This year seems to be flying by for us. Shane's already out of school, I'm up to my ears in pool stuff and little man is almost 8 months old! I don't want to post too many things about his latest accomplishments (there are alot) because I want to save them for his 8 month update in a couple of weeks. For now I will just give a recap of the last couple of weeks.
We had an all-cousin slumber party on June 8 while my brother and sister-in-law went out with some friends for the night. Aaron and Andrew really seem to love Grayson and as you can tell in the photos, Grayson seems to love them, too! I was pretty worn out from working a swim meet all day so the boys just hung out and watched a couple of movies that night and I went to bed early. Saturday morning Uncle Nay-Nay (aka Shane) got up and made pancakes for everyone. I can't wait for when Grayson is alittle older and he can really play with them!
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| Aaron, Grayson and Andrew |
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| Uncle Nay Nay figuring out what 3 boys would be like. |
This weekend Shane and I headed down to the lake to get away for a couple of days. We had not been down there since the end of December so we figured now was as good a time as any. Thursday we drove down and just spent some time around the house. On Friday we drove over to Crockett to spend the day with my friend Nikki and her family. Her parents have a house there and her dad is home from Russia (he lives there 9 months out of the year) so she flew in from Miami to see him. It also gave us an opportunity to meet Payton and introduce Grayson to his possible future wife. :) We hung out at their house all afternoon talking and playing with our babies. It was so good to see all of them and makes me wish she lived closer. Saturday we spent more time relaxing around the house. Shane borrowed a neighbors kayak and went out on the lake for alittle while. We put a baby pool on my parents deck so Gray could splash around and he went on his first tractor ride with Grandpa! My dad has a photo with each of the grandsons on the tractor so now it was Grayson's turn. I packed his nicest overalls for this occasion. It was cool that evening so we took the golf cart out to look for some deer and meet/visit with some of my parents neighbors. It was a great weekend and I am glad we were able to get away.
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| My little gentleman trying to hold Payton's hand. :) |
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| Our babies are just 4 months apart. |
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| Cuddling with little Payton. She's just as chill as Grayson. |
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| Taking a nap on daddy's knee |
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| The lake is exhausting. |
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| Pool Time! |
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| Mean muggin' his momma |
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| This photo captures his laugh exactly. |
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| Chillin in his tea cup adirondack chair. |
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Driving the tractor with Grandpa! He loved the knob on the
steering wheel. |
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| Driving the golf cart. Eyes on the road, Grayson! |
I also want to take a second to acknowledge one of the greatest father's on the planet! Shane is such a great dad and Grayson is super lucky to have him as a dad. I always knew Shane would be great with kids as I watched him interact with my nephews, but I never truly knew how he would fit into that "father" role until I saw him with Gray. I wanted to get him something special for father's day. The week after Buckley passed I emailed a girl that did a portrait of my friend Courtney's boxer to see if she would draw one of Buckley. She agreed so I sent her a bunch of pictures of him and she began working on the drawing. A few weeks later she called me to tell me it was ready so I met up with her to get it. As soon as she showed it to me, I cried. She captured Buckley perfectly. His eyes, his smile and his personality were all portrayed in this simple pencil drawing. I had it matted and framed then gave it to Shane late last week (I couldn't wait because I was so excited to show it to him). We have it hung up in our bedroom to always remind us of our little Buckley!
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| Buckley's Portrait |
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| The final product |
Not only was it father's day yesterday, but it was also our 7 year anniversary! Neither one of us could really think of anything we wanted/needed so we are planning to spend the day together on Friday. Maybe lunch, a movie, shopping...who knows. Just spending time together is all we really need to celebrate. Love you, Shane!!
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