Summer time!

Well, it's officially summer time in the Luther household!! I'm off work for 2 months and so far it's been GREAT! The first week I was ready to go back because Grey was throwing some awful fits and hitting me! I think it had to do with changing his routine and momma being home everyday because he's back to his same old funny self, thank GOD!!!

I swear he's doing something new every day and he's definitely keeping me on my toes. He wakes up in the morning and looks at me and with the sweetest voice, says "backpack!" From Dora, of course. He has the sweetest voice I've ever heard and it's nice to hear him babble ALL the time. Kenny's mom thinks he's gonna be a preacher the way he talks. haha!! He loves to rub my hands and my knuckles for some reason, especially when he's tired. I love it of course!

He LOVES being outside and will take off running anytime he hears the word outside! He loves helping Kenny water the flowers, while pulling some off of course. My favorite thing he is doing right now though is a sound he makes anytime he sits down, steps up a step or down a step.......he'll go "ahhhhh!" Like is was such a hard day! haha!! He loves to wave and say bye bye. He is still waving backwards,which makes it much cuter :) But he tells his books bye, the bathtub bye, and when he gets out of bed in the morning he tells me bye! Too cute! He keeps me laughing for sure! He says da-dee constantly, but I can't remember the last time he said momma :( Don't know if it's because he's always around me, but he just won't say it. Guess I'll hear it enough when he gets older!

We are heading out to Hot Springs on Thursday and I'm excited! I'll be chasing him around the whole time I'm sure, but I still can't wait for him to ride on the boat or the jet ski!

We are so lucky to have such a happy child and anytime we are out, someone always comments about how happy he is and how good he is. Of course it's all because I'm the best mom in the world! HA! Before I ever had Grey, I would pray every night that he would be happy and healthy. He is thankfully both.

Brock! Brock! Hoppy Easter!!!

Well Grey's 2nd Easter has come and gone. This year was so much fun! We woke up and brought Grey his basket the Easter bunny left for him. He was so excited about his new toys and books!!! We got up, ate some pancakes (that I cooked), and got ready to go! (Of course I had to put in there that I cooked because it never happens :) ) 
We went to Holy Springs and ate lunch and let Grey hunt eggs. The food was yummy and the weather was awesome! Grey had a big time running around, trying to get in the pool, and riding around in the 4 wheeler or whatever it's called! Ha! When it came time to hunt eggs, he just ran around opening them because he realized the Easter bunny put toys in them!!! He didn't care for putting them in his Easter basket. I, of course, took LOTS of pics. 
I can't wait for the summer to bring him down there to go swimming! I hate rushing things because it's already gone by SOOOO fast, but I just look forward to so many things with him. Being a mom has exceeded all my expectations and even my worries. This little boy is very loved and I'm afraid very spoiled already!

  

 

Standing in front of the exact place where me and Kenny said "I do!"

 

I forgot to add that I took him to Cedar Hills Farm again this year to see the Easter bunny! I was anxious to see how he's react, but he wasn't scared at all!!!! He wouldn't look at me so I could get a good picture, but what's new, he NEVER does! So I had to get a picture of him grabbing the bunny. He had such a good time. He was able to play this year! He was all about the sand box and the playground.

Spring Time!!

I just got off of Spring Break and from being off a whole week with Grey. I loved being off with him, the weekends just aren't enough. He's officially saying words that I can understand! He says mama, da-de, pawpaw, nanny or ne-ne (not sure yet), and when we tell him to say Louie (our dog), he says ewwww!!! It's too cute! He has the sweetest little voice.
One thing that's not so sweet, fits! He started throwing fits and thankfully they aren't too bad yet. If I take something away, he'll scream and throw himself on the floor. I've learned to just walk away so far. He hasn't done it in public yet, so I'm just waiting on that!
When I was off, we went to the zoo and the park. He still doesn't understand the zoo too much. He loves the park though! He loves running around and touching everything. And Lord help me if there's another kid there. I guess we need to hurry up and have another one because he absolutely LOVES other kids!!!! We took him to the park in our neighborhood yesterday and a little girl came a little after we had been there. He didn't see her for a minute and I told Kenny to just wait until he saw her. When he did he just smiled and ran to her to touch her. He even did a little dance for her! hahaha!!! I need to get him around more kids for sure!
He's tooo funny because if we tell him to dance or "get it", he'll start jumping and dancing! He keeps us laughing for sure! He STILL loves Dore, but thankfully he like Bubble Guppies and Diego too.
Can't wait to be out of school so I can spend all summer with him!!!

He loves his car his nanny and paw-paw gave him!

Watching Dora and eating his gold fish!!! See how happy he is when he sees her! haha

I have a toddler!

I probably should have updated this a few weeks ago, but I'm lazy! HAHA!! Grey is officially a toddler now! After his 1st birthday party, he started walking everywhere! I thought it was going to be hard on me chasing him everywhere, but it's so much fun! I call him my little "tater tot" because he's so cute just totting around! He's definitely gotten the hang of it now. He went from looking like Frankenstein when he walked to running!! I can't ever get a decent picture of him because he won't be still  long enough.


He's such a happy boy though, which makes me believe I'm doing something right. He loves his babysitter and her little girl, Anna Grace. He just smiles and grabs for her when I drop him off and it makes it a heck of a lot easier leaving him knowing Nikki loves him so much.

Don't have much to say this time, just needed to update!!

And 1 to grow on!!!!

It's official, I have a 1 year old!!! I didn't have time to blog over the Christmas holidays because my child keeps me way too busy to do anything, so I have some catching up to do. We had a wonderful Christmas and 1st with Grey. We went to the Enchanted Forrest and he got to meet Santa for the 1st time, which was actually a good experience. Christmas Eve Eve, we went to my dad's and Darlene's and ate and opened gifts with them, this was the beginning of the madness, but we had fun. We always open presents at Kenny's parents on Christmas Eve and it took forever this time because there were soooo many!!!! (Not complaining though) Grey, of course, cared more about the boxes and paper than anything else. It was so much fun watching him crawl around from box to box or grab all the bows. He had fun and that's all that matters. Next, it was Christmas morning with mama and da-de. We woke up early and opened gifts from each other while Grey played with all his stuff from Santa. Then, we got ready and headed down to Holly Springs to Kenny's aunt and uncle's house. They got Grey the cutest recliner and rocking horse!! Now for some reason, Grey is scared of animals that make noise, so when Uncle Ron made the rocking horse make noise, he freaked out and was crying. I don't know why he has started doing this, but hopefully he'll grow out of it because we have lots of toys like that. Needless to say, this was one of the BEST Christmas'!!!!

 

After Christmas, Grey turned the BIG 1!!!!! We just had my dad and Darlene, Kenny's parents and sister Lindsey, and his Uncle Ron and Aunt Brenda over to celebrate. I guess because it was close to bedtime, Grey wanted nothing to do with his cake. We are having his actual birthday party on January 7, because of Christmas and New year's. Grey and his da-de have the same birthday, which I think is pretty darn cool. December 28 is a very special day, but Kenny will never be able to celebrate another birthday again, though!! Hahaha!!!! Will update after his "Sock Monkey" party this Saturday!!!

We also took 1 year pictures with him. Here's a few just to show.

Isn't he just the cutest thing you've EVER seen!!!!!!!!!!!

A November to Remember

So it's been about 3 weeks since my last post and it seems like Grey has kicked in to overdrive with doing something new almost every day. He is now saying paw-paw (what he will call Kenny's dad), he clearly said thank you!, and he said CHEESE right after Mrs. Donna (Kenny's parents friend) said it on the phone to her grandson in Hot Springs!!! Now I knew I would probably be a little tired following him around making sure he doesn't get in to anything, but Lort have mercy! This child is in to EVERYTHING!!! I'm scared for him to start walking because I know I'll never get a free moment then. He took 2 steps on November 17 and he did it without even thinking about it. He was standing by the back door watching Louie outside and I quietly but loudly (if that's possible) told Kenny to come here fast because I just knewwww he was about to! And he did!! He just took his 2 little steps to the door and laughed at Louie. I didn't want to scare him with the screaming and clapping, but when he finally turned around to come to us, I was let all my excitement loose! And of course he still started crying. but we were sooo happy and thankful that we were both there to see it! He's only taken a few steps here and there, but last night was the 1st time he ever let go and actually thought about walking. He didn't, but still, it's the thought that counts! Haha!!

We also have a dancer now. This child looovveess to dance!!! Of course his favorite is Dora, but any music and he starts dancing up a storm! He'll get those arms moving and he sometimes looks like Elvis because he'll get his hips swaying. It's the cutest thing ever!!!

My little man is growing up though and it makes me sad. We had Thanksgiving at Kenny's parents and he sat and ate with everyone. He ate mashed potatoes, beans, and sweet potatoes. He just loved being able to feed himself and play with it! But our 1st Thanksgiving as a family of 3 was successful and I can't wait for more!

The day after, we started to put our Christmas decorations out. I was worried because I wasn't sure if we should put the tree up because I knew I would constantly be saying NO every time he even came close to it. Surprisingly enough, he's only paid attention to it a few times. I'm excited to see how this Christmas turns out. I know he will be 1 spoiled little boy with his grandparents and great aunt and uncle!! 

One more thing! We went to Hot Springs the weekend before Thanksgiving because Garven Gardens does this whole Christmas light in the park thing. These lights were CRAZY!! There were so many and they were gorgeous!!! Grey absolutely LOVED it, so I was really glad we got to go. I love being able to do things like that as a family and especially with Kenny's entire family. Kenny's mom loves that little boy with everything she has and it makes me so happy. It's like she's loving him for her and my mom. I really don't know what I'd do or where me and Kenny would be without his parents. I thank God every day for them.

One more picture. This is just to show that MY child looks nothing like me!!! He is the spitting image of his daddy!!! And I guess that's ok..............

Superman!!!!

I can not believe my child is 10 months! It's true what people say, time flies after you have kids. Every month I take a picture on the day, sometimes day after, with a sign I made telling how old he is. Now, this was very easy at first because he would be still. Ummmm not so much anymore!!! Next child I'm definitely getting those iron on's for the onesies with the months on them. I swear this child will not be still! It's hilarious watching me and Kenny trying to get him to be still, look at us, and not rip the sign at the same time! Needless to say, most of his older pictures are him in the jumper. This 8 month old picture is definitely one of my favs!! Hahaha

So Halloween has come and gone and my poor lil boo boo didn't even get to go trick-or-treating! He had a bad cold, so I didn't want to get him out in the weather and make it worse. We still dressed him up though and took him to the nursing home where Kenny's mom volunteers. They were gushing over him and he was loving it!!! After, we went to their house and ate(Grey had 2 plate of spaghetti!!!) and helped hand out candy. She had these dancing things (a skeleton and Frankenstein) that danced and sang when you pushed the button. It was the cutest thing ever because Grey was intrigued at first, but then he was a dancing machine once he realized what they were! This is a pic of him in his superman costume. Kenny said if he ever had a son, his 1st costume would be superman.

I went to my friend's house Saturday night, Kevin and Amber. They have a son, Jude, who will be 2 in December. Our other friends Jessica and Travis also came over and brought their son, Ryder, who is almost a year and a half. These are 2 guys that Kenny has grown up with and I love that they all have boys, these little boys just better not act like their daddy's did growing up! Anyways, Kenny couldn't come because he had to play, but I wanted to let Grey play with the boys. Now I thought I had this sweet little angel of a baby, but when I put this child down and he saw the toy closet, let's just say I saw the devil in his eyes that could only see TOYS!!!! He didn't care who or what was in his way, he was crawling over them and taking whatever he wanted! It's was hilarious! Grey is the youngest, but he sure acted like a little bully! Jude had this little riding thing and Grey held on to the back of it and refused to let go!!! He was just pulling Grey around on the floor. I can already tell these boys will be trouble when they get around each other. I tried to take some pictures of them, but of course never got any good ones. The ones I did get only show the back of Grey because he was in the toy closet!

Until next time!!!!!