UPDATES

Ok so I have been pretty terrible about writing on the blog. I get caught up in things and then side tracked. Much is worth mentioning.

Grayden has recently discovered how to pull himself up and walk along the edge of the couch. He still does the army crawl, although I have seen him on all fours more than once, but I am not so sure he will be belly down for much longer.

Here are some pictures of him doing his new tricks. My favorites are the ones by the window. I wonder if he is contemplating the world outside or just looking at the trees.

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This is from the other day at the park. It was a beautiful afternoon, unusually cool, so we thought we would take advantage and go for a swing.




Finally, Grayden has two new teeth. I tried to get a picture, but that was just not going to happen, so trust me they are there. Since I could not get a picture of his two front teeth, here he is getting stuck in his play gym. This was only the first of many bizarre places he has gotten himself into.

MY SHOP!!!

I opened my own shop at etsy.com! Check it out...

www.allthingsfelt.etsy.com

Jodene Bond

My grandmother. One of the greatest influences in my life and someone who helped me become a better me. She died last weekend and its all a little surreal still. She is the closest person to die in my life. It has not totally sunk in.

My sister sang and we were both pall bearers, a job generally meant for men, but my mom wanted to be one so we all participated. Today was the burial. It could not have been more beautiful. The tender mercies of the Lord were all around.

Grayden in Pursuit

Grayden!!!!

Ok so we JUST got home from Dallas, about 20 minutes ago. Grayden has figured how to pull himself across the floor using his arms and knees, not quite a crawl, but just as effective. He has already gotten to the dogs food ball three times, a piece of the dog's rawhide twice and my flip flops were almost within grasp. Yep, I'm a gonner!

These were pictures I took at the birthday party.

Cousin Ewan

This past weekend we attended Ewan Taylor's birthday party. He turned the big 4 and got lots of Thomas the train stuff. Grayden was the youngest, but he had fun watching all the big kids play.

Snow, Sun and Ski

Last week my Dad took me, Grayden, and his 4 and 6 year old skiing in Park City, UT. We had a lot of fun. Troy did not get to come however so trading Grayden around, so I could ski, was limited. I think by the next time I will be fairly descent. My six year old sister was out-skiing me to give you an idea of how "not good" I am, or how good she is. She did take the blues and skied between trees and did jumps, all without falling, with Breanna.

This is my 6 year old sis, Christina, schooling me on the slopes...



Grayden got to see the snow and mountains, but other than that he was pretty restricted in his activities due to his inability to stand yet. He will get there though and soon he will out ski me too.

Oh and while we were visiting we managed to make it to one of Breanna's rugby games where she immediately busted her lip, causing it to fall our of her skin. She got about 12 stitches, but not cosmetic surgery was necessary. Then the following Saturday my dad got to go to another game in the which she got kicked in the face and broke her nose. At least this time she got to stay in long enough to score.

Here are pics of Breanna's injuries. (As a side note, no one has ever had to go to the emergency room until we got there!)

MORE TO COME

I have plenty to post about our little adventure in Park City last week, but its late now so I will write detail tomorrow!

(Troy is laughing hysterically upstairs about something...I must investigate.)