James Robert Nettles, Jr.

My nephew, James Robert Nettles, Jr. was born at 9:40 pm on May 29th. He was 5 lbs. 12 oz., 19 inches long and handsome! Sarah and Jamie are doing well and are so excited that he is here! He was three weeks early. Most of the family was able to be here and we were all at the hospital for about 12 hours until James arrived. We had fun just hanging out, spending a little time with Jamie and Sarah, eating and playing with Grady. He was a trooper the whole day and never cried until around 11 pm that night just before we left to go home. He was working with only one hour of sleep that day, so I don't blame him. We can't wait to get back up to the hospital later today and see him again! More pictures to come soon!
Proud Dad!

Uncle Richard and James

Aunt Lese and James

Aunt Irene and James

Waiting, waiting . . .

Grady wanted to talk to Mason on Aunt Irene's phone.

Sad that he doesn't have the phone anymore.

Grady couldn't decided which one to eat. Which one will make me grow shorter?

Will this one make me grow taller?

I'm just going to be safe and eat my carrots!

Some of us took naps to pass the time. Grady stayed awake to hear the news that James was born, then about 5 minutes later he passed out asleep.

Grady acts like a beaver!

I have been trying to get Grady to go to sleep without being rocked to sleep. I should have started this months ago, but I am a Mama that LOVES to rock her baby boy (Dad does too). The only thing that calmed him down was this dog stuffed animal. The funny part is that it was his cousin's (Kate's) that was left here a long time ago. It was one of the "replacement doggies," not the actual doggie that she still has. I have a feeling that Grady is going to love Doggie too! When I would go in to check on him, I was leaning over the crib to lay him down and I noticed scratches all over the inside of the crib where he stands up. I guess he has a beaver side to him because he is chewing on the wood and those two little stumpy teeth are making some dents into the crib. I've heard of a teething rail cover and am definetly going to be getting one.

Cousin Troy

Grady got to visit with his cousin Troy this week. His Aunt Bonnie was babysitting him so that I could get my remicade treatment. She is so sweet to always help me out in this way! I hope she knows how much I deeply appreciate her! =) Grady had a blast, as usual. I left my camera with Bonnie so I could have some recent pictures of the boys together. As Grady gets older I can see more similarities in their looks. Grady trying to walk and push the truck.

Take one of the wagon picture...Troy is smiling here.

Take two . . . looks like Grady is checking out Troy's shoe.

Take three . . . Grady smiling now. At least there is one of each of them smiling, even if it's not in the same picture.

Grady loves to ride in the wagon!

Troy teaching Grady how to do puzzles and I'm sure Grady was trying to steal a piece to chew on.

Whale Pool

We got Grady a pool and I thought I was buying a small pool. The box was small, but the pool turned out to be very big. We felt like rednecks with the pool out in the front yard. I will normally keep it in the backyard, but it was Memorial Day and all our neighbors' kids were out playing in their sprinklers and slip-n-slides in their front yards too. It was a fun afternoon. Grady didn't like being in the pool by himself, so I had to get in too. Then we took him over to Conni's house and he went down the slip-n-slide (but didn't like it). He did enjoy splashing in the mud puddles with Rivers though!

My rocker son and I

Rivers was a big splasher! So cute!

Grady is not sure about all the grass all over him.

Getting a glimpse into the future of having a little boy!

He tried to put his thumb in his mouth and got upset about all the grass going into his mouth. His fun is officially over.

We tried to put him back on the slip-n-slide for a picture and he was not happy about it.

Baby Shower for Sarah Rawald

One of my teacher friends, Sarah Rawald, is having a baby girl soon. I was so happy to get to go to her baby shower at Hawk Ridge to celebrate! Grady's best buddy, Jake, was there too and they had fun playing together as usual. The baby boom amongest our friends is CRAZY right now. Just two weeks ago, five of our good friends had babies within four days! Cousin James is on his way and should arrive tomorrow!!! We are praying for you Aunt Sarah and Uncle Jamie! I am trying to catch up on all my posting before he arrives! Can you tell? I'm posting six times today!

Grady's First BooBoo

Grady got his first boo boo on his nose. He falls down ALL the time and he got this boo boo while at church nursery. We are hoping the scab will soon fall off because it's so nice to have this huge cute in all his pictures! haha!
This video is of this new face and noise he makes all the time now. We think it's really funny. It's like a pout because he can't get to something he wants.

BBQ with the Neighbors

Our neighbors, Conni and David, had us all over for a big neighborhood BBQ. It was a lot of fun and a great way for us to get to know our neighbors more. There were lots of older kids and thankfully they gave the younger ones a little time in the jump castle. Three of us have boys very close in age and they were so cute crawling all over each other in the jump castle. Grady was trying to pull up on them (he doesn't understand they aren't as sturdy as the coffee table). Luke is in the stripe outfit and Rivers is in the overalls. A little blurry, but it's the only one with all of them looking.

Trying to stand up.

He thought it was funny to try and get me through the mesh.

Look What Grady Can Do!

Grady is changing every day and his smiles brighten all our days! I love all the personality he is getting, the look on his face when he is trying hard (concentrating) to do something and the excitement in his face when he loves what he is doing. Here are some pictures of our day to day together. I love that I have been able to stay at home with him this first year!

One of his favorite things to do is going to the swings!

He first started pulling up on his knees, but now is standing up on everything and cruising around while holding onto tables.

Whenever I need to do something on the computer, the first thing he wants to do is crawl under the desk and pull on my mouse cord.

He loves crawling across the cat walk and looking at his toys down below. I'm sure that he'll be throwing his toys over the side very soon.

He lunged forward and hit his face on the spindle. When this sort of thing happens he gets very mad at the object and grabs it or tries to bite it. It won't be so funny when it's another kid though.

Grandmama Nettles sent him these cute cars and he loves them. Here is an example of him concentrating. He always has his tongue sticking out.

He loves to bang his toys on tables. BAMBAM!

Of course he loves to put everything in his mouth.

Concentrating to walk over and get my phone.

WHEW, I got it Mama!

Got it again. Seriously, his tongue is always sticking out!

Finally, a cute smile!

Another new thing he loves to do is play peek-a-boo with me through all sorts of things. He especially loves kneeling down to see me under things. He also loves to take his bib off and look at me through the neck hole. He thinks that is hilarious for some reason.

Here are some videos. Make sure you pause the music to the right so you can hear them. The first two are of something he loves to do .... turn around in the chair. He almost fell off the chair at the end of the first video, but I caught him!

This one is of him trying to get my cell phone. He starts to walk to it down the coffee table, but decides it would be easier to fall down, crawl closer and then get it. I had another one of him walking all the way around the table, but it won't upload.