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Social Darling Frock GROSGRAIN GIVEAWAY!!!!

I thought this dress was very unique so i'm posting this in hopes that I win!! I need more church clothes! :)

Better late than never...

I know it's a little late but here are a few cute pics from Halloween. We had the cutest duck ever if I do say so myself! Grey LOVES ducks so it was the perfect costume :) I think next year Grey will be a pro at trick-or-treating, this year he just had fun following around his cousins.


He's ready to go!

I had to get a shot of his tail feathers! So cute!

He was more interested in playing in the gravel on the road, I'm sure next year will be different!

We ran into our friends that live in our neighborhood. Chloe was the cutest pirate!!

Kalli and Kaiden checking out all their goodies. Kalli was Tinkerbell and Kaiden was Frankenstein! Cute and scary!

For some reason we didn't get a pic of all the kids together. Maybe next year!

Watch Out!

Grey figured out how to ride on the battery-operated four wheeler, thankfully he knows how to hold on too! It doesn't move very fast, especially in the grass, but he sure has fun riding on it!

So yes, not only does he look like his daddy but he already shares the same hobbies. I swear he's my child too!

Birthday Boy!!!

Today is Greyson's first birthday!! It's SO hard to believe that it's been a year already. In honor of his birthday here are some pics from the past year (I'm not on my laptop so these are all from my phone). Love you baby boy!!

It's been one of the best years of my life! It's a tough job, but I'm so grateful to be a mother!

It's Official! Grey is Walking!

It happened last night (June 25th) for sure! (He took 1 step for me last week but he hasn't done it again until last night) I was watching tv while Aaron and Grey were playing and Grey took his first few steps to Aaron :) I got the video camera out and Aaron set it up to record while he and I coaxed Grey to walk to/from us. Sure enough, Grey took 7 steps for the camera!! My little boy is growing up :( It was a very exciting night and a sad one too...he's just growing so fast, he'll be 10 months next week! I love him SO much and can't imagine my life without him though.

Also, Grey can now say a few words:
Ma-ma
Da-da
Hi (which is more like "Hiiiiiiiii" but he says it and waves sometimes, so cute!)
Buh-bye (every now and then he'll say it when he's waving, it's probably just babble but it sounds like "buh-bye")

Greyson's 1st Motorcross Race

A few months ago Aaron's boss John and his lil family came to town for the New Orleans Motorcross race. John and Lisa have a little boy just a few months younger than Grey named Anthony and he is SO adorable! He had the cutest little faux-hawk! Needless to say, this was a momentous occasion for all of us since it was the boys' first motorcross race :) I was a little worried because we had a loooong day planned, but both babies did great! We left Denham around 10am and headed to New Orleans. Then we went to lunch at Drago's with some reps. Aaron works with. If you ever go to Drago's you MUST order the charbroiled oysters, they were SO good! After lunch we had some time to kill before the races started but it was raining so we just decided to go watch the riders practice. Then the races started at 7pm-surprisingly we stayed for all the races and didn't get home til after midnight! I told ya it was a long day, but we had a lot of fun.

Here are the boys' with their proud daddys.

John and Anthony & Aaron and Grey (notice how no one is looking in the same direction...lol)
Aaron got Grey the cutest little motorcross onesie so he had to wear it at the race!

Grey thought the race was a real nail biter!

This was the only picture of me at the race for some reason, but it's proof that I went!

Half Lizard-Half Boy

So lately Grey has been sticking his tongue out nonstop! It sure makes for a cute pic though! He's teething so I'm thinking that's the reason why. He's got his two, front bottom teeth and is working on one of his front top. I'll have to get a picture of him smiling but it's been hard with that tongue in the way!

It's a bird! It's a plane! No, wait it WAS a bird!!

Last night my Aunt Michelle came over to do some family history research with me, we both were not familiar with the website and the process so we went to the Family History Library together to get the run down and start building our family tree. Well afterwards we decided to get some dessert at Chili's and visit Robin at work, which was fun :) FYI-My headlights were really bad so Aaron, being the good hubby that he is, ordered me new ones and installed them for me the night before. On our way home after Chili's out of the corner of my eye I saw something BIG flying towards us and then BAM, it hit my car on the frame between the windshield and the driver's side window! I was so freaked out and didn't know what I hit at first because it was dark, but I soon put everything together and realized a bird flew into my car. That was the first animal I hit and killed :( (Hopefully it'll be the last!) It was a good thing that Aaron replaced my headlights because they were reeeeally bad, I probably would have thought I hit a person if they hadn't been replaced! So sadly a bird lost it's life last night, I'm pretty sure it was an owl too. I'll be holding a memorial service tonight for all those who wish to attend.

There's No Place Like Home...

So last night we had some really bad thunderstorms. When Aaron and I went to bed we saw on tv that there was a tornado watch for our area but we didn't think much of it and went to bed. Well, around 1:30am Aaron and I both woke up to some really loud rain and then hail... Once Aaron said it was hailing I asked if he thought there was a tornado near us because the wind was SO loud, well we immediately jumped out of bed. I ran and got Greyson out of his crib and met Aaron in the hall were he told me to get in the closet with Greyson. I was shaking by this point I was so scared! Not to mention I was scared for Aaron because he didn't get in the closet with us! Crazy guy! It felt like I was in the closet forever but i'm sure it was only a few minutes then Aaron came and got me and said it was over but our patio cover didn't survive. We were just so glad that we were all safe and our home wasn't damaged too bad. The news didn't say anything about a tornado touching down in our area but Aaron and I both think there was one. Especially after seeing the damage this morning.

Hurricane Gustav didn't blow it down but a bad thunderstorm and possible tornado sure did! I guess that's what homeowner's insurance is for, looks like we'll be getting a new awning and possibly a new roof. I'll be sure to post pics of the replacement, hopefully it won't take too long for us to get it all fixed! The worst news is there supposed to be more bad weather tonight, I pray everyone stays safe!

Here comes Greyson Cottontail!!

I know 20 years from now Greyson will kill me for this picture but I had to do it! He's so adorable! Plus it's getting me in the mood for Spring and Easter!

*Yes, I do dress my child this was taken right before he got dressed one morning. Check out that Budha belly! That's our chunky monkey, I mean Greyson Cottontail!

How time flies!

Ok so it's been a very long time since I've updated my blog... I have no excuses, I just never seem to get around to it.

So here an update since the last post, Greyson is now 6 months old! Crazyness! We went for his checkup this week and he's weighing in at 18lbs and is 27inches tall. He is officially getting into things, he hasn't started to crawl yet but that doesn't mean he can't get around. He's quite the roller/scooter! Last night he managed to get on the tile in front of the fireplace while I was cooking dinner so when I looked over to check on him, there he is on his tummy just smiling at me on the tile. I went over to move him back on the carpet since he sometimes does face plants when trying to roll over or scoot and right before I got to him he pushed up on his hands and knees. This was the first I've seen him in the "crawl" position so I was very excited but unfortunately because he was on the tile I had to move him so he wouldn't bump his head when he lost his balance. He'll be crawling soon though! Grey is also babbling a lot lately, it's so cute to hear him talk and the expressions he makes while talking are adorable! I just love that boy!

Well here are some random pictures from the past 3 months...

Boys in blue! Grey & Papa on the 3-wheeler.

After the 3-wheeler ride we all took a walk through the woods, Grey discovered leaves for the first time. He was so intrigued :)

Of course Daddy let him taste the leaves too. I thought I had a pic of him eating them but I guess not. He's all boy!

Grey is now eating some baby foods, here he is in his highchair. At this point he's had: Peas, carrots, sweat potato, banana, and the rice cereal and oatmeal. Next up is squash! Yum!

We've just recently introduced him to the sippy cup. He has no problem holding it and getting it to his month but I think he enjoys chewing on it rather than drinking from it, that may be because theres only water in there now. I'm sure when he starts drinking juice he'll love it!

3 Month Check-up!

Greyson had his 3 month check-up today. I can't believe its been three months since he was born! Time really flies by when you have a baby, he'll be on his mission before I know it! : ( Ok I may be overreacting a little but still. Now for the stats, drum roll please. . . .
Greyson weighs 14lbs 2oz (he's gained a little over 2lbs in the past month) and he's 24 inches long (the same as last month). So its official Greyson is a fatty! He's getting fatter but not longer! He's definitely getting cuter though! Here's a recent pic from my phone, I REALLY need to download some pics from the camera.

I think he's looking more and more like his daddy, but he still has my brown hair!

Happy Birthday Robin!!!

Sunday was a busy day for the Saxons, not only was it Greyson's blessing but it was also Robin's birthday! So I made cupcakes for lunch and later in the evening we went to John and Gail's for homemade ice cream, yum! Hope you had a great birthday Aunt Robin, we love you!!!

Greyson's Blessing

This past Sunday, November 2, we blessed Greyson at our ward in Denham. My mom and aunt came up for the blessing which was great, especially since they've never seen a baby blessing before. It felt great to be sitting in church with my family surrounding me while Greyson was blessed. There were also two other babies that were blessed with Greyson, which was really neat. Our ward is growing so much! It's great to have so many of our friends with babies close in age, I'm excited to watch them all grow up together :)

The whole crew! Joe, Robin, Joanne, myself with Greyson, Aaron, Jeanie Gail with Kalli and John with Kaiden.

The Deschamps and the Saxons. Joe, Robin with Kaiden, Aaron, Myself with Grey, Gail, and John with Kalli.

Joe, John, and Chris all participated in the blessing with Aaron, thanks again guys!

I think someone forgot to tell Joe and John that this wasn't a mug shot! Smile a little boys! lol

The triathlon of baby blessings!

Myself with Greyson, Jeni with Sophia and Heather with Keegan. What a Sunday!

Meet Jerry Giraffe

Robin and I brought the kiddos to the Baton Rouge Zoo and had a lot of fun! We saw all the usual animals elephants, monkeys, rhinos and so on but the best part was the giraffe exhibit. They have a huge cement trench around the gated area but this one giraffe (who I so lovingly named Jerry) was standing in the trench right along the gate and leaning his loooong neck over and eating out of our hands!

Robin brought some grapes and apples for the kids to snack on so we tried to feed them to Jerry and he wasn't to fond of the grapes but he definitely liked the apples (we figured since it was fruit it would be safe to feed it to Jerry, but if you heard about any giraffes getting sick at the BR Zoo it wasn't our fault! If Jerry did get sick it was probably because of the guy next to us who tried to feed him potato chips!) Jerry definitely made our zoo trip worthwhile, too bad Greyson was asleep the whole time! Check out Robin's blog for some video!

Kalli and I feeding Jerry some leaves.

"Monkey Man" aka Greyson and I at one

of the monkey habitats.

Robin and Kaiden by the buffalo exibit...I think.

Uncle J & Lil G

Greyson finally got to meet his Uncle Justin (my older brother) last week! Justin was so excited to see him and even had a nickname for Grey, Lil G. It was cute to see my big ol' brother holding a little baby-Justin is like 6"4' maybe taller. So here's a pick of Uncle J and Lil G! I love you boys!

Poor neglected Abby...

So its true what they say about your pets after having a baby, they definitely do get neglected at times. I'll be the first to admit that Abby (our 1 year old beagle) is spoiled, well she's spoiled by me atleast Aaron is another story, but now that Greyson is here I find myself forgetting to feed her or give her some attention. It's gotten a lot better now that Grey is almost 2 months old, but those first couple of weeks she was really neglected. I've been trying to make it up to her so here's a post to our puppy whose exact birthday is unknown but it's around this time of year so HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABBY! By the way, she has been extremely great with Greyson, very curious but very sweet : ) Thank goodness!!

The other day I was trying to do laundry so I did like I always do and gathered all the dirty clothes and dumped them in the hallway by the laundry room, right when I was about to separate them by colors and throw a load into the washer Greyson woke up from his nap, so by the time I went back to where I left off this is what I found...

At first I didn't see her then she lifted her head, I guess it seemed like a comfy place to take a nap, and needless to say she did not want to move when I started separating the clothes.

My 2 Favorite Guys : )

I am so in love with my hubby! Ok I won't get all mushy, that'll be the worst of it I promise. It's just so great to see Aaron with Greyson. He's such a good dad already and I can't wait to see the two of them running around and playing together like boys do : ) I never realized how much more I would love Aaron when we became parents, it's like you meet this whole new side of your husband-the fatherly side. Ok well I promised I wouldn't get all mushy so here are some of my favorite pics of my two favorite guys:

My Crippled Husband, A Hurricane, and A New Baby....What a month!

Surgery #1:

So about a month before I was due with Greyson Aaron went in for knee surgery. Yes, about 12 years ago my husband had a pretty bad dirt bike crash and tore his ACL, since then he's been dealing with the pain and creating more damage in the process. But since we have pretty good insurance at the moment and with the baby coming he figured now would be a good time to get it fix. Yes, this severly stressed me out! Being pregnant I was scared to death that I would have a husband that couldn't walk and a baby to take care of...and what I got was another story! (See below) I have to admit that seeing him all doped up on the meds before he went in for surgery was pretty funny! He doesn't even remember taking this pic, notice the droopy eyes... I am glad to say that he recovered very well from the ACL replacement and was up and about pretty quickly afterwards. The only scare I had was in the middle of the night the day after his surgery when he got up to use the restroom, he used his crutches to get to the bathroom and right after he was done doing his "business" I hear this loud CRASH. I jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom scared to death and find my husband on the ground in front of the toilet! I asked him if he was ok and he just said that he fell, obviously he fainted and I was freaking out but all he wanted to do was go to sleep on the bathroom floor! Later on he said it was really cool and just felt good to lay on. Fortunately, he fell back and not forward and his knee was still in the brace so no damage was done, except to my bathroom scale-Aaron fell on it and put a huge dent in it!

Surgery #2:

So about 3 weeks after his ACL replacement Aaron went in for shoulder surgery. It was supposed to be a pretty simple surgery (a scope job for those who know what that is exactly) but, of course, the doctor found waaaaay more damage than he expected and now Aaron has about 3 months of recovery before he can really start to use his shoulder again. Keep in mind that I was 3 weeks away from my due date when Aaron went in for surgery! My worries of having a husband on crutches went away but now I have a husband who can't use his right arm! I don't have any pics from his shoulder surgery, sorry!

Hurricane Gustav & Baby Greyson

Monday, Sept. 1, 2008 Hurricane Gustav his the Louisiana coast. Robin, Joe, Kaiden and Kalli spent the night at our house the Sunday before the storm hit, they have a ton of trees in their yard so they played it safe and stayed with us in our treeless neighborhood. Considering the circumstances (losing power around 1 pm and being cooped up in the house all day Monday) we actually had a fun time during the storm. Joe and the kids played in the rain and wind and the kids ran away from the mean goose that terrorizes the kids in our neighborhood. Seriously, this goose bit Kaiden in the crotch the one time-yes, Kaiden did try to feed him rocks but still! I thought I had pics of our hurricane activities but I can't find them. After the storm we drove around and surveyed the damage around Denham, which pretty much consisted of fallen trees and down powerlines everywhere. That night we went over to the Britts for a little BBQ, they had a generator so the breeze of a box fan was much appreciated and the food was great! Aaron and I had a good visit with the Britts and Kerns, but we were exhausted and headed home kinda early hoping we would be able to sleep okay without a/c. I decided to take a cool bath to help me get to sleep which felt great! And surprisingly our house was actually pretty cool so I had no trouble falling asleep around 10pm. Well around 11:30pm I woke up and kinda felt weird, but I thought I just needed to use the restroom (being 38wks pregnant its not unusual to wake up having to pee! lol) I got up and went to the bathroom and the second I walked through the bathroom door my water broke! Needless to say, I'm freaking out and trying to clean up and get myself together! Aaron wakes up and asks if everything is okay and I tell him the news so he jumps out of bed and starts getting stuff together (Remember, Aaron had shoulder surgery less than a week before this and is still in a lot of pain and wearing a arm brace!) So we're scattering around flashlights and all trying to get everything else we might need in my hospital bag and head off to the hospital in the pitch black night. Yes, there is no power anywhere because of the storm so there are no street lights, trees are down everywhere blocking roads, and powerlines are also down everywhere. The ride from our house to the hospital was seriously the scariest ride of my life! Aaron drove his car since its higher up, but its a standard so he's driving and shifting with his left arm only! Not to mention he had taken a pain pill before he went to bed and later on told me it had just kicked in when my water broke! Scary! We did make it to the hospital safely, only to be disappointed by the fact that the hospital was running on generators and had no a/c either! I am very grateful to say that I had a very easy delivery, we arrived at the hospital a little after midnight and our son arrived at 6:02 am after 30-45 mins of pushing. Greyson was 7lbs 9oz and 20.5 inches long and completely healthy! : ) Here's a pic of the proud daddy and Grandma holding Greyson for the first time! Sorry I'm not posting any pics of me, delivering a baby makes a woman look rough enough but delivering a baby with no a/c made me look REALLY rough so I'm vain and don't want hideous pics of me on my blog!