Surprise in the Mailbox

When I opened my mailbox today I found something special:

A friend of mine (since middle school!) named Libby, is a blogger (check out- http://keepinginstep.blogspot.com) and a custom jewelry maker (check out her Etsy shop). Last week, she had a giveaway on her blog, and I WON!!! Look at the BEAUTIFUL set of earrings!! 

Thank you, Libby!! I love them and I cannot wait to wear them very soon! 

10 months old!

On July 4th, Grayson turned 10 months old!! On July 12th, I finally decided to take his picture!

Our Sweet Boy

Grayson was telling me that he was sick of taking pictures. 

Just because I know I'll forget.... 

Grayson now has 2 bottom teeth that are already in and 2 top teeth that will come in any day now. He sleeps from about 8:30-7:00am each day. He takes 2 long naps, his first nap starts around 9 and lasts until around 11:30 (sometimes longer). His second nap time varies from day to day but lasts around 1.5-2 hours.

He LOVES Gerber Cheetos and itty bitty bites of hotdogs. He also likes macaroni and cheese. He is about 25 pounds and we love him to pieces. He isn't scared of strangers and loves dogs. Grayson can throw a ball, wave bye-bye, and give you a high-five. He also likes to rock back and forth when he listens to music. He can almost pull himself up to standing from a sitting position, and he likes to push his toy play table around like a walker.

Grayson can say Dada, Mama, Gordo (more like Dordo), and Uh-Oh! (when he drops something).

We can't wait to see what he does next!

McFatty Monday and the 15 Pound Challenge

When I began this blog, I posted my New Year's Resolutions. See here. I'm doing pretty good with trying to spend our money wisely, I'm still working on getting that Flylady.net routine working in our home, but the lose 10 pounds thing... HA... I haven't touched that. 

I love www.thebump.com's message boards. I spent a lot of my time during my pregnancy looking at these message boards and talking to other pregnant women about what we were experiencing. From these message boards, I got to know a lady named Blair. Blair has a blog over at theheirtoblair.com. It is fantastic. She has been losing her baby weight while suffering from postpartum depression and she writes in such a neat style. 

ANYWAY-- she developed McFatty Monday. I think the name is cute, so I'm borrowing it. 

A few weeks ago, while walking on the beach, Jason talked me into entering this 15 pound challenge with him. Basically, whoever loses 15 pounds first wins. We haven't decided what we'll win... I guess being 15 pounds lighter is a win in itself. Today is the first day. I'm determined to win. :) 

Each Monday, I'll update you with our progress and let you see how we're doing. I might even try to get some photos and let you see our progress (we'll see if Jason goes for that... haha). I wanted to let you all know so that I would have some accountability and rethink putting oreos in my mouth! 

So-- here it goes. Day 1 has begun! 

Fun Times at the Beach

Everyone in the house is going to sleep and I have a few minutes to add a couple of beach pictures to the blog. Enjoy! :)

Showing off his toys to Alexis and Emmie

Grayson and Papa

Papa made Grayson a Mickey Mouse pancake.

Eating the Mickey Mouse pancake and playing with his sippy cup!

He LOVED being on the hammock!

Fun times with the cousins!! 

FINALLY!!!

After just about losing my mind over getting our beach photographer to put our photos online they are FINALLY here.

Go to  www.joecarrphotography.com
On the left, click "View Proofs & Order"
Enter in your email address (any email address will work... even a fake one) 
Enter in "crutchlow" where it reads "Session Name/ID"
Click Submit