Fun with 2nd cousins

Last weekend we went to Spartanburg to celebrate Grady's first birthday with our families. On the way there we went by my Aunt Kitty and Uncle Bruce's house because my cousin, Grace, was visiting from New Orleans with her four children. She has a new baby girl, Rollyn, that I was very excited to meet. Grady had fun playing with Bray, Meme and Aunt KiKi. Their coffee table has a large square hole in the middle and the boys found it very interesting! Grady trying to find Aunt Kiki

A few pics I got while under the table.

Grady and Bebop, one of his Great-Grandfathers.

Sweet Rollyn

Meme and Grady

Grady fell and busted his lip and so he got to have his first popsicle!

Happy Birthday Richard

Yesterday was Richard's birthday and we went to dinner at On the Border to celebrate. As you can see most of the Nettles clan was there (James is beside Jamie). It was delicous and I find I have to take more and more toys and food to entertain Grady during a full dinner. All he wants to do is get down and crawl around. Then we went back to the house for birthday cake. Grady loves playing with my old Razor phone.

Okay, you have to know the story to the next picture. Papa has two stitches on his forehead (moving their fridge and a ceramic pig fell on his head). Grady was all about the bandaid and kept trying to touch it. He touched it too hard once and Papa flinched a little. Well, Grady started crying and everytime he looked at Papa for the rest of the night he would look at the bandaid and cry. Grady already shows remorse and it's hilarious. He's been doing this already when he bites Richard or I and he cries and kisses us for about 10 minutes as if he feels really bad about it and is mad at himself. Hopefully he'll quit the biting altogether soon! Any advice on that is appreciated!

James got his dinner (bottle) too.

Weekend in Spartanburg

We went to Spartanburg this weekend so Richard could help his Dad remodel his parents' closet. They made it go from one shelf to two and added some shoe racks. Grady and I had fun hanging out with Nana and Aunt Irene. He loved swinging on the front porch swing, swimming in the pool and snuggling with Aunt Irene's stuffed animals. We also got to visit Poppy and Grandmother.

Not so sure he wants to sit alone while he swings.

Feeling safer in Nana's lap.

Snuggling with Aunt Irene's stuffed animals.

Having a blast swinging really fast with Aunt Irene!

You would have thought he was on a roller coaster!

Saying hello to Maggie.

Getting all lotioned up for a dip in the pool.

Blocking the sun.

A visit with Grandmother and Poppy.

Tired boy.

Babysitting James

Richard and I got to babysit James while Sarah and Jamie went out for their 5th Anniversary. We enjoyed it, but Grady was very jealous (especially when James got his bottle). James was wearing one of Grady's outfits and I had to post a picture of Grady and James in the same outfit.

This is Grady at 4 weeks old. Here is James at 6 weeks old. (Jamie put the sign on James to surprise Sarah.)

James was stretching . . .

and yawning. Sleepy baby!

Sarah wanted to get a picture like the one I took holding Grady in the same outfit.

Me and Grady (3 weeks old).

My cute little Linus (and we stopped the Beaver!)

Here is my cute little Linus! For the past week Grady is always holding whatever blanket is in the crib with him every single time we go to get him when he wakes up. I have been calling him Linus ever since he started it. He won't let go of it when we take him out of the crib and even carries it to the changing table with him (which helps him stay still during diaper changes, so fine by me). I think it's the cutest thing ever, but I am his Mama. Richard ordered Grady a "CribWrap" to help prevent our Beaver from chewing up his crib rail. He seems to love it! I highly recommend the CribWrap to anyone who has a crib with wide rails! It's also very easy to wash! Always so happy after a nap!

Right after the above picture I put the CribWrap on and he of course did this. (anything soft that he touches seems to make him do this).

Grady modeling his CribWrap.

He touched something soft!

Nope, your Beaver teeth will not get through!

Playdate with Andrew

Today Grady and I met Bridget and Andrew at the Joseph-Beth Bookstore to see Mr. Nigel. He was very entertaining and sang lots of fun songs with the kids. It was close to Grady's naptime, so he was really tired, but Andrew was smiling and laughing the whole time! He was so cute! Grady had fun crawling around and checking out all the other kids. Our day must have really worn him out because he feel asleep in the car on the way home around 12:45. I put him down in his crib as soon as I got home. It's nearly 5:00 pm and he is still asleep! I have gotten a lot done this afternoon! Bridget, we need to do this every Friday! Andrew and his adorable smile!

Mama and Grady

Grady loved to touch and kiss Andrew's head. We had lunch at the food court. I think Andrew wanted some of Grady's cheerios!

Grady is 11 Months Old!

Grady is 11 months old today! We can hardly believe he's almost one! This year has flown by and has been filled with the most wonderful memories! He is babbling all the time and his two new sounds are "uck" and "gaagaa" for everything. He can stand for a few seconds on his own, but doesn't like to. Three of his favorite things right now are playing (banging) on the piano, going to the pool and talking to the neighborhood dogs on our walks. We were having "grass time" outside and a lady walked by with two dogs and he was pointing and crying as they walked away because he was so sad to see them go. I am guessing his first question will be, "Can I have a dog?" Grass time is me trying to get him to be happy playing in the grass. He does not like sand at the beach, conrete, grass or much of anything weird to be touching him. We are working on that. He is such a happy boy and we are so thankful for him! I tried to spike his hair a little for a few pictures.

He loves to play the piano and is always crawling over to play on it every chance he gets! I hope he'll love to play as much as I do!

Grady singing to his tunes.

On our way to the pool!