Visit home to Mississippi

We had to completely move out of our house for two weeks while our hardwood floors were being sanded and refinished. Graham and I took the opportunity to leave town and head home to Mississippi. We left poor Michael behind living in an unfinished basement, showering at our neighbors and eating out for every meal. Thankfully our accommodations were much nicer.

Graham had the best time on "the farm". Every day GiGi took him for a ride on the lawn mower and PawPaw took him for a ride on the tractor and in the farm truck.

PawPaw taught him how to raise and lower the front end loader on the tractor. Dad would say, "okay, raise it up." and with all seriousness Graham would pull back on the lever. It was so cute!

PawPaw drilled a hole in the back of his 4-wheeler so he could tow his red car. He must have pulled this car for an hour that day. And no sir, don't offer to help him up the hill when the 4-wheeler was struggling. He didn't want any help.

Taking a tour of the back hoe.

GiGi found this bubble making machine that literally filled the bathroom with bubbles. We all had a good time with that.

We got to surprise PawPaw at work one day. It was Graham's first time to the Sumrall Post Office.

Then we went to Grandmother and Granddaddy's house where we found a tractor magazine. It was great entertainment looking at all of the farm supply for sale.

GiGi comes to the rescue

I talked Mom into coming back to Nashville again. Michael and I both new that with a toddler and me being 36 weeks, moving back in was not going to be easy for the two of us. We couldn't have done it without her help. Thank you MOM!!

When GiGi is around, Graham could care less what I'm doing. All attention is on GiGi. That was until Lily wanted me to read to her. There was barely enough room for both of them on my lap.

We got to dog sit Ellie for a night. Graham loves his Ellie.

Heading to church.

Our weekend get away to Cumming....

Kirkland challenged us all to a breath holding contest. We lost.

The Wii King!

I don't want to go to bed :(

Come on Harrison, come join us!

Thick slice... (the bacon)

Helping with the dishes

I wuuuv my Aunt Janny!

The Big Clean Up

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Graham was a little nervous about the bobcat. You can see Michael is outside the window and this was the perfect spot for Graham. Every time we walked outside he covered his eyes and peeked through his fingers to see where it was. He loves tractors and trucks so I was surprised that he was scared. Maybe PawPaw can help his fears next time we are in Mississippi.

Happy Birthday GiGi!

Another attempt at cake decorating. Mom's birthday is on Valentine's Day so we had fun celebrating her birthday and Valentine's Day.

Graham loved the flames. Yikes! He reminds me of when I was little and my brother and I liked to play with matches while mom and dad were at work. The things I dread about raising kids!

Helping GiGi with her candles.

Happy Valentine's Day

We had a fun Valentine's Day. We took Graham to Philip's Toy Mart to watch the trains and then headed home to play.
We gave Graham a little Thomas set but I'm worried it's going to drive him crazy. He doesn't like the fact that they are magnets and don't latch to each other. He's having to learn how to leave them on the tracks and let them "stick" together. This is not an easy task for him. :)

Michael found him a new book on cows. Graham loves cows, dogs, trains, trucks and airplanes. Every time we see one in a book, outside, or on TV, he will point it out to you. Choo Choo and Moo are all that he will say but I he attempts train and truck a lot.

GiGi found Graham a tool set that includes his very own drill. He likes it but if Daddy's drill is in sight he of course wants it. We couldn't believe he would wear his goggles. This may be a good toy to prepare him for pool goggles this summer.

Play time and snack time

Sometimes the smallest thing can make Graham so mad. At this point he brought himself to tears and we have no idea what was wrong. It was only 10:00 am so he couldn't have been tired but I took him up to his room and we rocked and read books in the dark until he calmed down. I hate to say it, but we find it humorous when he gets like this because it's so pitiful.

The blocks are a daily game. He really like to ride his four wheeler up and down them.
Helping me drive down the driveway.

Painting

Mom came to help us with a few projects around the house. Since she's so good at painting we put her to work on the Mary Virginia's new room. So long blue, hello pink.
Graham's the photographer here.
Deja Vu. Painting Graham's nursery in 2007.

Bad idea

We had some concrete poured in our backyard and thought it would be fun to pout Graham's hand print in the corner. He was not pleased with having that gook on his hands. Then as we were cleaning up, he walked across it. So our nice broom finish has a nice imperfect finish about it now. :)

Boring cold winter days

We have started to run out of things to do inside during this miserable winter. We are now down to playing in my necklaces. You may think it's for little girls but if it helps to pass the day along, I'm all for it!
The kitchen table is also our latest bad habit. I started off letting Graham sit on the table while we painted, now he thinks he needs to be on the table for every meal and every activity. While at the library last week, I turned to find him on top of the children's table putting a puzzle together.

Since Graham has quite a texture aversion issue, play-dough is not a big hit. We found some of his toy shapes to use as cutters but he only wanted to mark on them. Thankfully they are washable markers so again, I let him go for it.

Sick boy

I am a little behind on things which is usual these days. About three weeks ago, Graham was sick and it turned out to be nothing but a cold. We powered through about 5 days of whining, crying and just laying around watching blues clues. Nothing made him happy he was so miserable.

Graham didn't eat for a couple of days so this was a good sight to see. He was ready to eat.

Boy did he eat.