Sunday Morning At The Grandy & Ganna Inn

Sleeping in. Grady is a late sleeper and he is not a happy camper come Monday morning when we wake him up at 7. This picture was taken around 8:30 Sunday morning and he was still passed out. Then we had pancakes on the kitchen counter with Grandaddy Woody.

And then we all got to sit out in Grady's new playroom and drink coffee. I can't think of anything I would rather do on a Sunday morning.

Big Boys Eat Chicken Nuggets...

...to grow strong muscles and get big and tall. These are Grady's newest favorite food, and by favorite food I mean what he eats almost every night for dinner. You shake them up in powdered barbecue sauce. Mmmmmm.....

The Big 2

This year's birthday was much more low key, mostly because we are not in our house yet and planning a birthday party is at about 100 on our list of important things to do. Besides, he had NO CLUE that last year 50 people helped him turn 1 and this year it was about 8. He enjoyed it just the same.

Chocolate Chip Please

Life is good when you are eating a big chocolate chip cookie in your new dinosaur pajamas and sitting on the kitchen table. Life is even better when Ganna gets home and gives you another chocolate chip cookie.

And on a side note, life is best when you have a family like we do. Thank you to everyone who has helped us out so much with selling our house and buying a new one. We truly could not do it without you. I can't think of many people who have family's that will pack up their homes for them, bring entire work crews in to redo the new house, provide many hours of manual labor, meet people for estimates, chase Grady around and agree to have their home invaded by a family of 3 for over a month (and do their laundry, feed them and take care of them). We are so blessed. I wish every child had the love and support that we do and most importantly, that Grady does.

Good Morning

Grandy isn't a big fan of waking up bright and early in the morning. However, Grady has cured that problem over the past week. He is sleepy in the mornings too and likes to snuggle and watch his cartoons. For the past 4 days, Grandy has met Grady on the couch by 7 a.m. for a little morning wake up time. I don't know what he is going to do when Grady moves to his new house.

How The House Is Coming

New Cabinets

Almost done painting the upstairs, floors are almost done.

Downstairs with carpet instead of linoleum.

Very full playroom.

Christmas Morning

Walking down the stairs at Grandy & Ganna's house. His favorite toy was the first one he picked up, his guitar.

Trying out the microphone in his new blazer.

Learning how to rollerblade.

Not too sure about the rollerblades...

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.