Saturday, May 1, 2010

New Jeep!

Grady is now the proud owner of a ride-on Jeep, compliments of Mama, Dada, Nana, and Papa! We decided to go in on it together as an early "Happy Big Brother" gift. Grady and Dada both love Jeeps and love pointing them out wherever they go, so we knew he would love it. He certainly does love it and has already been off-road in it a couple times. Now Dada is just wondering when he gets his...

I was trying to capture his excitement upon seeing the box get delivered. Excuse our messy, toy-filled garage!


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And he's off!

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The overgrown vacant lot near our house is perfect for "off-roading"!

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He looks like he is on safari, with his hat and all

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Chillin' on his Jeep

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And a few videos...

Blowing out of the garage






Riding around the pool area

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Golf, art, ponies, and parties!

We have been very busy over the past few weeks. Grady has had lots of special activities and events and we are preparing for the imminent arrival of Baby Bean!

Eric brought him to Frankie's Fun Park a couple weeks ago and there is a Johnny Rockets there, so they also had lunch. He wasn't sure about the hat but his eyes just look so pretty here - I had to post the picture.

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He actually mini golfed - and loved it! I can't believe he could really do it! Eric said he played all 18 holes and even held the club right (mostly) once he showed him.

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That is the outfit he will be wearing the first time he comes to the hospital to meet the Bean. Baby Bean has a matching "Baby Brother" onsie. Love the coordinating options when you have 2 of the same gender!

Here he is at "Creative Hands" - his school had a special evening event where they could do all sorts of messy art projects outside. It was a beautiful warm evening, so it was just perfect. Grady talked about how much fun he had NON STOP the whole way home.

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He LOVED this and did it for almost an hour - spraying big white sheets with this watercolor paint spray. I really want to do this activity at his next birthday party!

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Grady's girlfriend Jenna had her birthday party on Saturday - pony rides...

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and bounce house

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eating with the girls from his class - surprisingly he is not sitting with the birthday girl - they are together all the time at school

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Our pool opens this weekend, and we could not be more excited! Grady has been talking about it for weeks!

Saturday, April 17, 2010

A Day at the Zoo

It was a beautiful day again yesterday - about 85 and sunny - so I thought it would be a good day to take G to the zoo. We have not been in quite a while, since our membership expired, but we will be renewing it soon.

Grady had a blast, probably partly due to the fact that it had been such a long time since we had been. Here are a few pictures...

In front of the incredible azaleas that were all in bloom

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Always super excited by the goats - can you tell he is doing this full-body excited dance that he does?

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Checking out the beautiful toucans

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He really wanted to go to the playground inside the zoo too, and he just played so nicely with the other kids. Mama got to relax in a rocking chair, which is especially appreciated at 8 months pregnant!

Here he is pretending to be a pirate - he even said "ahoy matey!"

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bouncing

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Love this one - he is running through the cool mist machine since it was hot - it so captures Grady though - always moving!

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Um, why is the big boy trying to drink the water?

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He loves Jeeps, so he had to sit in the pretend one

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