Beach and Trike-a-Thon

We had a beautiful week in Charleston! We went to the beach on Monday.

    Grady had his Trike-a-Thon for St. Jude's on Thursday.Thanks for all who helped him reach his fundraising goal! 

Grady and his buddies

Posing for Mom

So fast!

Emory cheering on her brother (and throwing up a gang sign).

Smile! 7 weeks

Visiting the Great Grandmas

        We drove to Mississippi last weekend to visit the extended family and then drove back through Atlanta. Emory got to meet all three of her Great  Grandmas.

           Grady enjoyed playing with his cousins...

        And Aunt Debs...

        We celebrated Mardi Gras with the Meltons by making crowns and eating King Cake.

            We also enjoyed the chocolate fountain!

            Emory pretty much stayed in someone's arms for the whole trip. She was spoiled!

1 Month

         Emory turned one month old on Saturday! She had her check-up today and weighs 10lbs 4oz and is 21 inches long. That makes her in the 71st percentile for weight and 45th for height. So she is short and fat :) 

New Photos

Here are some new pictures people have been hounding me for :)

 My photos of Emory's first trip to the beach are on the other camera, and I can't find the cord. So, here are some Aunt Stephanie took.

Welcome, Emory!

      Emory arrived at 8:27on Jan. 18th. She was 8 lbs. 4 oz. and 20 3/4 inches long! Below, she is modeling her hat and blanket knitted by Nana.

       We are blessed that she is healthy and that I had an "easy" delivery by C-section. Grady was very excited to meet his little sister. 

       He was even more excited about how my bed moved up and down and the cool doctors' gloves. Here, he is getting ready to "fix Mommy."

    We returned home on Friday, and had some little Creeches come over. Tyler especially enjoyed "holding it."

      I am glad Grady likes his sister, but I eventually had to hide Emory from him so he wouldn't poke and prod her anymore.("I want to see her eyes!" "I'm rocking her s-low-ly!" ) I am sure that will wear off pretty quickly!

Happy (?) New Year

    The jump castle...

   The pony ride...

        We took Grady to the New Year's Eve celebration at Marion Square thinking he might enjoy the pony ride or jump castle, but apparently not. Although he asked to do these things and we waited patiently in line, Grady recalled "falling off" the pony last time and backed out last minute. He also had a meltdown about 3 seconds in to the jump castle. But he had been up super late the night before, so maybe he was a little on edge. He did like getting a "whistle" and walking on the planters that are about 2 feet off the ground. So, at the end of the day, he did have some fun!