for everyone's enjoyment

Mom bought me this hat in the hopes that it will become a holiday tradition for Grady to look forward to, at least that's her story anyway.  this has to be the most ridiculous hat of all time and everyone in the house laughed like crazy.  Mom and Aunt Jane are laughing as loud as anyone you've ever heard.  Siara did like it and kept asking for me to push the button again.  i hope everyone enjoys the video.  you can't tell from the video but it plays "have a holly jolly Christmas" and the bell on the end rings loud.  i don't know very many people who would wear this hat as a joke, let alone post it on the internet, but if you can't laugh at yourself then who can you laugh at.  i laugh at myself all the time.  Merry Christmas to everyone!  

Christmas get together at Grandma's

can't believe how big all of these kids are getting.  they all got nintendo DS for Christmas and it was the quietest Christmas ever.
Siara with her Elmo that uncle josh got for her.  it was her obvious favorite.  she kept hugging it over and over and over.  i think Josh got her a present last year that she loved too.  Uncle josh is a good gift giver.
Mom smiling as usual as she finally opens a gift for herself after passing out what seemed like hundreds of presents to the grandkids.
presents everywhere, all given with love.
Like winning the lottery when we get lucky enough to get a picture of Grady while he is actually smiling.  he smiles a lot but with the digital camera its like i always have a picture of him .5 seconds after he stops smiling.  at any rate, i really liked how this picture turned out.  two people who's smile light up the room smiling with each other!  

Life of the party. Zzzzzz

thanks for coming to the party Andy!  wouldn't have been the same without you!

Three months

Baby Grady is three months old today. He is growing up so fast, feels like we just brought it him home from the hospital last week. This has been a week of change for our little man. Momma went back to work for the first time on Monday :( Grady misses his full time Mommy. Granny Sandy spent the day watching him on Monday and daddy has been home with him Tuesday and today. i think we are doing okay but i know he misses his Mommy being home with him. his mommy sure does miss being home with him too. just goes to show that the only constant is change.
we are still in awe of our little man. every time we turn around he is a little bit bigger. he is more and more aware of the things around him. he melts away any stress we may feel when he flashes his toothless smile. he smiles more and more all the time. he recognizes our voices and gets excited when we get home from work. today i had Melissa on speakerphone and Grady looked right at the phone when she talked to him. we are so thankful for our healthy little man. he is more loved everyday. we promise to never take a day with Grady for granted.

Baby got a brand new hat!

Mommy got Grady some new duds, including a new hat. its a little bit big but he really likes it!


Hat, picture, and cute baby boy courtesy of Mommy

finally

here is the 1st video i have successfully uploaded to the blog! nothing earth shattering and i hope the sound doesn't really come through because i sound like an idiot but that's okay. i am off work today and Melissa is shopping and I'm home with Grady and gave him a bottle and got him to go to sleep and had some time to mess with this thing. if you ever need to post a video to a blog just convert it to a lower quality WMV file then it will upload in a few minutes. if you already knew that, screw you. if you didn't already know that, i just saved about an hour of your life.

this is a video of Grady from a couple of days ago. we gave him a bath in the early part of the day instead of at night like we normally and it put him to sleep pretty quickly. his mommy also dressed him in a little man outfit including the first time he ever wore a pair of shoes. he looks very handsome and i predict he will be very popular with the ladies! hope you enjoy the video.

update:sound works fine and i sound like an idiot for sure. oh well

Thanksgiving

his thanksgiving shirt says "baby's 1st Thanksgiving"
Grandpa Bob's 1st bottle!

My big cousin Jake

Me and daddy