant of those who are intolerant of us.
Recognize the adversary at work here – making good seem bad and evil seem good.
We can only be disciples of Christ when we respond to adversity in a Christlike manner. To do less opens our actions to the influence of the adversary and hurts us even more.
We should never take for granted the opportunities we have to gather together in worship. We should never put off the opportunity to attend the temple. For these valuable things can be disrupted and possibly even closed to us – if not permanently, then at least on a temporary basis.
Pray. Often. Don't forget to include those who are set against you.
And finally, have no doubt President Monson knows where all of this is leading. He will surely reveal the knowledge to us on the Lord's timetable. Meanwhile, we must support and trust him, his inspired councilors, and our inspired local leaders in our actions. Their actions of Christian courage will be our examples.
I normally would not post stuff like this, but it just hit me so hard. So many times I have taken for granted the liberties that I have and after reading this article, I will never again be ignorant or ungrateful for my liberties, my country and my God who created it all.
Thanks for letting me share my feelings! :)
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Halloween Party
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! We had a halloween party at my parents house the other day with all my family. It was a blast. We ate good food, played games and carved pumpkins. Everyone looked so awesome in their costumes! Me and Eli were my mom and dad if you couldn't tell. Eli even cut his hair like my dad's. I was surprised that Grady lasted the whole night in his costume. I think he just loved the attention that he got! He is funny!
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