our weekend and the 4th of july

last thursday, graham and i left for texarkana to stay with mimi and poppi for the weekend. we always love going to mimi's and being out in the country. friday mimi, graham and i went shopping at tjmaxx, kohl's, old navy, sam's and wal-mart. we met poppi at lunch at ruby tuesday's too. graham did so good throughout all of the shopping. he sat so well in the shopping cart and just rode around and had to touch everything. but at least he wasn't screaming.

trying out a mushroom

one of my favorite things about mimi's is all of the wildlife that roams around their property. I am a huge tomboy and i love playing with bugs, mud, frogs, etc. I just love getting dirty. with that said, my favorite memories growing up consists of playing outside and finding lizards, frogs, worms, (no snakes or spider...eick) any kind of furry animal, just pretty much anything that was alive and I could play with. Well, Poppi found some baby rabbits and I was so excited!! They let me pet them and I tried to pick them up but those lil suckers are wiggly and fast. They weren't very old and we think that their momma had them in mimi & poppi's garden cause that is where they hung out a lot.

can you find the bunnies?
We had a pretty relaxing and low-key 4th of July. Poppi's family cooked out with us and Poppi bought a big display of fireworks. I tried to take pictures but my Nikon didn't want to take night pictures. I think I need to sit down and read the manual and figure out how to use that dang thing.

Graham wasn't too thrilled about the loud bangs that came from the fireworks. he kept trying to crawl up my neck, poor baby. i wish i would have taken more pictures. but i didn't. i was too busy trying to keep up with my child.

Christmas Pictures

We hope all of our family and friends had a wonderful Christmas and had lots of fun celebrating Jesus' birthday! From our family to yours, we wish you the best for 2009! Happy New Year!!

Mommy was talking to Graham on the phone...How cute is he?!?!

As you can see, Graham was not happy at all about opening presents. Poor baby didn't get much of a nap all day and was exhausted. So daddy had to hold Graham while Mommy opened all of his presents. Mommy sure had fun!! :)

Here Comes Santa Claus...

Graham's daycare had Santa come in for a day for all of the kiddos to see. Graham got to tell Santa everything that he wanted!

Sorry the quality of the picture is terrible but I had to scan it...and it looked like they printed it off of one of their computers.

Christmas is right around the corner! :)

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree...

...why did all of your lights go out on me???

*be sure to sing in the tune of the song* ;)

This is a picture of our tree that was taken last year...it looks exactly the same this year but different wrapping paper on the presents! A lot cuter wrapping paper at that! ;) And of course, it's not lit up.

Merry Christmas from the Neipling Family

Love,

Chad, Stephanie and Graham

Thanksgiving in Texarkana Pictures

As soon as we walked into Mimi's house, we stripped G down to change his diaper and then Mommy started snapping away! :)

Playing on his Mimi's lap...how am I ever going to be able to say no to this sweet face???

graham's goofy face

Graham absolutely adores his Mimi!!
Mimi can easily get a smile out of G

taking his mid-morning nap

Yes, we use the hot tub as g's changing table

We took our Christmas card pictures after Thanksgiving lunch...I'm not posting the family pics til our Xmas card is mailed out and received. :) We did the family pictures first and graham did great!! But after that, he wanted no more. he was okay with daddy at first...but when it came mommy's turn, forgettaboutit.

Someone found his thumb!!

I walked away and MISSED IT!!!

Graham has been so stinkin fussy ALL DAY LONG and I have tried everything possible to make him happy and he's just not having it at all. So I decided to put him on his tummy for a bit and I walked to the fridge to take a sip of my diet coke and I walked back into the living room only to see that HE IS NOW ON HIS BACK!!!!!! My 8 week old rolled over and I TOTALLY MISSED IT!!! Guess he was so upset and throwing such a fit that he flipped himself over. :( That just shows you how quick you can miss something so wonderful. Pooey Pooey Pooey! He's fast asleep in Daddy's arms right now. Thank Goodness. Peace and Quiet is nice...if only for 10 min. :) Here are some pictures I took earlier in his lil outfit that his Nanna bought for him. Oh and guess what?!?! He's crying again!