Fun at the Library

Grady is a great puppet show audience

Reading books

First Day of School!

First school lunch! She helped me pack it and said all the kids will think she is "extra healthy".

During the open house, playing playdoh.

She wanted me to take a pic with her and Grady and kissed his head and said "I will miss him". Sweet- esp. since she doesn't pay him much attention.

Love this picture of Grady and my Grandpa Russell!

Moira started pre-school today! She is going 4 hours and takes her lunch. For some reason, the packing lunch thing has made me emotional. She's done some kind of preschool for 2 years now, but the lunch thing seems so grown up! She seemed okay with going, even excited yesterday. A bit hesitant today, but mainly just nervous. She is there now! Hopefully it goes well.

Grady is 7 months now. We let him "cry it out" and it's worked pretty well. Although, don't tell, but I give in every now and then. He was up at 5 am today. Ugh. Maybe b/c he's getting his 4 top teeth! He's starting to get up on hands and knees, but I still think crawling is aobut a month a way.

Look who is so big!

Here is Moira checking out her new big girl car seat. It is still a car seat and it can turn into a booster later. My friend Cheryl knows everything about car seats and car seat safety so I let her do all the research about what I should do now that Grady is getting ready to grow out of his infant seat and into a big kid one, and then I just coppied her. This is a Graco Nautilaus for anyone who wants to know.

I went to Moira's preschool tonight for the parent orientation tonight. Special thanks to Auntie Meredith and Uncle Chris for babysitting. I got to meet Moira's teachers. One of the ladies has been teaching there for I think 23 years and the other one for 19 years, and they have been teaching as a team for 15 years! How crazy is that! They seem very nice but also like they will run a tight ship and keep the kids in line, which I like. I was sad that I didn't recognize any of the other parents in her room, which means she won't know any of the kids in her class. I was hoping between the Tuesday and Friday class that she did last time, she would know somebody. She keeps saying she wants her same teachers and her same friends. Oh well, I know she will make new friends, it just would have been nice. I am expecting a few tears for awhile.

Speaking of tears, Grady is crying. We are on day 7 of cry it out. This is the 3rd night of the 7 he's actually cried. Last night he slept for 12 hours. We've definitely made progress, but still not excellent yet (as is evidenced by the sobs I've heard). But he's never cried for much more than 40 mintues, so we'll see. Wish us luck!

Sometimes when you have a big sister, you are going to wear a pink shirt.

It's inevitable.

We met Cheryl, Daniela and Joseph at the Duck Pond today.

Daniela really likes Grady. Really really likes him. Way more interest than Moira has. She was begging to hold him, whereas I had to bribe Moira with ice cream to get her to hold him for some pictures!

At the fountains after getting ice cream.

Look Ma, two teeth!

Can you guess who likes the new baby holding contraption the most?

Funny though, when she was his age, she hated it! It's nice b/c I can put him in it and not have to worry about every little thing on the floor. I doubt he'll be happy in it for more than a few months, but that will buy a little bit of time. I am terrified of when he is crawling and putting everything in his mouth. He is already rolling all over the place and putting stuff in his mouth. It's gonna be a crazy year or so!