Belated Birthday Pics

Hello everyone! I promise that our delay in blogging about Graham's birthday and the surrounding time with Granddaddy has not been from a lack of desire to do so; we've been even busier than usual lately with Jon completely overloaded with projects at school, church, and work, plus working on a paper for a conference presentation in March. I'm continuing to work full time and trying to find time to keep our house together and cook at least an occasional healthy meal!

Graham has continued to go with the flow well and I think is enjoying being 2 yrs old. He (and we) had such fun while Granddaddy was here for a visit. We had lots of time playing outside, a meal at Chick-fil-a (a favorite of Graham's) and for Jon's birthday on the 28th we ate at a wonderful French Bistro in Williamsburg. Unfortunately Graham was starving and not in the mood to be wowed by the ambiance or menu choices. When the waitress came up to our table he immediately looked up at her and said, in a commanding tone, "I want FOOD". She kindly obliged very soon by bringing him some incredible soup and the best mac and cheese I've ever had. We had a party for Graham and Jon on Sunday night Jan 31 and I made him a special truck cake. He thought it was pretty awesome, and I'll get Jon to post a video of his response soon! We had a few friends over and had a very nice time. To both of the boys' delight the menu was sausages, fries, and a huge fruit salad as well as some hummus, salsa, and guacamole with chips/veggies. Fortunately they have a lot of overlap in foods that they like! We had a great time, and thanks to all of you for the books, cards, and gifts that you sent to both of the boys! Graham LOVED opening the gifts, and loves reading the books, playing with the trucks, "cooking" with the utensils and pots and pans, and adding appendages to his "'Tato Head".

We will also try to get a picture of my belly soon. We had our ultrasound last week and we have another boy on the way! We're excited, but now we have to decide on another boy's name...
I've also posted a picture of Graham the first night Dad was here; together they came up with the idea of trying on some of Granddaddy's tube sox, and the result is pretty funny. What fun we had!

Much love to all of you!