Where's Clayton?

This picture was sent to Jim from lady who does correspondence between the units in Iraq and the families back here. I found Clayton in less than a second. Your turn.

PSD

Greyson's first Easter egg hunt

On Easter Sunday Greyson was invited over to the Britton's for an Easter egg hunt...it was his first. He did pretty well searching for the eggs. The girls even gave him some of the ones they found so that he wouldn't end up with zero...thanks Sophie and Maddie.

Sophie, Greyson and Maddie

On the move...

Maddie stopping to pose for a picture

Pointing some eggs out to Greyson

The basket was passed back and forth

Greyson just found an egg hidden under the bush

Another one in the fence

Your turn.

Celebrating Greyson's Birthday Michigan-style AKA: With Family

We are finally back in Michigan to spend several months with family until Clayton returns in August. Once again we celebrated Greyson's birthday, along with mine...this time with family. To mark the special occasion Greyson got his hair cut on Friday (oh, I should provide a before, I'll upload it now) and he hated every minute of it. We went to Clippers for Kids and lady was really nice and she did really well with him...Greyson would cry, cry, cry and then two seconds late be distracted by the car he was sitting in, and then two seconds later he would cry, cry, cry - it was craziness. Saturday we had my birthday dinner and Greyson's party. It was a nice time.

Pre-hair cut

Post-hair cut

So grown-up

Open Please!!!

Opening presents

A new drum

Present from Poppy and Grandma Cris

He has so much fun with it

Going down the slide

He's a dare devil

Over and over again!

Happy Birthday to Me :o)

Yesterday was my birthday and as a gift to myself (well, technically from Clayton since he's the one who earns the money) I got my hair done - cut and colored. It looks really nice!!!
Take a look.

Up in a ponytail - good view of the bangs

The sexy touseled looks

Tucked behind the ear - the young look

On the prowl - drawing you in with my stare

Just a normal picture

Another nice shot of the bangs

Birthday Party turns into Playdate

Today I had a birthday party for Greyson. It turned into more of a play date because it was just two other boys, but it was still fun (hopefully). Greyson mostly played by himself, which is fine - he is still in the parallel play stage. Kyle and Jared played together, and Greyson just observed. He might have been overwhelmed by there rambunctious brotherly play...I think Greyson needs someone to play with so he's prepared for these situations, don't you agree? ;o) Anyway, it was a nice time. I enjoyed talking with Sheri-Lynne - I don't think we've had many opportunities to talk, she's so busy at the MOPS meetings. :o) Anyway, so it was a good day. Now only 8 hours until we pick Whitney up from the airport...I'm getting excited!!!

Playing all by himself.

His choice.

Played with it the rest of the time.

Open it, please!

Kyle was showing us which cars he had at home.

He's really getting excited now!

Big Truck!
Yup, just one tare and he knew what it was.

Opening his present

Jared's like, "what are you smiling about?"

When the boys said "Cheese" Greyson got all embarrassed.

Jared, Greyson and Kyle

Looking cute at 2yrs. old

Get this off me!

We're ready to party!

The Best-est of Friends

Ava and Greyson met at MOPPETS, while Katie and I met at MOPS. Katie helped talk me into taking the Publisher position on the Steering Team: I'm glad she did. I'm not sure we would have gotten this close if not for the Steering Team, though between the two of us I think we only made it to like 5. :o) Ava and Greyson have so much fun together. I love watching them play. They are always asking for the other one. When we are at home Greyson always brings up Ava (and Katie)...and according to Katie, Ava asks "Where's Greyson?" often. I don't know about Ava, but for Greyson this is his first real friendship. It makes me sad to take him back to Michigan and away from his Ava. Hopefully we can find a way to keep them connected even though they will be far apart. If not, I guess they will just have to go through the awkward re-get-to-know-you phase. Take a look at all the fun Ava and Greyson have together. :o)

Exploring the beach.

Greyson, wait for me.

Can't go to the beach without throwing a little sand.


On the move.

Trying to keep the shoes dry.

Didn't happen.

This was our weekend.

Constantly pulling up Greyson jeans.

Katie couldn't help but capture the moment.

Doing my best to keep them out of the water.

Trying to get down.

Greyson and Wyatt are going exploring.

Look at all those roots. Doesn't it look cool?

The roots were exposed by one of the hurricanes.

Greyson is clueless that Ava is trying to douse him with water.

Very slippery tubby.

Splish. Splash.

Too much fun!

:o)

Even Katie and I got wet from this tubby.

Crazy kids!

Greyson's not always so sure about Ava.

Her laugh is very boisterous!

Hanging out at the Park.

What does this face say to you?

Ava and Greyson.

Deer in the headlights.