Thanksgiving 2011

I know it's been awhile since I've blogged! To be honest...life has just gotten in the way.  The month of November proved to be a busy busy month for us and I just didn't have a free second to sit at the computer!  So...let me catch you up!
Every other year Marvin's extended family gets together to celebrate the holidays.  Two years ago we all went to Dallas to Marvin's uncle's home!  We had such a great time! So this year...Marvin's sweet Aunt and Uncle in Dallas decided to host us all AGAIN!! It was an easy trip for us...especially with a baby! Mary Grayson had a great 1st Thanksgiving visiting with all of her cousins!

Thanksgiving Day 2011

The whole crew!!

Grammy and MG playing outside.

Paw-Paw teaching MG to ride the tricycle.

The Original 8 with Grandpa and Grandma

The married grandchildren!

The girls with our Sam Moon purchases!

MG and Christopher

Family Pic...it was so cold and windy:)

MG's First Halloween

I have to say Mary Grayson's first Halloween was a huge success!!  Not only did she have TWO, yes two, different costumes, but she won the cutest costume at her Little Gym Halloween party!  She went to two different pumpkin patches, posed with the pumpkins her Mommy and Daddy carved, and even got to eat just a few pieces of candy. 

All smiles at the Pumpkin Patch

Lovie came for a visit!

Touchdown!! (we've been working on that)

Walking with Daddy

She wanted to eat the little pumpkins.

With one of  her best friends, Ty!

Mommy and MG with Mrs. Sarah and baby Ty!

Our piglet at The Little Gym party (it was too cold to be Pebbles!)

Paw-Paw and Piglet!

Mommy and her little piggy!

At the boys flag football game! (They each scored at TD!)

Pebbles at her MDO parade.

Sweet Pebbles!!!

Eating candy with Abby!

The cousins (Darth Vader and Capt. America) on MG's 1st Halloween!!

MG with her carved pumpkins!!

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!!!

2 months 'til ONE!

That's right...our little bundle of joy celebrated her 10 month birthday yesterday!  Time has flown so fast that I even forgot to take her picture before MDO yesterday morning...so Daddy picked up the slack and snapped a few pics of her yesterday evening after I left for work!  MG was a little cranky all day yesterday and has been battling a runny nose for the past few days...so a smile was hard to come by yesterday!

Fingers in her mouth...where are her teeth??

10 month highlights:
-wearing 9-12 mo clothes
-size 3 diapers (MG is 21.5 lbs!)
-STILL NO TEETH!!!!
-crawling very very fast EVERYWHERE!
-pulling up on everything...she will stand by herself but will not take a step
-loves mac and cheese, grilled cheese and pudding
-likes to shake and bang all of her toys together
-has started to enjoy DVDs (Praise Baby and Elmo2 are her favorites right now!)
-takes a morning and night time bottle and milk/juice in a sippy cup during the day
-USUALLY takes 2 naps (each about 2 hours)

You are the love of our life Mary Grayson and we are excited everyday to see you become the woman God wants you to be!  We love you to the moon and back!