Memorial Day

We've had a great Memorial Day weekend! Grady is getting big enough to play with other kids - and this has been a great weekend for it.

On Friday we went downtown to meet Chris, Sarah, Chris Blood (visiting from Mass.), and Jamie and Jesse Daugherty for dinner. Jamie and Jesse brought a babysitter to watch their kids - they have 3, so Grady was the only kid on the town! We had a great dinner at Mellow Mushroom. Grady most loved crawling on the table.

We went down to the White Squirrel Festival in Brevard on Saturday afternoon - they are thinking of having road bowling there next year! Then we went to Stacie and Tripp's house for Oliver's first birthday party. There were about 5 other kids there Grady's age! They played in the ball pit, in bubbles, on the water table (we need to get one for Grady - he LOVED it!)... it was great to see him interact with other kids his age.

After the party we went out to Chris and Sarah's for a cookout. Jamie and Jesse's kids had a great time with Grady - Shelby (se is 11) even changed Grady's diaper and fed him.. She kept saying "you take a break. I'll take care of Grady!". I was surprised that I had a bit of a hard time with it. I'd find myself back with him in just a few minutes. Had to consciously try to stay away! Chris Blood played guitar and everyone sang along - including Grady! It was so funny.

Yesterday we had a cookout at our house, and had about 20 people here! I got a baby pool for the kids to play in, and it was a good thing. It was like 90 degrees outside, so we all wanted to play in the water.

Chris, Sarah and Lucille came and brought the Daugherty's (all 6 of them including the babysitter), Jonathan, Lesley and Lillian, Davis, Katie and Myles came - Katie is just a few weeks away from having their baby girl. Catherine, Aaron and Caleb came a little later. We had a full house! All the kids played great together  - I don't remember a single squabble. We played cornhole and watched all the races... it was overall a great day! Everyone was gone by around 7, and I fell asleep by 10.

The best part is we have today off also! Not sure the plans yet, but it's just great to have another full day with Grady before having to go back to work.