Springing Into Spring

Springtime has arrived and we're enjoying the warmer days and not so enjoying the icky rainy cold days, but soon enough HOT summer will arrive in Tennessee and we'll be wishing for cooler weather. March has kept us busy as usual - we enjoyed a visit from Kyle's parents, Daryl and Joyce, earlier this month. Great to have them come and hang out and spend time with Greyson. Kyle has been busy with ROTC - spring tends to keep him out in the woods for the weekend "playing war". He's winding down on grad school and will graduate in about a month. Can't believe it's been 2 years with him at Austin Peay. I enjoyed having a week off for spring break this past week and we managed to keep busy with lots of fun activities. Kyle and I took Greyson to the Nashville Zoo and had a blast seeing many animals. Then Greyson and I drove down to Atlanta to visit my sister, Lisa, and enjoyed time with her and visit the Atlanta Aquarium. We had a blast!

Greyson is doing really well! He's becoming such a little boy - always getting into things and making a mess with a big ole smile on his face. He's not walking yet, but I predict it's coming SOON! He's pulling up and standing unassisted on pretty much everything. Just waiting for him to get the courage to take those steps...hopefully I'll be ready with the camera nearby. He's developing more and more of a vocabulary everyday. He says MaMa, DaDa, BaBa (ball), Nona, Tillo, and a few more. He's also an expert waver. He LOVES to wave at people. Pretty much everywhere he goes he waves at anyone passing by - how polite! He even waves when there is a no one there. I took him for a walk around the neighborhood and he was just waving to the left and waving to the right - I think he's convinced he's royalty in a parade. Too funny! He's also developing his sign language skills. He's been watching a great DVD from the "Signing Time" series and he's picked up the signs for milk, ball, more, eat. Great to have another way for him to communicate his needs and wants to us.

We're gearing up to move in a few months and dealing with the "fun" of having our house on the market. We've had a few showings, but nothing has come of them so far. We're keeping our fingers crossed and hoping to sell soon. Next weekend Kyle and I are off to Oklahoma to get things figured out for our move coming up in June while Daryl and Joyce (Kyle's parents) are kind enough to come and stay with Greyson at our house while we're away. This is the first time we've left him overnight, but we know he'll be in good hands. Kyle and I are looking forward to a few nights to ourselves - granted Lawton, Oklahoma isn't exactly the most romantic of destinations, but we'll take what we can get. We're also REALLY excited about the news of Kyle's orders to Fort Carson when he's done with his training in Oklahoma. We're excited to be living in such a beautiful place come January and we know that Colorado Springs will be a great place for our family to be for the next few years.

Well, that's all for now. Hope you're enjoying the spring and here's to hoping the April showers bring lots of pretty May flowers.

Love,
Kyle, Lindsey, and Greyson

P.S. Don't forget to check out the March 2009 photos as well as the two videos below - Greyson shows off his skills with Mom's Blackberry and flying airplanes with Auntie Lisa.