Christmas 2009

This Christmas was a wonderful Christmas. We were able to share it with the ones we love and that's all that matters. Below are some pictures from Grayson's First Christmas.

Temple Square

Aside from weather conditions and crazy shoppers, Christmas time is my favorite time of year. I love the gift of giving and everything that comes with it. This Christmas and Christmases to come will be even better now that we have Grayson. Steve and I can’t even imagine life without him now that he is here. On Christmas, he will be two months old. I can’t believe it. I know he is still so young, but these past 8 weeks have gone by fast.

 For as long as I can remember, we have gone to look at the lights on Temple Square with our good friends, the Hogensons. And this year, we were able to have a new person grace us with his presence...Grayson. We kept him snuggled up in his car seat until the very end for pictures because we were worried the cold weather would upset him, but it didn’t even faze him. He got fussy for just a minute while we were strapping him into the sling, and then he just passed back out. He looked like a big marshmallow in his snowsuit! It was pretty funny!

Back to work

Today is Thursday, December 17, 2009 and I have been back to work for 9 days now. I thought I would be more sad leaving Grayson. Don't get me wrong because I miss him so much, but I know he is in good hands and he loves spending his days with Grandpa Tom and Grandma Jen. We are so thankful that we are able to leave Grayson with family.

We just love when he does the strectchy-stretch!

Maggie thinks Grayson's bouncer is really hers. We even turned the vibrate mode on to scare her and it didn't even faze her. I think she actually liked it. She is so cute with Grayson.

We were at Walmart the other day and Steve wanted to get this carrier so he could carry Grayson around the house. Grayson wasn't too happy at first, but he does really well in it now. Aren't my boys so handsome?!

Look! He is smiling! We just love when he smiles!

Me and my little man. I don't look the greatest, but I love the look on his face.

Thanksgiving

Today is Tuesday, December 15, 2009. It has been awhile since I have posted anything, and I apologize, but life has been hectic. Grayson is now 7 weeks old and is getting bigger by the minute. He is not fat by any means, he is just so tall and looks older than he should. He does however have the cutest set of chubby cheeks.

Well I thought I would tell you about Grayson's first Thanksgiving. We spent Thanksgiving with Tom and Suzanne and her family in the early afternoon. It was so nice getting together with their family. We all missed Grandpa Ned though and Steve and I are so sad that he never got a chance to meet Grayson. He would have loved him so much. After we ate some delicious food, we headed for St. George to spend the weekend there. We stopped in Hurricane to see my Grandpa and Grandma Hinton so they could hold their first Great Grandson. After that we went to my Grandpa and Grandma Williams' house to they could see Grayson. It turned out to be a very nice weekend and Grayson was able to meet so many people who had been anxious for his arrival. Below are some pictures that we took. I wish we had taken more.