Bald Boys

Since our last post we have survived another round of the stomach flu for Grady (2 weeks ago), survived DJing at Youth Conference up at Camp Fife (the weekend before last), and survived speaking in church on Mother's Day. Other than that it has just been work and Grady for us. Grady is fully walking...he still stumbles occasionally but he has gotten really good. Grady also recently had his second haircut...and this time Todd shaved it completely off. At first I was thinking that he looked like a Leukemia patient but after a day or so I decided that it is really cute. As for work, Todd is busy with cabinet making and I've been busy finishing up this school year. All I can say is thank you Memorial Day weekend! I get Friday and Monday off and will enjoy every minute of my break. I love to teach but a lot of the kids this year are pretty obnoxious quite frankly (not all of the kids, but most of them) so it has been a LONG year. And on top of their issues, it has been hard to be away from Grady so I am so glad summer vacation is just a few weeks away. Grady loves to be outdoors and so I plan on spending the summer outside. If only I had a fenced yard...Todd might have to get on that. We have had really nice weather recently (like near 100 this past weekend) and Todd was playing in a softball tournament (yes, another one) so we got some quality time in the sun and have some tans to show for it.

Yesterday, my sister Wendy had her baby girl! We got to go see her last night and she is absolutely adorable! She really is so cute...looks a lot like her brothers but is more petite and sweet. So congrats to Brad, Wendy, Kaden and Brandt--what a perfect little family you have going.

Hallelujah!!!

Todd is officially done with his Bachelor's Degree from WSU. I don't know who is happier...him or me. He has been saying that he will do so much more around the house as soon as he graduates...so now we will see. As for the picture, this is a direct quote from him as I snapped the photo..."Now I have time for my love life." Nice. Todd would like everybody to know that he earned a 91 (out of 100) on his final Biology test...he says he is now contemplating a career in the medical field.

Grady's First Haircut and Birthday Party

A lot has happened this past week. Here are some highlights: Grady put a dead fly in his mouth at church last Sunday, we attended Todd's softball games on Wednesday, Todd's family was in town for a cousin's wedding on Thursday, Grady got his first haircut on Thursday night, and on Friday we had an early birthday party for Grady! First about the fly...I could've barfed when I saw what was squeezed between my son's lips. I took a handful of wipeups and did a thorough wiping of the whole mouth area (in and out). I guess not even the church is safe crawling ground. On Wednesday night we attended Todd's weekly softball games...I really like going but they play two games so by the end of it I am definitely ready to go home. Grady loves to crawl around the park and put sunflower seed shells and such in his mouth. Thursday was Todd's cousin's wedding. Todd got to go to the wedding but I had to work. On Thursday night, though, we got together with his family at his grandma's house. It was fun because Todd's grandma who is really struggling with Alzheimer's, really loved making noises and playing with Grady. While we were there, Todd's aunt Reva gave Grady his first haircut. It turned out really cute, and he actually looks older...like a boy not a baby anymore. Then on Friday, I took a personal day from school because Carrie and Eric were in town for one more day. It was a good thing I took the day off because I spent most of the day just getting things ready for Grady's early b-day party. I guess that is why I never have people over...it's a lot of work and to tell you the truth during the party I wanted someone else to be serving ME cake. We had a barbeque, had cake and ice cream, and opened presents. By the end of it all, Grady was basically falling asleep while he ate his cake. It was a lot of fun and was nice to just be with family and friends. Grady continues to get closer and closer to leaving crawling behind him. He walks around quite a bit but still drops down to crawl when he wants to get somewhere fast. I spend most of the 3 hours of church in the hallway...I guess that is why today they asked me to serve in the nursery!