5 Months Old and CRAZY!

Hello to all! Oh my gosh, summer has come and gone...it seems like yesterday we were having a baby. I hope everyone's summer was good. As we begin fall, we'll share our summer's experiences with you. Mel is back at work now. She says she's part-time, but she works every chance she gets. Grayson is doing good in daycare...the gals love him. We like having him just downstairs...we go visit him every chance we get, not to mention Mel is feeding him every 3 or so hours during work days.

Grayson now has a bag full of new tricks since that last update. He now rolls over both directions and both sides, can get on his hands and knees (God help us!), is seating on his own, eats his toes, and squeeks like a bird. He's always laughing, even when we put him in his crib for naps or bedtime. He's eyeing Buttons, the cat. She's even come up to him and he's grabbed her tail and tried to eat it. Yum-yum!

He tried his first food a few weeks ago. That was quite funny. (video links will be included to see all his tricks). He loves bananas and pears. He wasn't too sure about the squash, but he got through it. The rice cereal is....well, rice cereal.

He said Da-Da for the first time tonight. Mom's not too sure about that, but Dad sure loved it! He kept saying it over and over just to make the point for Mom!!

I climbed Mt. Rainier a few weekends ago. That was amazingly hard, but an experience I will never forget. Unfortunately, I came home to a sick baby and momma, and became sick myself with a temperature and everything. We're all three recovered now and back to our old selves.

Now, we're just getting ready to head to Kentucky for Thanksgiving, and Grayson's first Halloween. We'll make sure to send out pictures of his costume (you're going to love it!).

So, happy Halloween and Thanksgiving to all! We'll see most of you in Kentucky next month.

Check out his new pictures here
http://picasaweb.google.com/Graysondean/5MonthsOld
and
http://picasaweb.google.com/Graysondean/MtRainier

And for the videos go here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_4P8g_JxOA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnWq6hD-xE4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpMjyxEDuSU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5sHFZUaCIU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUsvPhHcn7g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK0iAXINjQg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD6pruzYmuc

Grayson at 4 months.

Hello to all!!

On the 30th of August we went in for Grayson's 4 month check-up and the dreaded SHOTS!! Mom never likes that part!! The doctor gave him a clean bill of health and mentioned that it looked like Grayson really likes to eat. He weighed in at 16lbs and 12oz and was 26 and 1/2 inches long. For you keeping stats....that was 90th % on weight and 95th% on height compared to the national average!! We still have a chunker!!! Dad had his 29th birthday in July and we had a couple of friends over to help eat some cake and ice cream. Grayson's buddies Ben (Otto) and Lorenzo visited.

Since July we have been busy just getting ready to send Mom back to work!! She is excited and depressed about going back to work at the same time. The good part is that it's only part time and we are keeping Grayson in Daycare in the same building that we work in...so we can drop in and see him ANY time during the day! We'll let you know how she holds up!! HAHAH

I almost forgot Grayson is now ROLLING OVER from his back to his belly, it started a couple of weeks ago. I shot a little video.....with our camera....so the quality isn't that good.....but go here to see our little Monkey start his MOBILE life!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TA2AvrVVgE


He also has now found his feet and I'm sure it won't be long before he is haveing toe sandwiches all day long!!! AHHAHAHA

Make sure to see Grayson's new pictures here!! http://picasaweb.google.com/Graysondean

Love and miss you all!!

Brad, Mel, and Grayson!

Uncle David and Aunt Rhonda Visit from Kentucky!

Uncle David and Aunt Rhonda finally visit from Kentucky, and Grayson was very glad to meet them! We kept them busy looking around the beautiful Pacific Northwest for the week. We visited Mt. St Helens, took a day trip to the Bonneville Dam and the fish hatchery in Hood River Oregon. Then we took a trip over to the Oregon Coast and stayed in a house in Bandon Oregon, Home of Bandon Dunes golf courses. We golfed 2 days then drove up the coast back towards Portland and took in the sights. We had a Ton of fun visiting and letting Grayson meet his wonderful Aunt and Uncle....well Great Aunt and Great Uncle....man are you guys old??!?! J/K....Happy Birthday Uncle Dave!!! They flew home on Saturday and Grayson was sad to see them go. We will get to see them again at Thanksgiving when we take Grayson to Kentucky for the first time...he is very excited!
We love and miss you all...

See you soon ,
Brad, Mel, and Grayson

P.S. Be sure to check out the pictures!!

http://picasaweb.google.com/Graysondean/UncleDavidAndAuntRhondaVisitFromKY

Grayson Visits California and Moto GP!!

Hello to Everyone!!
This week Grayson headed down to California to help out his Daddy's buddies Racing Motorcycles down in Laguna Seca for the Moto GP race weekend. We stopped in the Redwood's and visited San Francisco and then on to the Monteray Bay area where we had a house rented for the weekend. The Redwoods are Astonishing and utterly undescribable!! San Francisco is a very nice city and we will have to get back there just to sight see and check out the city in future trips. The Camper worked great for the drive down and sleeping the first two nights on the way down. That was a very good purchase for us. Grayson is looking forward to actually meeting his Uncle David and Aunt Rhonda this next week....August 5th, he has heard all about them and he told me to tell them to hurry up and get here!! So nothing big planned until then except to recover from the last couple of weeks traveling! We hope to see you all soon and love and miss EVERYONE!!

Brad, Melanine, and Grayson!

P.S. be sure to check out all of our picture over at

http://picasaweb.google.com/Graysondean

Grandparents Visit from Kentucky!!

So Mamaw and Papaw Rigsby flew in from Kentucky the first week of June when Grayson was about a month old. We has a TON of fun visiting and watching Great Grandma and Great Grandpa falling in love with Grayson....Here are the photos from the visit......Grayson says to tell the old people to hurry and come back to visit!!!

 

The first BLOG.....

The First BLOG!

Well I'll start blogging to keep everyone up to date on Grayson and My family out here in Oregon....It's probably a better way to keep in touch instead of my 400 picture mass emails that I send out all the time! I hope everyone that reads this blog will e-mail me every once in a while to let me know what is going on with you and yours! So I'll keep it short and simple for the first blog and just attach ONE picture of my favorite Baby in the WORLD!!!