Grant's First Experience With Chicks!

We went home over the weekend to Waynesboro and had a wonderful visit. His BoBo looks much better! My dad has chicken houses and he got bitties yesterday. My dad brought 2 to the house to let Grant play with them. They were so cute! Grant loved them. Of course, he didn't know quite what to think at first. He was so funny!!

Boomer put one of the chicks on Grant's neck. He DID NOT like that one bit! What you see is Grant cringing and the chick is in mid throw so he can get the other chick off of him!








Look at this face! Priceless!!


No chicks were harmed...scout's honor!!!


Grant's BoBo is looking better. This was Thursday. Sunday, today is looking much better. The bruise on his head isn't near as dark or big. However the black eyes are still there!


Here is a picture of me when I was about 2 or 3. Grant and I look so much alike!!

Grant's Big Fall

Friday, Grant was running through the house with one shoe off and one shoe on..apparently one had slipped off. They are new and a bit big. I told him to go and find his other shoe. Well, he took off running and he tripped and fell and hit the coffee table with his forehead!!! He started screaming. I scooped him up and it was already turning blue and had begun to pop out, which is good, But it sure did look bad. He would not let me put ice on it. He cried for about 15 minutes. I turned on Mickey Mouse and he finally settled down! Monday, the bruise had begun to run down his nose and around his eyes to give my sweet poor baby 2 black eyes! Today, it looks so much worse!!!

Friday..It looks bad but it looks great compared to today!


Today!! Poor Baby!



This is where I found Grant reading a book...uh..BEFORE his fall!! Too cute!

Where did 2008 go!!

This has been a wild and crazy year full of moving from house to house and city to city with a baby and starting all over in new places twice! But Boomer and I know that this is where God wants us to be and He will use us here. He has a plan for us and I pray that His hand will always be upon us. Well, let's see if I can recap the year!
Jan. 08
We were living in Waynesboro. I was teaching and Boomer was a lumber broker (funny, HUH!) He was pretty good though! We struggled with our life there. We had thought that God wanted us there because we were financially scared that we wouldn't be able to make it here. So we packed up and moved a couple of weeks after Grant was born. My parents were so gracious to give us 3 acres of their land for us to build the house of our dreams on. They even had the land pushed and leveled. While our house was being built, however, we lived in a rat infested rental house! Grant was just a few weeks old and I was crying non stop. All you could hear through the night were rat traps clicking!!! Finally we moved into our beautiful home.

Feb. 08
Loving our new house but still depressed about where we were. Don't get me wrong, we love our families and the people there but living there just wasn't for us. Anyway, Grant celebrated his first Valentine's Day!!! I can't find my Valentine's pics but this is around the same time.

April o8
I think Easter fell in April this year....who knows we've been through so much there is A LOT I can't remember!! Or keep straight! Grant celebrated his first Easter!! We were scared that he would hate the Easter bunny but he loved him! As he was sitting in his lap, the camera messed up and he just sat there content as could be!




We also celebrated my 30th birthday!

May 08
Out of school YIPEE!! And we celebrate Grant's first birthday with a farm theme. It was a lot of fun and there were tons of people there. Can you believe he HATED to dig in his cake!!




June 08
Boomer celebrated his 30th birthday!! He jumped on the bandwagon with the rest of us!!


July 08
We had been praying diligently about what God wanted us to do about moving back here. There were a lot of things that had to happen. Our house had to sell and it was in the middle of nowhere, we had to find new jobs, and a new house and Grant a daycare. God provided every one of those within 2 wks! God is good. That is how we knew to move back. We put it in His hands and He took care of it all. Unfortunately, the weekend that we moved Boomer's dad was admitted to the hospital in Hattiesburg and he passed away the end of July. It has been a tough year on Boomer.
Aug 08 and Sept. 08
These months were full of unpacking boxes galore!!! Who had time to take pictures!!
October 08
Technically not Grant's first Halloween but one that he knew something was going on!


Nov. 08
Thanksgiving was fun with family.....we traveled to Waynesboro. My parents got a new kitty!! Grant loved it!


Oh and who could forget the allergic reaction to the antibiotic!!!!

Dec. 08
Santa was so much fun this year! We had it at my parent's this year. Grant really loved his Mickey Mouse and his slide and fourwheeler and clubhouse!! We are "Hotdoggin" all the time!!!



All in all, we are very blessed to have wonderful, caring, giving and understanding parents! They went through a lot with us and we thank and adore them!We look forward to a new year and to see what God has in store for us!