The BIG 1!!!!!!!

BIRTHDAY BOY!
Mmmmmm.......what is all this?

Do a little Birthday jig!


1st Party!

Whewww.....little windy!

Scream if it's your Birthday!

Blowing out his 1st candle!

Grant's little friends at the party

Opening gifts part 1

Party day #2

Mmmmmm...a little cake....don't mind if I do!

Opening gifts part 2

Mommy and Daddy with our Birthday boy

Birthday boy on the move! Sugar Rush!

More gifts!

I had so much fun planning Grant's 1st birthday...here are a few pics from around the house on his special day!

Birthday Table

Birthday Door

Birthday Banner

Birthday Favors

Grant wanted to share some of his favortie tunes with his friends.

Just a pretty day at the park

Bathtub Man!

Mommy I am loving the 70 degree weather in November!

Happy Birthday to my sweet, sweet baby boy!!! Grant turned 1 on Saturday and we just celebrated all week and weekend long!!! We had 2 parties, one party on Thursday with his little friends and one party on Saturday with mostly family and a few close friends. Grant enjoyed every bit of his celebrations and it was so fun to watch, take pictures, video, and just live in the special moment!!! Where has the year gone.....I feel like I was just coming home from the hospital with my precious bundle and now he is such a big boy!! Here are some of the pictures from all the celebrations along with a few recent and random fun pics. Thank you to everyone who made Grant's first year of life so special and thank you for all the birthday! Also a special thank you to my sweet mama for helping so much during Grant's birthday... Enjoy!

Walking....with a little help!

Here he is in full stride!!! He just started to do this on Wednesday! We can hardly believe it!

Halloween Week!

Our little family on Halloween at the Franklin Pumpkin Fest!

My little Rooster Baby!
Jocee, the Scarecrow and Grant.....he was snuggled close to mommy!!! Santa Clause might be interesting this year!

Jocee, Grant and Me enjoying the Franklin Fest!

And.....our little rooster was tuckered out!

Yay we got he H1N1 shot!! Thank goodness!

Keith Urban....what more can I say!

A little more Keith

Keith's set of wheels!

Our Date! So fun...thank you honey....I know it was truly a labor of love for Matthew!

This week was full of goodtimes! The week started with a surprise date from Matthew to see one of my favorite childhood shows..." Little House on the Praire" starring the THE Melissa Gilbert. The show was fantastic (I was just itching to be on that stage!) and it was so great getting to see who I would pretend to play ALL THE TIME as a little girl in my imaginary world....Laura Ingalls Wilder! Anyhoo, we had a great time and it was so nice to have a little date just the two of us although we missed Grant the whole time!! Grant started to walk with his little push toy this week and it has been so cute to watch him!! I don't think it will be long before he starts to walk on his own. The weekend was packed full starting with a FREE Keith Urban concert(one of the perks to living in Nashville). The weather was not all that great but Grant and I braved it anyway on Friday, this was his first concert. The show was outside and was pretty packed but we ended up getting really lucky!! I was trying to get close to take some pictures and I was shooed away by a cop....so I just thought I would go stand behind all the media and press, well, I was shooed away again until.....this really nice man with a press pass saw us and came over and struck up a quick conversation. Come to find out he was not the press, but with the Keith Urban Team....he was Robert Reynolds and for those who are not familiar with him he is in the Maverick band and used to be married to Trisha Yearwood. He was so nice and gave us his press pass to we could stand there really close and get some great pics. The day was fun and we ended the evening with friends for dinner. On Saturday we decided to go brave the H1N1 shot at Centennial Highschool....let me just say that we got there at 9am when the doors opened and the line was about 300+ deep ALREADY....we waited, and waited, and waited and finally got to get the shot and after us there were only 200 more doses left so we almost didn't make it. We have all 3 been vaccinated for H1N1 now so I am feeling alot better about the whole thing. After the whole shot thing we had a late brunch with our friends Brian and Jocee at Dotson's in Franklin ( that place it really good but definitely in time warp!) and spent the rest of the afternoon with our dear friends at the Franklin pumpkin fest. We were pooped by the end of the day so we decided to tuck it in for the night. Here are the highlights of the week. Enjoy!

Pumpkins, Apples, family and friends we love it all....we are lovin FALL!

My little Punkin Boy!

Yay for FALL!

Trunk r Treat with his little friend Cooke


Trunk r treat with Kathy!

Pic with the Brithday candles

Pic with his little friend Emerson

This was our favorite trunk or should I say display....they went all out in a Birthday theme and it was too cute, everybody had great trunks and it was so much fun!

Daddy and our little Rooster

Arrington Vinyards for Brian G's B-day...the girls at the wine tasting

Ash, Joc and me at Arrington

Keenland in Lexington is a Fall staple for us...this was Grant's first trip to see the horses race and he loved it!

Grandaddy and Grant pickin out a horse

Relaxing at the races on a beautiful Fall day.

Apple and Pumplin Farm...Meme and Grant pickin out a pumpkin

"Mommy, I like this one!"

Grant and Mommy pickin out pumpkins

Picking out fresh APPLES....YUM!

Playin at Meme and Grandaddy's house..he LOVES the chandelier in my parents house and this captured his little face of wonder!

His first car from Meme and Grandaddy

Matthew's Birthday....this was his gift from Me and Grant...his grandfather is a WWII hero and was honored with a purple heart, silver star, and eagle air medal for his courage....I wanted to frame it for Matthew since it has been passed down to us.

Happy Birthday to my sweetie!

Birthday Boy

Matthew's family came into town to celebrate, we enjoyed a birthday dinner at Kobe Steaks!

Gramps and Gigi playin with Grant

Grant's 1st walking shoe!

We went to Lonnie Young's to get Grant his first pair of walking shoes...What a big boy!

" I'm gonna be 1"

"Yay"

Meme and Grandaddy came to see us, we enjoyed breakfast one morning at Loveless Cafe!

Whew where has October gone?? I guess time passes quickly when you are having fun! We have definately had a very full Fall! Over the past few weeks we have had lots of family visit us, birthday celebrations, pumpkin patches and apple farms, horse racing, a visit to Lexington, a trip to Knoxville to shoot a commercial for HGTV(little acting gig), Arrington Vinyards with friends, flea market trips, Fall strolls, Trunk r Treat at church, whew..... it has been busy! Grant has really enjoyed this time of year and the fresh Fall air has been so nice!! He is 11 months and the count down to the BIG 1 is just 2 weeks away....can hardly get my mind around it!! Where has the time gone? He is such a joy and so funny! He continues to crawl and pull up everywhere and babbles all the time!! His favorite gesters of the moment are telling you that he is going to be 1....he holds his little fingers up and it is just the cutest thing...then he claps! He has really started to eat more big boy food and I have to say that I think I have a carbo lover on my hands oh and CHEESE! His favorites of the moment are grill cheese, waffles, and CHEESE....he LOVES cheese!! We are planning his Birthday right now and it is so fun!! My little baby is growing up before my very eyes!! Here are some fun pics from our recent activities. WARNING...there are alot of pics! Enjoy.

Fall Fun!

Grant and I having fun at the Vandy vs.Ole Miss game!
Grant, Me, and my friend Ashley....notice Grant is really into the game!

It got a little chilly so we broke out the horsey coat, Grant still having fun !

The boys intently watching the game!!

The Game!

A walk at Edwin Warner with our Friends Lauren and Drew.....the boys loved it!

So sweet!

At the zoo , what a beautiful Fall day!

My friend Jenny and her little one Alexa with Grant watching the Tigers....Rawwwwwr!

A walk at Radnor Lake with our friends Joanna and her twin girls...so fun!

"Mommy I'm LOVIN Fall "!

This week we have had loads of good times with friends on walks, yogurt runs, the zoo, (we had a yard sale), and the Vandy vs. Ole Miss game. We enjoyed the beautiful weather and really enjoyed watching Grant have lots of Fall Fun (we spent so much time outside you may notice that Grant got several mesquito bites on his little face)!!! Here are a few pics from the week. Enjoy!

A Little This and That!

Me and Grant with Molly and sweet Elise at Anna Well's 1st Birthday

Friends at the birthday party


The birthday girl....happy 1st birthday Anna Wells!

Me and Jocee at the Taste of Nashville...a fundraiser for the Boys and Girls club of Nashville

We traveled to Cincinnati recently and had dinner with his family, here are Travis and Ryan with Grant at dinner!

Gramps and Gigi havin fun at dinner with Grant in Cincinnati, we went to a great place called RED in Hyde Park that had lots of yummy food, it was lots -o- fun!

At the Wine Loft with a few friends for my B-day( I really wanted to fly under the radar this year....)

Matthew and I on a Birthday Date to Firefly...love that place!

Trip to Lexington...having a Birthday brunch with my family at Jean Farris Winery.

My sweet friend from High school,Karen, that I recently got to see at a wedding shower for our friend Laura while in Lexington,everyone used to think we looked like sisters in high school!

Grant playin in the morning

That sweet baby face just melts my heart!

We joined Cheekwood this year and we have really enjoyed our membership. Recently they have had a scarecrow exhibit and we took Grant on opening day and had a blast!

Grant and Daddy with a fun Scarecrow

Just a late summer family pic.

Grant and his Daddy at his little friend Seth's 1st Birthday party!

The late summer/early Fall has once again been a very busy time for us, I always think that life might slow a little bit but it always seems to speed up!! We have been up to a little this and that from birthdays( Yes I turned the BIG 31), fundraisers,mini trips, scarecrow scoping, walks, flea marketing, yhew....oh yeah and Grant's first ear infection!!! The Fall is another time of the year that I just adore!! I love the crisp Fall nip to the air, first chili suppers, fresh apple cider, the rich colors of mums and pumpkins, the smell of cinnamon around the house, leaves that crackle under our toes, and there is just something so beautiful about the sunshine in the early evening hours during Fall that casts a warm/fuzzy glow to the day....I just love FALL! Grant is getting so big and finds new tricks everyday! His favorite word of the moment is "Ok" which cracks us up!! He seems to keep a few little bumps on the forehead as he learns how to cruise the house and take a few little steps here and there. I am planning his 1st birthday and it's really hard to believe it!! I pinch myself everyday and feel so thankful for Grant....he is the light of my life and selfishly I wish that I could somtimes just stop the time! Here are a few fun pictures over the past few weeks and there will be more..... Enjoy!

10 months!

Yup, our little man is 10 whole months...where is the time going. I am already planning his little 1st Birthday and can't believe it. Grant is just so much fun everyday. His newest word is "ok", so he often cruises around the house saying "ok, ok, ok, ok, with an occasional Mama and Dada and By, by, by or Ga, Ga, Ga......he is pulling up on everything and loves the phone and remote control! Yes we are baby proofing a ton around here, almost everyday I find something new to baby proof. I think I am just going to have to get used to a few bumps and bruises along the way though...all part of being a boy!! We are so in love with our little man and love watching him change and grow each day. Here a few really recent pics. Enjoy!