A couple of Sundays ago, my cousin put together a little family party/shower for Grady. We opened presents, ate cupcakes, and decorated some adorable onesies!
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| Faith Ann having fun designing several onesies for Grady. |
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| My dad making his own cute, original design. |
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| My cousin Grace painting a cute monkey onesie for Grady. |
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| Pawpaw working hard to make a "Little Grady" onesie. |
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He had a blast! We added a stamp with two baby feet to his onesie.
I can't wait to take a picture of the two of them together! |
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Leeann, one of my many "Texan" cousins, designed
one to support those crazy Longhorns... lol. |
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Grandma Wesley and Granny catching up on life while
we painted away on onesies. |
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| He wouldn't let me see what he was up to over here... |
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| My sweet onesie for Grady! |
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| Hilda added Zac's old football number to this one! |
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| Hilda's masterpiece |
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| "A Little Miracle" by Faith Ann |
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| Grady will definitely be Aunt Hil's favorite! |
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| Grady loves his aunt too!! |
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| One of Faith Ann's beautiful creations. |
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| diaper cake |
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| working hard on a surprise... |
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| drying in the trunk of my dad's car |
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| While I lacked some creativity, Zac sure didn't! |
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| Grady must have a muscle-T even as a baby :) |
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My husband is definitely an artist!!!
(He did this freehand!) |
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Yesterday, Zac competed in his second triathlon at Lake DeGray with his friends Nate and Chris. He's been training non-stop since his friends talked him into doing them. I'd say his hard work paid off. I'm quite proud of him and the improvements he's made in just a little over a month. His first tri was in Russellville on the 4th of July. It's pretty fun watching the guys go out and bust their tails during the race. Zac says he wants to do the Tough Mudder in Chicago next May with my brother Nathan. You should look up what all that entails. It sounds insane and should be even more entertaining, especially with a baby in tow!!
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| Getting pumped for race time... |
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| the crowd |
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| warming up in the water |
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| and they're off!!! |
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| It was a beautiful morning! |
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| where's waldo? |
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| making their way around.. |
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| heading back toward shore |
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| Chris finishing strong! |
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| Here comes Zac. |
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| and Nate! |
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| There were lots of dogs. This one was getting his tummy rubbed. |
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Here comes Zac finishing the bike portion of the race.
(I missed getting Chris on camera..) |
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| during transition from biking to running |
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| Nate finishing his bike portion shortly after Zac. |
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| cooling off with a nice glass of water on his head |
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| Here's Chris about to finish the tri. |
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| nice stride |
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| Here's Zac running in to finish! |
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| Nate was easy to spot in his green attire. |
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| Chris and Zac after the race. |
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| Nate and Zac after the race. |
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| Nate enjoying a spray of water from a boat in the water. |
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| my nasty man |
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I started my first day of internship with students today. I feel so blessed to have internship during the fall semester where I will learn more about setting rules and procedures. Today was (as will the rest of the semester) an amazing learning experience that I will grow from as a person and future teacher. I can't wait to see what all the rest of the semester has in store for me!
So... being that it was my "first" day of my internship and that I've hit the halfway mark of my pregnancy (20 weeks), I decided to have Zac take a picture of me this morning. I wish I could say I'm one of those cute pregnant people that can take pictures of themselves without thinking twice.... but I'm not. This adjustment is strange for me, and I'm just not comfortable enough sharing pictures of myself. I guess nothing has really changed... I wasn't comfortable before so I'm definitely not now. So, unless you see me in person... I doubt you will see many pictures of my pregnant belly. It's just how I am. I'm sorry to those who wish to see pictures or progress. Maybe when I'm further along and more settled with my changing body I will share, but I can't for now. Thanks for understanding!
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I'll leave with a cute video of Winston snoring. Yes, I'm one of those people. :)
Scripture #8:
Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You
should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from
within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so
precious to God.
1 Peter 3:3-4
