Happy Valentine's Day 2-14-09

Chris and I got engaged on Valentine's day in 2005 so we try and always plan something nice for just the two of us on Valentine's day. This year after we put Grady to bed Chris and I had fondu for two at our house! We started off with a cheese fondu followed by steak and seafood, then of course finished with chocolate fondu! We opened one of our special occasion wines and really just enjoyed ourselves. It was a lovely evening! I think it is important to take at the very minimum a day out of the year and appreciate your spouse. Remind yourself of all the things that made you fall in love with them. Chris and I have a few dates out of the year where we hit the pause button and make the day or evening just about us :).

Grady has discovered his feet!

Grady now weighs 16 lbs and is 24 1/2 inches. Recently he has found his feet and so grabbing them has become his favorite thing to do! It makes changing his diaper rather difficult but it is really cute! He is also close to sitting up on his own but not quite there yet. He is entertaining us with his constant babble and noises. I keep thinking at any moment he is going to say an actual word but he still has awhile for that yet. It is so weird to think that one day he will be talking and walking! It is hard for me to grasp that concept because I just see him as my baby.

Cincinnati ice storm

On Jan 25th Cincy was covered in snow and ice! It resulted in a couple of days inside the house. Everyone was posting cute pics of their kids playing in the snow. We unfortunately did not really go out in the snow because Grady can't sit up on his own yet. We just took him out on our deck and introduced him the white stuff. Pretty lame snow pictures but I am sure we will make up for them next winter :). Today all of the ice and snow is melting away with the warm weather we have been having! I am being teased by this as it is giving me thoughts of Spring! I know there is probably more winter to come :(. I really think winter should be over now because we had a good snow storm. If only nature worked that way, right?!

Grady and his friend Oliver

Grady and Oliver

Mimi and Emily

It is really neat that Mimi and I played together when we were little and now we both have sons close in age who get to play together! I hope Grady and Oliver become friends. They don't have to be best friends but it will be really cool if they at least know one another :). I consider Mimi to be a really good friend! She was the maid of honor in our wedding and no matter how much time goes by I can always talk to Mimi like we were never apart. It is so exciting to both have sons! Oliver is a month older so a lot of times I find myself asking Mimi questions about what to expect next :). Grady has not had very many play dates so it was really fun to have Oliver over. Grady is such a serious baby compared to Ollie it was funny! We set them on the couch and Oliver was smiling and making noises at Grady. He wanted to play and Grady just sat there looking at him like, "what's your deal kid?" HA HA. I will try and post the video we took.

Make Me Laugh Mommy!!!

Emily is addicted to Grady's laugh and she struck gold with this one. She started bouncing his soccer ball toy around and he thought it was the funniest thing he had ever seen!

I'm Addicted!

Can you spot the pug? Diesel is already waiting for Grady to drop food!


I do not have an addictive personality what so ever until now! Grady has laughed a couple of times and I really can't get enough of it! I spend a lot of time doing silly things to try and get him to laugh! Pretty sure if I were secretly recorded it would be really embarrassing. One time he laughed in his highchair. I am gradually starting to feed him cereal again. To entertain him I bounced the spoon up and down while slowly approaching his mouth and said, "chug a chug a choo choo!" He thought it was pretty funny. Then a couple of nights ago I was trying to entertain him and started juggling a soccer ball rattle in my hands and was acting like I was fumbling it. He thought it was absolutley hysterical! He has never laughed like that! We caught some of it on video so I will have to try and post the clip! It is just so refreshing to hear a laugh and not a cry! Hope I can continue to find ways to make him laugh because I'm addicted!

Activity time

Usually we wear clothes but he ruined the outfit he was in so I took it off. He was being so cute in his new jumper that I had to take photos.

Finally finally Grady has become entertaining to watch! He is a little over four months now. I want to say around two weeks ago Grady woke up and became alert! It was weird because one day he just decided he was going to be more active and each day now I see him grow more and more! He is grabbing things and loves to roll from his back to tummy! He can't quit figure out how to roll from tummy to back so often he gets frustrated because he gets stuck on his stomach. He loves his new rain forest jumper which he got for Christmas. He enjoys the tiny love mat which we have borrowed from my parents house :). Also he has become very vocal and feels the need to let us all know that he is in the room. He babbles to his friends a lot but I don't know what secret language he is speaking with them. I am watching him learn and it is so neat!

I did not do a New Year's post so I wish you all a happy New Year! Hope 2009 brings you much joy!