1 More Month 'Til ONE!!

Mary Grayson is 11 months old today! I can hardly believe a year is around the corner!  This truly has been the best year of our lives and we are trying to enjoy every last second of it!!

My "almost one year old!!"

For those of you who have not had the pleasure of meeting our sweet MG yet...you are in for a real treat!!
SHE IS INTO EVERYTHING!!!!
She is WALKING!!!
-wearing size 3 diapers and 12 month clothes
-STILL NO TEETH!
-takes 1 morning and 1 evening bottle
-loves banging things together & opening and closing doors
-took her first trip to the zoo
-went on another plane ride (to New Orleans)
-still loves to yell...I think she likes to see how loud she can be!
-about 23 lbs
-tried PB&J for the first time and LOVED IT!!! (there is nothing the child won't eat!!!)
-saves her best smiles for her Daddy
-plays so well with other little kids
-did a flip over the high bar at the Little Gym!

Mary Grayson truly is a joy and we couldn't be more thankful for her!  Our little monthly photo shoots have gotten progressively tougher since our princess is more mobile!! So here are a few for your enjoyment!

About to crawl off the chair!

Stay tuned to see what our little munchkin is going to be for Halloween!!!!

Old MacDonald's Farm

Ever since we moved to the Humble/Kingwood area Marvin and I have wanted to go to Old MacDonald's Farm!  It just looked like so much fun, but never really had an excuse to go until MG arrived!  Here are a few pics from our trip!

Looking at the baby goats...from a distance!

MG and Mommy

The animals would come up and eat out of your hands...or MG's lap!

She got to pick out a pumpkin to take home!

MG and Deacon at the pumpkin patch!

Sweet church friends with their pumpkins!

With her pumpkin and ready to go home for a nap!

I think Mary Grayson had a great time!  She loved watching all the animals and all the other kids running around!  She was asleep before we got home and took at 2.5 hour nap to recover from our busy morning at the farm!!!

MG's 1st Trip to the Zoo

We've been talking to MG a lot lately about animals!  She loves this one particular book that makes baby animal sounds when she presses each animal's picture.  So...we decided it was time for her to see the animals up close...at the Houston zoo!  Since we've been in Texas, neither Marvin or I have been to the zoo.  We were really looking forward to it and since the weather has been a bit cooler lately we thought now would be a good time!  We woke up early on Tuesday morning and headed downtown with Marvin to 8:00 court so we could be at the zoo when the gates opened!

Mommy and MG at the zoo.

Daddy and MG posing on the warthog!

We had to ride the carousel!  She loved it.

And we went to the petting zoo!  MG wanted to pull the goats hair instead of petting!!!

At the elephant habitat!

My two monkeys:)

Underground with the gophers!

Daddy and MG looking at the animals.

We had to stop for graham crackers!

Boy, was she happy after her snack!

One tired little monkey!

What a great day!  Mary Grayson loved seeing all the animals!  She was asleep before we made it back to our car! We know she may never remember her first trip to the zoo, but we will and we'll cherish it forever!!!