"Big Harper"

It seems like so long ago now that Graydon said his first "real" word. He had been saying da-da and Ma-ma, but not associating them with anything. Well, we were sure surprised when his first word was Harper. Harper is our dog and he would look at her and point and say her name. He then thought all dogs were called Harpers, and may still think that for now. It is the cutest thing, because it sounds more like Harpoo when he says it! Well, a long time ago, in college I think, Mike got me this stuffed animal and we called it big Harper, because it looks like her. I put it in Graydon's room when we moved into our current house and lately, he's very interested in "big Harper". He will see her and say "Harper!!!" and then run to her and hug her. It is so cute! Here are some pics of the real Harper and Graydon loving on Big Harper! We haven't gotten to spend much time lately with the real Harper since she can't live with us while we're hometending. But my parents are taking very good care of her for us! She's even developed quite the belly because they are spoiling her!

Mother's Day/G's first baseball game

I'm a little late, but I wanted to post about my great Mother's Day! It actually started Saturday when Mike woke me up with cards and my favorite little person, Graydon. Mike informed me that I was going to get a two day Mother's Day celebration this year! We got up and went to breakfast at Le Peep and then he arranged for my parents to watch Graydon so we could go shopping all day! He gave me a gift card to the shops at La Cantera and then told me I had to spend it all by a certain time or he would give it away to a homeless person! Sounds easy right... well, I am actually the worlds WORST shopper! I have a hard time actually buying things, so needless to say, I did a good job, but still had a little money left when the time was up! With a little convincing I was able to get Mike to let me keep it for another day! I think the homeless thing was just a joke thank goodness! On Sunday we went to church as usual and then headed to Mike's parents house to celebrate with all the Mothers in our family. We had to cut it short though, because we were going to Graydon's first baseball game! The San Antonio Missions were playing the Corpus Christi Hooks. Mike used to work for the Hooks and the radio announcer was here in town and got us great seats! Mike was excited to get to visit with Matt in the Press box for a while. I know Mike is happy with his work/life now, but I also know how much he misses baseball. I think it was a much needed walk down memory lane for him to be up there again. Graydon had a great time and although it was super hot and he was cranky he was actually really good. After the game we headed to my parents house to spend some time with my mom for Mother's day! It was a long, exhausting, fun filled day and I wouldn't have wanted to spend my Mother's day any other way! Here are a few pictures from the day.