Celebrating Mommy!!!

Mother's Day was a wonderful celebration! On Friday, Grayson gave me one of his presents that he had made. He painted a flower pot with cut out flowers that had a picture of himself on the flower! It melted my heart. He also made me a picture with his hand print and a poem. The hand print represented him and the heart on the hand was me. He is just so precious to me! On Thursday, Grayson and Marc treated me to dinner at my favorite place... Texas Road House!!! Yummy!!

On Sunday, Marc had to work for a bit so Grayson and I headed to the Children's Museum for a little Mommy and Grayson one on one for Mother's Day. When Marc got home, we headed over to my Mother's house to celebrate with my family and have dinner and cake. Grayson always loves going to his Grandparents house. There is always something new there for him! and not to mention, he is the center of attention!

Grayson made me laugh so hard today. He was pretending to be the trash man. He took several baskets and lined them up and told me, "Take out trash, trash man!" As he filled them up and dumped them over he kept announcing he was the trash man. He is fascinated when the trash truck comes every Monday. When he hears it, he runs to the window or around the corner if we are outside and waits anxiously waits for the trash man to return the garbage can so he can help me put them back in the garage. That's my little helper!

Grayson's new favorite song is 'Beautiful Boy'. He makes me play it over and over. I told him it was his song, just for him and he loves it. He likes the Beetles version and Celine Dion's too. Grayson is my music man. At breakfast we always listen to music (of his choice of course).

Wonderful news for my family. My Aunt Nan has been waiting for a liver transplant and today they called! She is having the procedure this evening. Please pray for her. It is a very long process even after the surgery. God is Great!!

Making Poo on Potty!!! Yea!!

We have a huge announcement to make... Grayson made poo on his potty!!! Now only those of you with toddlers can truly appreciate the excitement of making poo. It was a huge to do in our house. Grayson decided on Saturday evening he was going to start wearing his Pull Ups. Sunday evening we were taking a bath and he said, "Get on Potty!" I took him out and he said, "Poopy on Potty." I thought to myself, sure he is pretending to poop. He wanted me to read him his 'Potty Time with Bear' book while he sat on it. Not only did he poop but he peed too! We sang a huge song and called everyone to let them know! He told Grandpa and Grandma, Aunt Sarah and Uncle Mike, Palmer, Holly, Sherry, anyone he talked to. Monday we went and got a special prize from Target. Grayson wanted a 'Spectacular Spider Man' figure! We are so proud of him! We are just jazzed that he is wearing his Pull Ups!

Grayson has been up to his usual business. On Earth Day he helped Daddy plant another tree in our yard. We try to plant one each year. It's a fun tradition of ours. He also helped me plant lots of flowers. He looked so cute in his little gloves shoveling dirt. This past Saturday we went to The Children's Museum for the opening of the Super Heroes exhibit. On the first Saturday of each month members can come an hour early. We stayed for the appearance of Spider Man! Grayson was so excited to see Spidy! He also met the Ninja Turtles. He liked them also. I think Marc had as much fun as Grayson. Marc loves all that stuff (comic book heroes).

Grayson has made his rounds at the Zoo also. The weather has been great for that. He loves the Hippos. He has a few books about Hippos also. He also loves petting the sharks. What is a visit to the Zoo without stopping at the play ground! We have been really enjoying playing outside again. He asks every day, "Play Outside!" We have been spending a lot of time at the library too! He loves the fish and playing blocks! We went to Forrest Park the other day and met Palmer and Lily. Grayson and I had a picnic lunch before they arrived. We met with Jack last week at McDonald's to play. Aunt Sarah has a really neat play ground at her house too that Grayson loves. We just play a lot and enjoy every minute of being young! Happy Mother's Day to everyone! I am looking forward to Sunday with my favorite boys!!