First hair cut ever!!!

Earlier this month, Kirk and I decided that Grant's hair was getting too long. I have trimmed his hair before, but Kirk insisted that our little boy still had a mullet and that had to change. We decided to pay for a nice hair cut since it would be his first professional cut ever and we wanted to watch to see how it was done. Surely we can do it ourselves. The cut lasted only 5 minutes. He didn't cry...but he sure gave this lady some dirty looks. Enjoy the pictures!

Grant's obsession, Jackie's addiction, and Kirk

Grant's birthday is in the middle of December...so we find ourselves shopping for both his birthday and Christmas at the same time. We found this slide on sale and thought we would give it to him now and just call it his birthday present. He is not even one yet...so what does he know. Well, he absolutely loves it!!! He wants to climb up the back and slide over and over again...and he loves to be chased!

This kind of ties into my new addiction. In high school and college, I loved to shop. New clothes, new shoes...I wanted them! Well, this desire has left and has been replaced by my shopping for Grant. Clothes, toys, books...he needs them! Browsing the newspaper ads for after Thanksgiving sales/deals (always a hobby of mine)has new meaning.

I don't want to leave Kirk out...he is almost done with his first semester at Rice. He is working hard trying to balance home, work, and school...and I think he is doing a pretty good job. Right now he is coordinating the effort to get our house repaired after Hurricane Ike. It should be back to new by Christmas!!! Yea!!!

Happy Halloween!!!

Happy halloween everyone!!! For Grant's first halloween I decided to dress him up as a scarecrow. We needed something light-weight that could be layered in case it was 50 degrees or 90 degrees outside...but luckily yesterday was actually quite pleasant. It was also Grant's first experience with make-up. I must say that he looked really cute with his rosy cheeks, but I could never capture his smile with the camera. Here are some pictures from the party we went too. Grant had a blast playing with some new bigger kid toys. I hope you enjoy!

Fall has arrived!

Last week Kirk and I took Grant to a "pumpkin patch". Well...I don't know if you can technically call it a pumpkin patch if the pumpkins are trucked in from who knows where...but it is the closest thing we have. A local church sells these pumpkins in their front lawn for a fundraiser and lets anyone take pictures if they want. We are going to take him again with his scarecrow costume...but we thought we would look a little too eager if we took his halloween picture at the "pumpkin patch" the first weekend in October.

Grant is 9 months...actually 9 1/2!

Well...I am a little late on Grant's monthly update. I will use the hurricane as my excuse...so don't be surprised when you see his 10 month update in two weeks! :)

Our little Grant is not so little any more. He is easily crawling around the house and is pulling up on the couch and some of his other toys. He still loves to eat and is enjoying trying more of the table food we offer him. I gave him a bite of my donut one day and he was really mad when I didn't give him the rest. Grant still loves playing with pillows but he is now really interested in his wooden activity cube. It can keep him occupied for up to half an hour which is wonderful! His babbling is improving and we are just waiting for any day when he decides to say ma-ma or da-da.

Hurricane IKE continued...

Well...here is a picture of what Kirk tore out of our bedroom because the sheetrock was wet. We wanted to prevent any possiblity of mold growing in the walls. The insurance adjuster came over on Sunday...and hopefully we will hear what will be covered by the end of the week. We are keeping our fingers crossed! We are covered pretty well and the insurance guy seemed to be pretty fair and nice.

Overall the storm was pretty scary! It was amazing to me how long the strong winds lasted. The news said that the heaviest winds were around for 6-8 hours and that is what I remembered. We waited as each hour passed thinking that it was going to slow down...only for the winds to come from another direction. The loud howls of the wind passing by the house was also pretty spooky.

After the storm...we were so grateful that our neighbor let us share his generator with him. He didn't have to share...but I will always be grateful for his kind gesture. Grant was pretty sick for about a week starting the day after the storm left. He did not sleep well at all in the steamy house...so Kirk drove him around in the car almost all night so he could rest. Keep in mind that we were under a strict curfew in town...so Kirk was stopped several times by the police. When they saw Grant with his swollen eyes and runny nose...they were pretty understanding and nice. All they said was to be careful when driving since none of the traffic lights were working.

Other things we experience were waiting in line for gas and waiting in line for ICE. Now I can tell everyone that I had the complete hurricane experience. Unfortunately...there are still a lot of people without power. My parents are on day 10 without it. They come over at night and sleep in our spare bedroom since it is starting to get hot AGAIN!!!

Hurricane IKE 2008!!!

Hey everyone!!! We made it! It was really scary and I thought the winds would never stop. We are some of the lucky ones that only went without power for 3 days. My parents are still waiting and working on their 5th day without power. I will give more details on a later post.