BABIES

As I think about all the babies that have been born in the last year (Avery, Grant, Hayden, Stella, Jackson, Brayden, Jack, Haley) and the new ones that are arriving, I started thinking of our baby list. Our friends Courtney and Vic had their baby girl on Saturday Feb. 24th. They named her Brooklyn Ray, she was two weeks early. Bill and Allison are expecting their first child in 12 days. Chad and Heather are due in 9 weeks. Chris and Stacey are due in May. Darla and Jason are due in August. Jen and Adi are due in September. I think that I may give up Kansas City water for a year or so.......

Chad's Surprise 30th

Mike's best friend Chad turned 30 this week. His wife threw together a great party for him, and, as you can tell by the pictures, we had a great time! Lots of old college friends and some family that is like our own. Grant is staying with Nana and Papa, so I am sure they had a good time tonight!!! It's nice to be able to have grown up time every once in a while, not sure how grown up we act, but its still nice! Weird that we are all getting to our thirties....but like they say: 30 is the new 20!!! Whatever that means!!!

Wagon Rides

The weather was nice enough today (58 degrees) to take the wagon for a stroll. Grant absolutely went nuts. He was laughing and screaming the whole time we were outside with it. We took Rocky (his dog) along for the ride, I think he enjoyed it too! Can't wait for spring!!

New Haircut

Mike and I took Grant to get his THIRD haircut, so we opted for a more grown up cut....it is super cute. My cousin, Denise, cuts it for us and he loves her, so he behaves (for the most part)!! She took the clippers to the back and sides and cut a good two inches off the top, so he now, officially looks like a little man.....

We brought him home and tried to get a few pictures of it, but he was not in the mood to pose, so you get what you get!

Tomorrow is supposed to be 58 degrees, so look for wagon shots soon!

Weekend

Mike is working more hours than there are in the day right now, the frigid weather makes for insane issues on the railroad. He has only been able to be home for about 10 hours before he is called back out to work, ahhh, the life of a railroad wife!!! The weather here is working towards warmth, its been about 35 STRAIGHT days of ridiculously cold weather, but 50's and 60's are in sight. Most of the ice and snow is starting to melt away, so we are putting together the wagon that Grant got from his Nana and Grandpa this week in hopes of taking it for a stroll!! He has perfected the 4 wheeler that Mike and I got him for his birthday, not too great at steering but can make it go!! I assume it will be more fun out in our backyard than in our living room, but you make due!!
Nothing else too exciting at this point, hopefully will have more pictures this week OUTSIDE!!!!
Who knows??!!!

Talking & Walking

Grant is TRYING ever so hard to learn new words, right now he says mama, dada, nana (grandma moss), eat (favorite thing to do), cheese (favorite thing to eat), dog (which really sounds more like dugga) and we are working on night night!
Walking lasted for about a week and we are now on to running, not very gracefully however. He sports nice bumps and bruises on a regular basis. I must say it's kind of sad to see how fast he is growing up, he's like a miniature man now. He has my personality and Mike's appetitite. The kid can eat. I think that when Stella (his cousin) gets in from California, I would like to arrange an eating contest between the two!
Anyways, thats all the new information for now.

Getting Started....

I think that I will enter the year 2007 and start blogging about our crazy life as parents so those far away from us can keep up.....catch us if you can! Grant is now walking, its crazy trying to keep up with him. Mike is working like a dog, so it leaves lots of mommy and Grant time!!! I will be updating with pictures and what not soon.....
Its Valentine's Day and my cousins have inspired me to try to learn how to love my computer more than I do now! We'll see, you'll have to stay tuned!