GREAT Uncle Jeff & Aunt Kay!

Just had to post some pics of a fabulous visit from my Uncle Jeff and Aunt Kay, also now known as GREAT Uncle Jeff and Aunt Kay...great in so many ways! They flew in from Dallas on Thursday, and stayed with us until Saturday, so we were able to enjoy some quality time with gorgeous weather to boot. We mostly lounged around eating & spending time outside...We went down to Creekside to walk & look at the ducks, and then headed to Easton on Friday to walk again, and had a great time watching Grady discover the jumping water fountain & train track...We stuffed our faces at a BBQ at our house, and took in some Mexican Friday night at Abuelos...delish!

For the last month or so Grady has been going through a little shy stage, so I was worried he would be the boy behind his mom's skirt (or maternity tent in my case), but he made a liar of me! He warmed up very quickly, and by the end of their visit Grady was just barging in their room to see what they were doing whenever he pleased! I was so glad they were able to experience the happy boy we know & love!

Uncle Jeff and Aunt Kay have been staples in my life from the beginning, and alot of my childhood memories involve trips & vacations with them, so I am so happy they are able to still be apart of this chapter my life....

A Much Needed Day...

Nick was out of town this past week, and we planned an overnight trip to Amish Country with Tina and Lauren while he was gone...Who would have known that a boy who is normally pretty easy would wake up from an afternoon nap miserable...and it would last for the next 24 hours we were in Amish Country. I consider Grady to be pretty advanced in most areas, but 2 areas he is NOT advanced in are growing hair, and growing teeth...while his first 4 front teeth have been in for a while, the rest are just taking their sweet time...BUT, 3 more teeth decide to start cutting through at the same time, and this poor guy was in baby hell...He had a fever, and when that happens all he wants is his mom & dad...but guess what, Dad wasn't there, and his 7 months pregnant mom has a hard time holding him for long periods of time, so you can imagine the day that transpired from there. Not even the Amish, or their country, could make this boy smile. Luckily we were with Gram & Aunt Lauren, who love him even on a day that would make a grown man curl up in a corner & cry, and we got through it, and hopefully next time things will be better. Despite all that, I really think Amish Country is a beautiful place, and boy, can those folks cook! And although Grady was not himself, Tina did seem to enjoy the fact that he would curl up on her in a rocking chair, and completely pass out in her arms...

So, of course, in the never-ending world of things I learn in parenthood, I only had to travel a mere 3 miles from our house down to Creekside to enjoy an afternoon with my boy...He was all recovered from those mean, no-good, nasty teeth growing in on him (how dare they!), so we went down to Olde Gahanna to feed the ducks. It was a gorgeous day, and we did a little mother-son bonding while feeding the ducks my old bread (recycle!)...I snapped the pics above with my phone, and I think they are the best pics I've gotten of Grady in a while...