thankful

'Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done. Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.' Psalm 105:1-2

PRAISE the Lord for all the blessing I have. I am shouting to all the nations, he has done everything.... we deserve nothing and I pray he knows how thankful I am. May we all treasure this day and give thanks to our Lord and Savior. Happy Thanksgiving

just nappin

greyson is taking a nap right now and i just snuck in to check on him. i found him like this... don't you just want to cuddle up in there with him, i do?!

my visit to pa pa's

after chad got over the flu...we decided let's go see pa pa's for his birthday. so we went to Atlanta last weekend. We spent some time at the Georgia Aquarium

http://www.georgiaaquarium.org/ (which is way better than anything I've ever been to by the way...gotta go, it's worth the trip moms) and we went shopping (my request), we played with all of pa pa's cool restored cars (see below) and we took pa pa to his first japanese hibachi steakhouse (my request again!). Grey did not ride the Harley nor will he, but good try pa pa! busy weekend, but so much fun. happy birthday pa pa! here are a few of my favorite pictures...

pa pa's toys!

watch our for that gator grey!

"look da look"

His blood is ORANGE!

Sorry for the delay in the postings! Chad and I had a week long getaway in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (more to come on that), but we have been pretty busy with catching up at home and work. Next came the swine flu for Greyson, changes at my work and well a new iMAC that I'm trying to get a hang of ...we have just been a little overwhelmed. Anywho we are back and updating the blog! There will be a few posts back to back, so that we can try to catch up!

We have created a monster! Grey is obsessed with football, touchdowns, tailgating, cheering, shakers, the crowd, the band and anything else he can absorb! It must be in his blood! haha

He has been to 3 UT games now and I will even confess, that he has watched a little football action on TV!(we have broken our no tv rule for a few minutes each saturday!)

At the UT/ WKU game Greyson clapped and cheered everytime we did. Only 1x did he accidentally chear for the Hilltoppers, but we quickly corrected and redirected! haha He was hilarious, when the guy in front of us would move and block greyson's view, grey would strain and look to the left or right so that he could see the field! awesome (video at end of post)

Grey is a great tailgater too, he prefers to hold the shaker now that he has figured out how it works! We went down to the South Carolina game this past weekend for Halloween! It rained a lot and Chad did a fantastic job keeping Greyson dry. (He is such a good dad. I know I don't tell him enough, but we really do love him) After the awesome (scoring!) 1st half, rain and cold temps, we headed out at half time. Our lil giraffe did so good, Uncle Bryan and Aunt Candy can attest!

Oh yeah, the report for aunt EMILY!(fyi, he is almost in the shoe size of the Reebok's! yea!) he stayed up through all games, no sleepy baby! just as predicted!

Tailgating before Grey's first game! UT/WKU

"da" finding a single for greyson

our lil fan!

We were all so excited! go VOLS

i love this pic, grey is just one of the gang, taking it all in!

v...o...l...s..v.o.l.s.volsgovolsgo!

watching the band at the UT/UCLA game

mom teaching grey some cheers!

i can just hear chad now," and this son is why i wanted to call you Neyland"

Where's Greyson?

COLD and Wet at the UT/USC game Halloween 09

"da" keeping our giraffe warm and dry

i told you we were wet! please excuse the grossness!

i love this!

i don't know who is cuter, the lil giraffe or "da"!

different games, but always the same ending! nite nite our precious baby boy!

i'm pretty sure we are obsessed with this video. SO PROUD! do you know any 1 yr old that is this into ANYTHING? (fyi:we but it in a mode where it is all b/w except for orange, pretty cool)

Greyson's Pre-Game Cheer

He is talking with Grammy and Pops on the Phone and hears Gram say "TOUCHDOWN" How Classic! Greyson has no chance of being anything but a big orange fan! We can't wait to take him to his first game on Sat! GO VOLS!

gReYsOn's FiRsT EvEr BiRtHdAy!!

I made it through his birthday on the 13th, I even made it through the party besides a small tear during the prayer, but tonight when I sat down to pick out pictures and videos to share here on the blog... it hit me... my little baby is ONE! I can't express the joy, the ironic sadness, the happiness, the shock, the pride, the gratitude and the love that we feel. Hopefully our pictures and videos will help you understand. (there are soooo many pictures)

Grey on his Bday night, opening presents from Chad and I! He was excited!

Having to share his UT jack n the box with Battle!

"THE CHAIR" I ordered it for him to sit and read in it..that's not quite his idea!

I wish this video could do justice, Grey was up and down jumping and laughing hysterically for 45 minutes NONSTOP!

Birthday Party morning, The Boys hanging out! So sweet

GIFT OF THE YEAR AWARD!

thanks Aunt Candy & Uncle Bryan for the Golf Cart!

Chad, Grey and I at the Party.

Greyson was a bit overwhelmed by all the people at first,

but his thumb seemed to help.

I love this so much! Grey loves his "da". Opening Birthday cards together!

Warming up to the crowd with "da" never to far away.

3 of the 20 birthday "babooms" He LOVES them!

After the Party, before the Cookout...some much needed family time!



Proud ( and smokin hot!!) "da"

Still not a cupcake fan, just like Chad, but he had to at least try!

Anything is fun to make a mess with though, right?



Uncle Bryan found what Grey really liked, PICKLES! The kid loves them just like Uncle Bryan does!

His infamous "Touchdown" and everyone playing along.

As you can tell, he's pretty excited about his 1st Football Season!

Grey and Bryan opening presents.

No wonder he loves him so much, pickles and presents! Thank you to everyone for the gifts and donations, we raised over $300 for Sonshine Child Development Center!!

Greyson at daddy's feet. One of my favorites!

Grey and Aunt Liz

This is Greyson at the end of the party, so precious!

Thank you to each and every person over thepast year who

has shaped Greysoninto the sweet little boy he has become.

You have my heart and his!

Happy 1st Birthday Party