The Burger

What a buddy.  McKay started referring to him as "Grahamburger" shortly after his birth to indicate those time when Graham was less than pleased with his situation.  It has since become an everyday name and shortened to "Burger" or "the Burger" if you want to be more formal.  We must also give a shout-out to Amy and Paxton for the loan of the burger shirt.  I think it was all meant to be.

January and February have of course flown by.  My return to work has been better than I could have ever hoped for.  I am in the office only 20 hours a week, and to be honest, I feel like I'm getting away with something.  McKay is home with our little buddy while I'm gone, and since he just loves his papa, it has been a very smooth transition.  I got all of my meltdowns out before I went back, and I have to say that seeing how well things are going, I don't know what all my fuss was about!  I could not have asked for a better situation.

And what makes everything all the more wonderful is that it feels like spring!!!  I've started wearing bright colors and short sleeves to let the weather know my feelings, and I check my flowerbed daily to see if the daffy-down-dillies have started to make their entrance.  Nothing yet, but I think any day!!  We have even finally given in and purchased Graham a stroller.  He is loving this new independence of sitting upright and being the master of all that he sees, albeit with so many straps he looks like he could also be about to ride the Maliboomer.

Graham also made it to his first Jazz game (thanks Sam and Kel for the tickets).  He ended up yacking 6 times (all of them on McKay, I might add).  He also tried very hard to get the drink from the cup holder of the man next to us, but alas to no avail, and he almost ended up falling asleep in my arms during the 3rd quarter but coaching tips from the lady behind us ended up making that impossible.

All-in-all, it has been a fine couple of months for us.  My valentine took to me a fabulous dinner, Aunt Camille took the sweetest care of our Burger, McKay was able to golf in Vegas with his buddies, and I think I have mastered Julia Child's "white sauce."  I'll let you know how "brown sauce" goes!!!  Love to ya'll.

Look What Santa Brought!

This was our attempt to get a picture with Graham and the tree.  The tree didn't even make it in the shot!

This one worked a lot better.  For those of you who saw our Christmas tree last year, this is a HUGE improvement.  McKay thought this tree was still fairly sad.   Well, there's always next year.

I just love this little face.  His eyes get even bigger when we go under an overpass.

This is Graham's Christmas outfit from my mom. I think the hood makes him look like a wizard..."Graham the Blue and Brown-Striped." Here he is with his uncle Aug who won't even be around next Christmas!! How can he be that old??!!

Here's a little Happy Christmas send off. I love these Christmas PJs, very Who-down-in-Whoville, if you know what I mean. Merry Christmas to all!!

We're Baaaack....

Photo 87, originally uploaded by molly_baybz.

It's been a long journey, but we have now come full circle. I could say that it was because I realized the benefits of being on the same site where all the cool kids are or that blogger is just a way better format for telling life's tales, but the truth of the matter is that Mac wanted to charge me to use their site...and I just plain don't post enough to justify it!! Here's to more frequent posts...but really, who are we kidding.