Quick Updates

So, the July 4th weeknd has come and gone. My how time does fly! As usual we were pretty much constantly on the go. Friday, the 4th, we went to visit our friend Julie at her parents house here in Brenham. They were having a bash for her nephew combined with the 4th. It was great to just hang out by their pool and enjoy the good food and oh....Mommy loved the drink that Julie and her sister made, so much so I made it the next night!!

After hanging out there for a while, it was back home to re-group and then we walked over to our neighbor's house for more visiting, food and drinks and then it ended with Fireworks!! Grasyn's first ever......she did quite well. Brad held her and she just kinda stared into the sky....no crying!!! She get kinda fussy though, so that was our cue to head back home, just in time for a bath and bottle and bed!!

Saturday, it was off to College Station to do a little shopping and then once back in Brenham, we stopped by the country, where Nana, Pops, Aunt Lo and Addison were painting the old country house. After helping out there, at least Brad helped....Grasyn and I just kinda assisted as needed, it was time for the little gals to take naps. It was back home and then we headed downtown to listen to Big Otis at the Hot Nights Cool Tunes. A wee bit warm, but it was fun to see everyone down there.

With all that, Sunday was a day to relax. We just kinda hung out and went to lunch with Mike and Terry and that was about it.

So, here we are almost at the next weekend....we are without Daddy this weekend. He went to LA (no not the Cali one), to play golf and gamble. So, it will be a Mommy and Grasyn weekend...we shall see how it goes. We already miss Daddy and he just left.....looking forward to his return on Sunday!

The pics show how Grasyn is getting better at sitting on her own before taking the tumble, how eating veggies are going (we are getting much better though) and then Daddy and Grasyn in their red, white and blue on the 4th.

Pooped Out

What a busy weekend we had. Does not seem we got much accomplished, but we were on the go!

Friday night we met Aunt Lo, Addison, Nana, Rhonda, Kari and Hayden at Manuel's. It was great to see Kari and Hayden since we do not get to see them very often. Of course it was great to see the others too!!

Saturday we slept in and helped haul away the leftovers from my mom's family estate sale they had Friday and Saturday morning. Then we went and visited Addison again cause she was still at Nana's since Aunt Lo and Uncle Robert were going to see the 'Stros play on Sunday. After visiting there for a bit, it was off to see Kevin and Alison and we went to dinner with them and then looked at a few of their wedding pics, but come 9:45 it was time to get home to bathe, eat and to bed.

Sunday came wayyyy to early. We had to wake Grasyn at 7:00 so she could eat and we could get to 8:00 Church service. After church it was back to my mom's family's place to finish up with the haul away. And if that was not enough, Grasyn and I made a Wal-Mart trip and then FINALLY home for good by 5:00!!! Grasyn ate and then I put her in the swing for a bit so I could get some things done around the house and no sooner I looked over, she was sacked out. The poor little thing never got a good nap in all weekend long, so it made total since that she would crash on us so early. Should make for an interesting night for Mom and Dad!

Well, Grasyn has her first 4th of July coming up this week, so I will probably update sometime after that. We have our red, white and blue ready to go!!

Our first swim

So, Grasyn had her first official swim in the big people pool today. We kinda thought she would love the water as she is amazed by the water coming out of the faucet during bath time and when her and daddy go water the yard outside she does not mind getting a little wet in the process.

We took her to Mrs. Blackie-Sengel's house (Brad mows her yard and takes care of her horses a few days week) and daddy and Grasyn inched on in and she just stared at the water for the first few minutes trying to figure it out. Then once in, she loved it! No splashing yet, but I am sure that is to come once we get more active and mobile.

Once out of the pool it was time to eat....I guess it is true....Swimming makes one hungry. She got a little grumpy on us, but all in all, it was a successful swim!

Grasyn is 5 months old now and is becoming more and more alert at things around her and more mobile every day. She has mastered rolling from back to tummy and then back to the back. Just a little longer and she will be sitting on her own.....Wow, just can't believe this has gone by so fast. Just tonight Brad and I were looking at old pictures of her and reminiscing over the day of her birth and how much she has changed.

We love our little fish!

Here we go!

So, I have now joined the bandwagon of my blogging friends! It is a work in progress, but I thought I would at least get the site set up and then as soon as I can get some time to sit down and work with it, I will get some pics uploaded and entries entered.

They may not be witty entries, but you can probably count on them to be wordy....if you know me, you know I like to write alot and leave long phone messages.....so look out blogging world, here I come!