Our New Piece of Furniture

how cute is this little chair for graham? we have been looking for a chair for him for quite a while and just couldn't find anything that we were crazy about and didn't want to spend a fortune on it either. we know our child well enough to know that it will have scratches and teeth marks in it in NO TIME FLAT. so chad found this one at target and it's adorable. i'm still on the fence about it though. it's not all that comfortable. but sure is stylish. maybe it will just take some breaking in.

it's officially OFFICIAL

yep. it's true. we have a FULL FLEDGED WALKER. it is so cute. and wobbly. i love it.

First Bite Mark(s)

graham has been getting bit at school by this one particular little girl and mommy is none too thrilled. :(
these are the ending bruises of TWO on the same arm right beside each other that happened a few days before the fresh one. :(

By the way, today is my baby's 1st birthday. :) I can't believe it. simply can.not.believe.it. I'll be working on his birthday post all day and hopefully will have it posted this evening.

First Haircut

i finally gave in and decided to take graham to get his first professional haircut. yesterday, chad and i took him to pigtails and crewcuts in the pleasant ridge town center. we were amazed at how well graham behaved. shelly cut his hair and she couldn't believe it either. especially with this being his first time. shelly also introduced graham to suckers. i believe that held the key to his awesome behavior. he is definitely a sucker for suckers. no doubt about it.

WARNING: LOTS OF PICTURES

i was amazed at how still graham was being while shelly was razoring the back of his neck. it's like he knew to be extremely still and look straight ahead.

TA DA!! new haircut!!

now fashioned into a cool lil mohawk

"please mommy. that's enough. i'm seeing spots."

one cool little kid

First Steps

When I picked Graham up from school Wednesday afternoon, his teacher was washing his hands in the sink and as she finished she walked him down the steps and I said, "Hey Graham!!" like I always do and this gets him soooo excited so she let go of his hands and he took two steps towards me. We were all soooo excited!!! but lil man hasn't done it since. he has figured out that he gets to wherever he wants to go a lot faster if he just crawls. I also think that he gets tripped up over his big size 6 feet. but chad and I have been working with him a lot so hopefully pretty soon he will feel confident enough to just take off by himself. he's teasing us, i think.

Splish Splash

Thursday we all stayed home for my birthday so we decided to get Graham's turtle pool out to let him "swim". He had so much fun...until he figured out that he could crawl out of there if he wanted.

trying to catch water in his mouth...such a character

Daddy was squirting water from his hands and Graham was trying to catch it in his mouth.

Are those bruises all over Graham's forehead?? You betcha. This little boy is tenacious and has NO fear, that is for sure. he is ALLLLLLL BOY. 100%. and he has momma worn out.

My First Week Without Graham

What a crazy week it's been!! I am sooo behind on blogging and for this, I apologize.

Monday - Thursday (June 1 - 4th) was my conference that I've been working on for 6 months now. Ever since I was promoted to Deputy Director at my agency, the conference has always been my "baby". There will be a whole other blog on the conference...as soon as I get pictures. Pictures are on the work cameras. Anyway.

For over a year now (ever since we found out that we were having Graham) we had decided that this would be his first time to spend the week with Mimi and Poppi. And for over a year now I have dreaded for the moment to arrive. Sunday, Chad and I met Mimi (my mom) in Arkadelphia. I actually did surprisingly well. Chad, not so much. After we got home and had the house to ourselves, we didn't know what in the world to do. We are so used to being on a schedule and planning everything around Graham. So to have nothing to do, our world was pretty much flipped upside down. So we got out the Guitar Hero and had a blast. Until 8:45pm rolled around and I was exhausted. Plus I knew Monday was going to be a hectic day for me so I went to bed.

Graham, Mimi and Poppi had so much fun this past week. They spent a lot of time singing and dancing, swinging in the swing, riding in the go-cart, playing outside. I was so thankful that I was so busy during the week that I didn't have much time to really think about how much I missed Graham and Chad. But on my way to Texarkana after my conference in Hot Springs, a huge wave of emotions came over me. I called my mom and was just BALLING! I was crying so hard. You would have thought that I would have been the happiest woman in the world because my conference was OVER and I was going to be back with my family. But I was just so exhausted and still so stressed out and just FINALLY had time to be with myself to just let it all out. Anyway. Like I said, more about the conference in another post.

Here are pictures of Graham's week with Mimi and Poppi.

G's first time eating spaghetti noodles