Is He Really About to Turn One?

Be shocked and awed that I'm actually getting around to the January website update BEFORE the end of the month - go me! The truth is I've had the past two days off work due to ice and snow and had more free time than usual which is much appreciated. This month has been more laid back, with the exception of our trip to Gatlinburg (east Tennessee) to have a reunion weekend with the girls I've taught with and their husbands/kids. We had 10 adults and 4 little boys which made for a rowdy good time. Greyson is really starting to love interacting with other kids and he had a blast hanging with the big boys (Connor - soon to be 3 and Patrick - 1 and half). He even got to play around in a jumpy jump house and he had a ball! We also had a great weekend spending time relaxing in a luxury cabin nestled in the mountains with great friends. Makes us realize how much we miss having them in town now that they've moved on to other places, but these reunion trips are a blast and a tradition we plan to continue.

Greyson is growing and developing at rapid speed. He has become quite the speedy crawler and he's pulling up on anything and everything. He's even getting gutsy and reaching from one object to the next while he's standing up. I think walking isn't too far in our future - oh how our world will never be the same. Another exciting event was the arrival of Greyson's FIRST tooth. Yes, he's been a bit behind in that department, but there is no really rhyme or reason when it comes to baby getting teeth. Last week his bottom left middle tooth made it's appearance. Bringing with it a few days of a not so happy baby who was in a bit of pain, but he's doing much better now and we're expecting to see some more teeth come along soon. We'll keep you all posted.

I've been keeping busy being back at work and working on the preparation for Greyson's first birthday party. I cannot believe it's already been a year - people always say time flies, but this is truly unbelievable. He's grown so much and become this little man and I can't believe I'll soon be telling people my sons age in years instead of months. We're looking forward to his birthday celebration. I'm doing a joint party with a great friend of mine who's little boy is 3 days younger than Greyson. We're in the same playgroup so we'd be inviting the same people so planning it together makes it a lot easier. My mom and stepdad, Mike, and sister, Lisa, will be joining us for the celebration. Should be a blast to watch him get cake everywhere and to celebrate his amazing first year of life.

Kyle is back in grad school and surprisingly not too busy seeing that he only has 2 grad classes this semester which is a nice change for him. Hopefully it will be a more laid back semester of just finishing up and getting ready to graduate and commission in May. We're anxiously awaiting to get Kyle's "official orders" sometimes toward the end of February/early March that will tell us where he is going for training and where we will be stationed after that. We have our fingers crossed for a few places, but it's up to the Army at this point so hopefully all will work out well.

Hope you all are doing well and we send our love! Enjoy the January pictures - I'm now using Picassa (yes, I know I was a bit behind) but it's a great program and this way you can save and print the ones you want and not have to order them like through Kodak Gallery. Enjoy!

Love,
Kyle, Lindsey, and Greyson

P.S. Two videos for your enjoyment - one of him being Greyson the pilot....of course enjoying his Pooh plane x-mas gift from Aunt Lisa and the second is Greyson "the cat hunter"....pardon my bad Austrailian accent but just had to capture him stalking his prey....too bad the hunt didn't end very successfully.