Busy, Busy, Busy

Merry Christmas, Happy New Years and I'm sure we have missed other important things too. The house is coming along great, we have new cabinets and doors thanks to our handy team from Jacksonville and all of their hard work. Daddy has the floors and ceilings looking good and we've been working hard to get everything ready to live in. For now, this is how we are spending New Year's Eve...putting together Grady's cool new Home Depot work station: Blowing our New Year's horns:

And dancing at daddy's feet while he sleeps:

Happy New Year's to all and a New Year's resolution from me, back to almost daily postings starting next week, promise!

Merry Christmas!

Here Comes Santa Claus...

And this year Mr. Whites explained that Santa wasn't a bad guy but he is the one who brings all the presents. After last years failed attempt #1 and #2, Santa is probably relieved that Grady was happy to sit on his lap. So Grady used him as his helper and handed all the wrapping paper over to Santa. Santa gave Grady the coolest fishing pole, it is orange and blue! Santa's helpers did a good job with that one.

I'm Going To Miss You B Avenue

We brought our little Grady home here, in the freezing January cold. He met Jeb in his bedroom,

Celebrated his first birthday, And took his first steps at this house.And now it looks like this:

We're Going On A Mr. Whites Hunt...

He's not on the shelves anymore, they are all packed up. He flew from the doorway a few nights ago, but we checked back there anyway.

Aha!

He decided to hang from the fan today!

Mr. Whites is in for a long day, I hope his arms aren't too sore to fly back to Santa tonight.

Check Out My Belly!

Mr. Whites

Our elf on the shelf has come out of his hiding place to keep tabs on Grady until Christmas. He finally got a name, Mr. Whites. Mr. Whites flies back to the North Pole every night to tell Santa whether Grady was a good boy that day or not. Then he returns to a different spot and Grady has to go on an elf hunt every morning. So far, threats that Mr. Whites is watching have not worked as planned. Santa may have to return some toys if Mr. Whites can't report that Grady has been a good boy who does what his parents tell him to do...

Patrick The Reading Buddy

This is Grady's favorite reading spot, especially after a bath when his hair is still wet and uncombed. Poor Patrick didn't know what he was in for when he was adopted into our home.

It's Ours!!!!

After months of stressful dealing with the foreclosure people and the bank, you can change our address in your address book. And when summer rolls around again, come watch the sunset from our back deck looking out over the water.

(And if you are handy with a hammer or paint brush, join us for the renovations. We have until December 28th until the new guy kicks us out of good old B Avenue)