Eli's First Birthday!

Our not-so-little guy turned 1 in January. He likes cake because it fits into his favorite food group (junk food). He enjoyed carrying the boxes to his presents around the house. He is showing off one of his favorite tricks - sticking out his tongue.
He's had a rough time of it lately with illness but he's doing great. He walks, jabbers, climbs and sleeps well most of the time. He has slimmed down a little bit lately but he's got plenty to go around in that department.

Christmas

Christmas

We had a nice Christmas with lots of presents and miles on the road and family.

Basketball Superstar

Noah had his first basketball game today. He made the first basket of the game!

Haunt the Zoo

We took our football player and yoda to trick or treat at the Zoo! It was fun.

Football

Noah is obsessed with OU football. We took him to play catch in Heisman Park at the stadium.

Daze in a Maze

We traveled to Covington to go to the corn maze. Noah was not impressed with the maze, but he liked this combine and feeding the animals.

Noah's First Day of School

Noah started Pre-K and loves it!

Eli on Video

Long Time No Blog

The Graceys have been busy. We have changed jobs, houses, towns, and all kinds of things have happened - some good and some bad. We are now Enidites having moved to Enid last month. We have all been exploring our new surroundings. Noah is growing up so fast and learning to do all kinds of things - some good and some bad. He starts school this year, but he isn't sure about it all because he hasn't checked out the playground yet.
Eli is now six months old and rolls over, gets on his knees, makes all kinds of noises, and started mastering the sippy cup today. He's a lot of fun and enjoys watching Noah, Molly Jack, and Miss Kitty. He's a sweet, easygoing baby. Thank goodness.

Eli Landon Gracey

Monday, Jan. 11 at 12:47 p.m. 8lbs 10 oz 20.5 inches
He's perfect.

Eli's Coming

The link for the web nursery. It should be up this evening.
http://www.memorialhealthsource.com/body.cfm?xyzpdqabc=0&id=410&action=list

Merry Christmas

Christmas didn't turn out as we expected due to a crazy blizzard-style snowfall in Altus. It never snows in Altus. We spent most of Christmas Eve at Grandpa and Grandma Gracey's because we had no power for about 13 hours at our house. We don't know when we'll get to go to see Grandpa and Grandma Barnes because some of the highways are still closed.
Noah hasn't minded too much so far. He liked the presents.

Make Room for Baby

We have been preparing Noah to be a big brother, which some days he thinks is a good idea and others he's not so sure about. He attended bear cub class where he learned about holding baby and putting diapers on babies. We have had to practice at home. Here he is holding Mommy's old Cabbage Patch, Logan, complete with diaper, onesie and blanket in the glider rocker that was a gift from Grandpa and Grandma Gracey.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

It's a boy!

Is it pink or blue?

We should find out if the baby is a boy or a girl on Sept. 1. I will post the results, of course.

Summer is over

Schools starts tomorrow so summer is over. I'm not ready. I just got back from a week at the George Washington Summer Institute at Mount Vernon. It was a great experience but also quite exhausting. I will post a link to the picasa album so all can see the 400 something pictures that I took. http://picasaweb.google.com/mjbgracey/MountVernonTrip?authkey=Gv1sRgCP21lf7-uJzW8wE#
Noah starts preschool next week and moved into his teacher's class at daycare. He's excited because they have resumed music class now that the school kids are gone. That's his favorite part of the day.
Travis is busy, busy as usual.

Noah's new face

Just some pictures of Noah post-accident. It looks much, much better than it did.

Tooth Fairy

Well Noah had an exciting week that included a trip to Guymon, a boat ride in Bricktown, the zoo, and a trip to the emergency room. Our little guy tripped while running and landed face first into a step stool. He bit through his bottom lip and pushed two teeth back. After getting stitches on Thursday night, we spent Friday going to dentists where they finally decided to pull his two front left teeth. So he looks like he's been roughed up. He's handled it all in stride and has been a big boy for sure. He's back to causing trouble so it seems that he's feeling better.
All of this brought on the tooth fairy discussion, which he had a little trouble with. He calls her that lady with the teeth who is friends with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. He did enjoy the money she left in his tooth fairy bag that the dentist gave him.
Busy times ahead with doctors appointments, getting ready for school and Mount Vernon trip in early August. I wish it were June again.