Family Weekend

The Hubs had a final on Friday which meant that he did not have to study at all over the weekend.  We took full advantage and started the weekend off with a date night.  Gray's Aunt watched him while P and I went to Cafe Madrid for dinner.  It was so nice to enjoy each others company without toddler interruptions throughout the entire dinner and the food was delicious.  We called it an early night because P had been up late studying the previous two nights and he was wiped out.

The next morning, we had donuts (courtesy of Aunt Pa) for breakfast and hung around the house for a little while before deciding to go to the park.  It was actually not too hot outside, so we walked to a nearby park and let Gray investigate.

After that, it was nap time and then we headed to Hobby Lobby for Birthday Party supplies.  Gray wasn't very excited about that, but we took him to The Purple Cow for dinner and a shake afterward.  He loved the shake - surprised? ;)

When Grayson was drinking our shake, one time he took a sip and then said, "mm mmm goo(d)"  He is such a sponge right now - imitating everything - it is a lot of fun. 

 On Sunday, we kept it pretty low key with family and the Cowboys game.  I'm furiously making decorations for Gray's birthday party that is this weekend.  I told myself that I wasn't going to make it a big deal...but alas...here we are again. 

Wordless Wednesday - Sept. 11

Dr. P

The day after Grayson had tubes put in his ears, The Hubs defended his dissertation.  P worked the last 4 years in a lab doing research on staph (umm...there was a lot more to it...right...) and it all culminated with his dissertation and its defense.  P's parents and I were able to attend his presentation (in a room with about 30-35 people) and then we had to leave while his committee drilled him with questions. 

During that time, we picked Grayson up from school and then got back to the building in time for P's dissertation reception.  The good news?  He PASSED!  One Doctor down...one to go!!

Oh so relaxed

Let the champagne flow!

Silly, silly boy

P's prof giving a lovely toast

Wishing he could treat himself to a beverage

It has been FAR too long!

Well, I never really intended to take a 3 month hiatus from this blog, but I hope to be back!  I am so sad that I don't have the last 3 months of Grayson's development documented in some manner.  He  has changed so much since my last post - our lives have changed a lot since that last post! 

We moved to Dallas at the beginning of June, and that was a story all on its own.  Let's just say that after initially only renting one Uhaul, we ended up with an additional one which was also packed to capacity and a caravan of 4 cars/trucks got us to Dallas safely.  On our way into Dallas, (our plan was to move in with my parents until we were able to find a rental home) we stopped by a rental house at 11pm to view it with our realtor.  We couldn't actually get in to see the house - turns out those lock boxes won't open at all hours of the night - so our realtor gave us a tour through the windows.  I'm sure the neighbors thought we were casing the joint!  We came back the next day, liked it, and by the end of the day, we had the keys to the house.  The next morning, the movers unloaded our Uhaul trucks into this house.  Craziest 3 days ever. 

I started my new job 10 days after we moved to Dallas.  I am enjoying corporate accounting so far!  Hopefully I'll still be saying that at year end! 

When I started my own job, Grayson needed a new school.  We didn't feel like we saw that many schools close to us, so we signed him up for one that we weren't 100% happy with because we didn't have any options.  Grayson had a very difficult time at first, but after about a month, he was doing much better at drop-off.  Unfortunately, a combination of things made us decide to look for a different school.  He started at a Montessori school near my office this week, and although we are going through the rough drop-offs again, I really think this will be a great place for him.  They even have show and tell on Fridays!!

G's first day of Montessori School 9/3/13

Gray has been pretty fussy and had a low-grade fever for the last month, and we have his 2 year molars to thank for that!  As of now, his two bottom molars are in, but it seems his top ones must be coming soon.  We have not had to give him "me-sen" (medicine) for the top ones yet, but I think they are going to start coming through soon.

Our move to Dallas means a new step in P's schooling.  He completed his PhD(!!) and is now back into the medical school groove.  He joined back up as a 3rd year medical student, so he is in the hospital or doctor offices on a daily basis and studying when he gets home.  This is a crazy new schedule for the whole family, so we are trying to become used to Daddy either being at work late, or studying instead of playing with us in the evenings/weekends.  It is challenging, but we're making it work, and it is precisely why we are happy to be near family!

Grayson's vocabulary/speech has been improving by the day it seems.  We have started working on 2-3 word sentences with him, and he is really getting the concept.  A funny story from last week:  I had put all of the dinner plates on the table and Grayson was in his highchair and P was still at his desk.  Suddenly Grayson said: "Daddy, eat, NOW!"  Needless to say...Daddy came right to the dinner table after that!  

Another reason that I want to get back to this blog is that I have barely taken any pictures of G since we moved up here.  With the exception of one day and some cellphone pics - this is basically it!  Sorry that they're all blurry.

Double-fisting cellphones - toddlers these days!