This is the sweetest boy

One word to describe this little boy is SWEET. Oh how I love him!

First Swim

Grady's first swim was a success! For his first swim we had to go to the Winder Pool. It really is the best. Grady loved the water, even though it was freezing! I was too chicken to get in, thank goodness Regan loves the water. He get's so serious and chill when he is in the pool. We have been a few more times.

Let Freedom Ring

We had a wonderful 4th of July weekend. I love that the holiday felt like 3 days long! On Saturday we woke up bright and early and went to The Brighton Breakfast up at Brighton ski resort. This was my first time going but it is a Winder tradition. I loved it! Nothing is better than being in the mountains. It was beautiful and breakfast was really good too. Grady couldn't have been happier because he LOVES it outside. He gets so serious when he is outside and just takes it all in. Then we walked around Silver Lake and went to the cabin to ride the zipline. Then we headed back to West Valley and hung out with my family. It was nice to just relax. After that we headed over to the Winder pool and had dinner with Reg's family and watched the kids swim. It was a nice evening. Reg didn't feel well ( more on that later) so we headed home and watched a movie. No fireworks this year :( On Sunday we had a BBQ with family, had a fire and roasted marshmallows. I love summer weekends.

At the Brighton Breakfast

Silver lake. My cousin Katie stayed with us and she was so helpful with Grady!

Mr. Serious

Uncle Jared

Grady loves is Uncle Jared or as we call him Uncle Jerry! Jared is such a good uncle and it is so fun to see my little brother take such good care of him. Jared loves to play, hold, and do tricks with Grady. I can already tell they are going to be best buds.

Grady and Jared (1 week old)

Grady, Jared and Jared's mustache on Grady's blessing day.

Jared's Graduation!

Jared put Grady in the guitar case and he loved it!

Home again, Home again, Jiggity Jig

Regan is coming home tomorrow!!! He has been gone for 2 weeks for work. Bless his heart for working so hard. I sure love him! I cannot wait for him to be home. 2 weeks is LONG! I couldn't have done it with out my amazing family. They helped out so much.

Having Regan gone for so long made me really appreciate having a husband, partner, best friend, etc. It made me grateful for cell phones, texting, and skype!

I tried to be really strong while he was gone and for the most part I did pretty good. I had a few bad days but it was just because I missed him so much. He truly is my best friend.

While Reg was gone Grady and I got to have lots of mommy time. We played and played. It is hard being a mom without a spouse there to help. I really have such respect for single mom's and military wives. But when you have moments like this it makes it all worth it. I was dancing around and singing for him and he loved it. He thought it was the funniest thing ever (which it probably was). I will do anything for a smile!

Also, today he was laughing so hard at me whenever I took a bite of my dinner and said yum. He thought I was so funny whenever I would take a bite. It cracked me up.

The Doublee

Grady's double chin or as Aunt Jamie likes to call it "The Doublee" pronounced doob-lee.

My First Mother's Day

I feel so blessed to be a mom. Mothers day was a little different this year than I thought it would be. Regan was out of town for work which was a huge bummer but it made me really appreciate being a mom. I found joy in doing those motherly tasks that would have been done by Regan if he was home. I made myself a yummy dish of baked oatmeal, changed Grady's blow out, put him down for his naps, fed him, changed him, took him to church, held him and comforted him when he was fussy, etc. Even though I didn't get pampered or get a break on Mother's Day, it was a still a special day because I am a mom to my little Grady man and that makes it all worth it. I really love being a mom and a wife. It is so easy when you've got such a cutie pa tutie for a son and such a handsome/sweet husband.

Regan didn't forget about Mother's Day though, even though he was gone. Oh no, he didn't. He called me and told me where I could find my present. He had hidden it in the garage before he left. And he truly got me what a really wanted! An entry way table. I love him! I am so excited. He also sent me the sweetest card. It made me cry because I miss him so much. He did good :)