1st father's day

Today was easily one of the best days of my life. We had Grady baptized and the mass service before the baptism was awesome. Sometimes at church i feel like the preacher is speaking directly to me. I mean its like i heard exactly what i needed to hear. The readings and homily were just so much more than i expected today. to be honest i was just focused on getting Grady baptized that the timeliness and message of the scriptures and homily caught me off guard and were a huge bonus for me.

Grady's baptism went really great also. I'm so happy that he is finally baptised! i only blame myself for it being more than 9 months after he is born but, better late than never, as the saying goes. I would like to thank everyone who attended the baptism since it was pretty short notice. if you didn't attend don't feel bad and i apologize that we didn't invite more people to share the special day with us. i was so filled with the spirit today during the mass and baptism i felt like i could do anything. it certainly was a great feeling. i think it has something to do with being happy for myself but being way more happy for Grady too.

After the ceremony we had family back to the house for a little cookout and everyone ate and had a good time and enjoyed the beautiful weather today and the great company of family. i know this is only my 1st father's day but i think this will be a hard one to ever top!

also, Grady started crawling today. he has been working on it for a few weeks but up until today had only been successful at pushing himself backwards and turning himself in circles. today, however he just started crawling ;ile a little pro. there is a possibility he only did it since there was a big crowd of people standing around watching him. seems to be a bit of a showman! at any rate, he crawled a foot or two and he did it a couple times. it was very exciting for all of us and we were so lucky that so many people got to see him crawl for the 1st time!

What a great day!

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9 months

Grady had his 9 months doctor appointment today. He is 20lbs 13 ounces and just under 31 inches. he was given a clean bill of health but the doctor did say he was a little slug since he doesn't crawl or pull himself up to a standing position. Guess we're gonna have to start so me physical training. ha ha. i actually am enjoying the last weeks of him not being mobile. i know once he gets moving he'll never stop! the doctor also pricked his little foot to draw blood to test for anemia and Grady didn't even notice. As a matter of fact he actually had to poke him twice since the 1st one didn't bleed enough and Grady didn't even look at him funny. i expected him to cry for that part. Next check up is at one year and they warned that he gets to have a lot of shots for his birthday!