Many celebrations!

Bubba where oh where is your hair??!

I'm not really into the cheesy sayings on shirts but I have to admit this one is kind of funny. Chris's best friend Dave gave this onesie to us so I thought I would surprise Chris with it on Father's day morning as a joke. Don't worry Grady did not stay in this outfit for long and he will never be wearing it in public! Click on the image if you can't read what it says. It is a blurry picture but you get the point. It is said out of love because it is not true.....well maybe on rare occaisons :).

It seems as if the reasons to celebrate keep piling on! This is fine by me as I love reasons to celebrate, sometimes I don't even need a reason :). First we celebrated Father's day in KC. Chris took Grady to KC last Wednesday and I joined them on Friday for the weekend. Chris and his father play in an annual golf tournament that usually falls over Father's Day weekend. They were doing well in the tourney until a team in their flight decided to turn up the heat and smoke everyone! Oh well there is always next year. I am hoping one year they will win as it is a nice chunk of change to walk away with!

Chris has been trying to get into Xavier's MHSA/MBA program and was scheduled to go for another interview the Monday following our return from KC on Sunday. We have been biting our nails the past few weeks because it seems the program directors were hesitant about accecpting Chris. He went into the interview on Monday and it went well! They have accepted Chris into the program! I am so proud of him! He has put in a lot of work to get into this program. I am excited for him and for us! Our future has now taken a turn and I believe for the better!

Three years ago yesterday Chris and I got married! I can't believe it has been three years. I love thinking back to our wedding day. It is a day I will relive in my mind forever! It was such a magical night full of natural smiles! We celebrated our 3 year and Chris's acceptance into Xavier by sending Grady to Grandma and Grandpa's house for the night and enjoying a nice dinner at Daveeds. Yum! It has been awhile since we have been to a nice restaurant with just the two of us. It was great to have a relaxing meal and enjoy one another's company.

Note to self: Please start taking more pictures! You are really slacking!

The Farm

We celebrated my Uncle's birthday with a trip to the farm. Some of my fondest childhood memories are of the trips we would take to the farm. The drive to Blanchester seemed like an eternity back then but now it does not seem like too bad of a drive. When we were young our grandpa would take us on tractor and dune buggy rides, then we got to drive the four wheeler around when we were old enough. I still love driving the four wheeler and get excited to hit the trails on every visit to the farm. It is such a nice escape from urban life. I love going to the farm and just relaxing. This time around we talked PawPaw into letting us all bring our dogs so it was a bit crazy with 5 dogs running around but it turned out ok and was so much fun! Ever since having Grady I have found I am becoming more and more nostalgic and want Grady to be able to experience all the things I did growing up. It is very hard on me when a family tradition is let go because they are such great memories. The farm has already been left to an agricultural society which breaks my heart. It would have been so nice to keep the farm in the family and continue to take trips there. I am hoping we will still be able to go. If there is one personality trait I wish I could change in my grandfather it would be that he would actually want to keep things in our family; That family and keeping traditions would actually be more important to him then making charity donations. It really makes me very very sad, I am a big sentimental sap.

WARNING: It is true!!

When Grady was a newborn I frequently would hear, "Enjoy it now because they grow so fast!" I still hear this sentence a lot and I would like to stop hearing it. The first three months I hated hearing it because things were in slow motion and I felt like he was never going to sleep through the night. Now I hate hearing it because it is true and it gives me mixed emotions. I get super excited to see him learn and grow but then get sad that he is growing up and fast! Time really has flown by ever since he started sleeping through the night! We thought he was going to skip crawling because he really only seemed interested in wanting to stand but suddenly a couple of days ago he decided to crawl! Now he is all over the place, and getting into everything! He is pulling himself up on the side of the bathtub on his own and standing. What happened? I suddenly am already asking myself, "where did my baby go?" He is becoming little Mr. independent. He is so proud of himself for being mobile now and a much happier baby. He was getting so frustrated because all he wanted to do was move around. Well now he has done it! We knew this day was going to come and we kept saying that we needed to baby proof the house before he was just everywhere. Well guess what? The day has come and we are not prepared! We are running around quickly and trying to make this house a safer environment for him to explore. YIKES!

Another sentence I would like to stop hearing is, "wow what a fat baby!" Seriously I am really getting a complex! Please stop acting like my baby should be a carny because he is so fat. At the pool today an 11 year old said, "Oh my god that is the fattest baby I have ever seen!" He said it like Grady should be a circus act. My feelings were actually a little hurt. I wanted to tell the boy that he is a fatty fat head and that he should go find a snickers. Really is Grady that fat? Should I be feeding him less? Does he need to diet? I don't see it. I feel like other babies are just as big and bigger! I know he has a ridiculously large head and maybe that is really what the problem is. I don't know whatever. I don't really care what people think I love my chunky bubba!