Hello All,

Sorry for the lapse in posting. For some reason, I just kept putting this off! Maybe because we are CRAZY busy! It has been a fun few months! I guess that I shoud just start by saying that Greyson is now officially a preschool graduate! My baby is going to kindergarten. It is already killing me and we still have the summer to enjoy. I am so glad that we did not send him last year. The time that we had together has been priceless.  Here it goes...

 

April-

Aprl was great because we had some nice weather and a lot of fun events. I helped organize and pull-off the egg hunt at our church this year. It was great but it had to be inside because it was really cold!  My neighbor and I also were in charge of the neighborhood Easter egg hunt! It went really well. We had about 75 kids come and they had a lot of fun. It was a lot of work but I am glad that we did it. Our neighborhood is still growing really fast so it was a good way to get to know more people. It was also beautiful weather. Our last hunt for eggs was at my parents house in Pecan Plantation. Again, it was cold. It is funny how the whole month can be pretty and warm except for on Easter weekend... Grey also got to sing with his choir on Palm Sunday. He loved it.

 

Grant is still in My Gym and has made friends with several little kids from his class. He gets to play every couple of weeks with them. He is a really social little guy. He thinks he is just as big as his brother. It is too funny. He knows everyone up at the church and thinks he runs the place. He loves the days that I work because he gets to go play in the childcare. He calls it "my class".  He is saying "Bye, Mommy. I love you!" before we even get to the room. NO seperation anxiety at all. It is so nice!

 

Grey lost his first tooth in April. It was very exciting! Neil was out of town that week so we were really trying to wait for him to be here when he lost it. But, Grey woke up early one morning and started playing upstairs. He said that it just fell out of his mouth onto the carpet! Being the clean freak that he is.... he washed it off and brought it downstairs to show me. He was so thrilled and he looks pretty cute. He is about to lose the one next to it right now. It is in that stage of "about to fall out".

 

April closed out the Spring Monstar Soccer Season too. Grey ended the season with 9 goals. His team was undefeated! Speaking of soccer... Grant is still obsessed with balls. Any kind! He loves to play basketball and soccer. He is really good at it. He is looking like a lefty. I know it is early but I think he is going to really enjoy sports.

 

Thus- the new big boy room! Grant moved upstairs and into a big boy bed. His new room is done in a sports theme. We had the walls painted with a stripe around the room and his name surrounded by balls. HE LOVES IT. He is doing pretty good in his bed. He loves being upstairs with "Bubby". We also rearranged Greyson's room and added a few new things.

 

We ended the month with Greyson's Church Choir Spring Musical. It was a huge production. We were really impressed. Greyson is a total ham and loves the spotlight. It is fun to watch him perform and be in a place he really shines. I am still thinking that performing is what he likes best.

 

May:

 

May has been a lot of fun but seriously full of activities. Grey started the month off with his end of year musical for his preschool. He had the only speaking part. He loved it.

 

I got to host a scrapbook weekend for some of my friends at my parents house in Pecan the first weekend in May. It was awesome! There were 8 of us and we really had a great time. I got a ton of scrapbooking done and had a lot of good laughs too. 

 

Grant is really talking now. He can even sing a few songs. He went from saying very little to talking ALL THE TIME! He is so ready to go to preschool. He tries to go to school with Greyson when we drop him off. He is going to go to a little summer Mother's Day Out this summer. We will go about 12 times in June and July. He was so excited when we went to visit the school. They have a big gym and they were playing with BALLS! I had to carry him out kicking and screaming.

 

My parents came up for Mother's day weekend. Saturday morning Neil and I were working in the flower beds and getting ready to host his Microsoft team for a party the next weekend. I ran to the plant nursery to get some more flowers. I was heading back home on Preston and sitting at the light at Eldorado. (Exactly where Neil's wreck was 18 months ago.) It was about 10:30 bright and clear outside. Suddenly, my car literally flies out of control into the ditch on the side of the road. A "drowsy, sleepy" man hit me going about 55 miles an hour. It totaled his car and the verdict is still out on my car. It is only 6 months old so it will be hard to get totaled out. We'll see. They took me by ambulance to the ER. Thankfully, I have no broken bones or major head injuries. I had a good concussion and some serious whiplash. The last 2 weeks have been tough. I was in bed for 4-5 days but I am getting better. I start physical therapy tomorrow on my back and neck. The thing that was so scary was that it was literally within 10 feet of Neil's wreck. Everything just came flooding back from Neil's wreck. I just lost it. I seriously think that I went into shock. The coolest thing happened though. A car of witnesses pulled over and the man come over to see if I was okay. He told me to breathe! Then he starting praying out loud for me. It was SO amazing. He was a pastor in a town about an hour away and just happened to be up this way. It was so comforting and a special little gift from above. But it was a horrible day and really put a damper on the whole Mother's Day thing.

 

Grey graduated from preschool last week. It was sad. He has had the most fantastic teachers for the past two years. Our whole family is very attached to them. Greyson has learned so much and truly loves school. Ms. Jenn and Ms. Betty will be missed! I hope they are still there when Grant is four! We had his end of school party yesterday so we are officially out for summer. Grey passed his swimming test to become an "Angel Fish" so now we just have to work on Grant's swimming!

 

We are looking forward to a visit from Neil's cousin Allison and her family tomorrow. We have not seen her husband since he go back from Iraq. We are excited to hear about his service over there. They have 2 precious little girls too. Zoe is the oldest and she just got a new baby sister, Olivia. We can not wait to meet her.  We are then heading to Granbury for Memorial weekend. I am really looking forward to it!

 

Next week, Neil and I are heading to Miami to celebrate my birthday!! I am so excited.