Grant By Request

My friend Andrea wanted some new pictures of Grant........

so here you go.........:)

I am always willing to post some of those!

Trying to get his parrot......got the tail!

And into the mouth it goes.

Grant in his new walker. He sits in this while I make dinner.

Getting sleepy.........

OR NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Float Trip

Paul and I went on a float trip down the Current River in MO this past weekend, July 26th. It was a good time. I got tan, which is always a bonus. The river moves very fast and actually made me a little paranoid. I can swim but am NOT strong swimmer by any means. We camped and it was a cool 90+ degrees out. Lovely. I am not sure I will rush back down to do it again real soon........

10 Year Reunion

This first picture is actually from the night before the reunion.

Courtney, Janna, Hayley, Porter

These are all from the reunion.
Nice Group Shot

Porter, Tracy, Emily, Janna, Jacque, Juli, Courtney, Erin

Janna, Juli, Erin

Typical of my friends......everybody talking, nobody listening.

Courtney, Erin, Janna, Porter

Robards Wedding

Saturday night Paul and I went to my friend Darren Robard's wedding. It was at the Hidden Lake Winery in Albers, IL. Though I have been to this winery close to a dozen times, this was the first wedding I had attended there. It was beautiful and the food was WONDERFUL. Here is a group pic of some of the girls.

Mom and Dad Visit Before Trip to Europe

Ed and Ellen are leaving for Europe this week and came out to visit before their departure. It really comes down to the fact that they wanted to see Grant before they left. Paul and I are somewhat chopped liver now that Grant is part of the family. Yes, we are at the Olive Garden......no big surprise there!

Yes........more Grant........

Grant hates being on his tummy. I was able to FINALLY get him to crack a smile for this picture during the 5 minutes he lasted on his belly. His Grandma Vicky just got him this new mat to try out to make tummy time a little more bearable.

Grant helping me with dinner.......he is a huge assistance.
He now destroys his arch toy. Instead of playing with the dangling toys, he rips them all down and then knocks the arch over and beats it up. Yep, he is a boy alright.

Crazy Girls

What a crazy group of friends I have from my hometown. Just look at them. I posted 2 pictures because Juli and I took turns taking this picture so we could both be in it. It is hard to believe that I have known most these girls since Kindergarten.............give or take a year or two. We are now 28 years old.......that is like 24 years of knowing them. Wow. I could sit here all night listing funny stories about each of the girls in this picture, but I will spare you that. Half of them now have children and families of their own. We used to worry about boys, dances, parties, etc. Now we worry about what to name our babies, the mortgage, and gas prices. My how things change.........

Just at FYI: Speaking of baby names.......the following baby names are taken with this group. So pick something else. Here they are in birth order:

Reagan

Logan

Jack

Landrey

Grant

Caine

Baby Schwengel (thought I would

throw this one in temporarily

til we get a permanent answer)

Who will be next??? I have a couple educated guesses.......

But I guess Porter or Juli could surprise me here....................hahahhahahahahah

I like looking at all our baby names in a list! It makes me smile :)

Looking back at pregnancy.......

After looking at my friend Emily's recent post of her pregnant belly, it made me want to rehash my pictures..........man I got big there at the end. It looks like I was carring around a beach ball under my shirt. Here is what you have to look forward to Emily!

11.5 Weeks Along

14Weeks Along16.5 Weeks Along
32 Weeks Along
38 Weeks Along

4th of July Fun

Paul and I spend the 4th of July in Flora this year. We took Grant out to the park for the fair. We saw lots of people! Including The Atwoods, Nate, Court, & Landrey, Peggy & Lindy Coble, Matt Atwood (Tracy was MIA! JK Tracy!), and Lots of my family - Aunt Becky, my baby brother Ben & his girlfriend Ashley, The Henson's - Herb, Michelle, Alyssa, Anna, The Wilson's - Calvin, Kim, Cari, Cali. We had a great time watching the entertainment (including my own family performing!) and enjoying the fair food! YUM! I love corn dogs! Grant was to small for all the rides and Paul was to big. Maybe next year!

Here is Paul trying to convince the ride attendant to let him take Grant on this car thing.

Group shot with my Cousin Herbie holding Grant.

My cousin Alyssa with Grant. He was being very good.

Anna breaking it down.

Cari doing her Cheer! (She is in the back row on the right!)

Toy Flashback

I saw this toy and about fell over..........Ben and I had this toy when we were little some 20+ years ago. I remember playing with it. So I bought it for Grant. He seems to like it also!



Here is the back of Grant's outfit. Jake got it for him in in Arizona. I think it is adorable!

Swansea Kingdom

This spring Swansea built "Swansea Kingdom", a new park right by Wolf Branch School -- so it is only down the road from our house. It is a really nice park that I am sure Grant will love as he gets older. He got a little taste of it recently.........

...........he loves any kind of swing!!!!!!!!

Grant Visits Flora Family

Grant and I went to Flora this past weekend. Grant loves hanging out with his Grandpa. They are buddies.

Here is Grant checking out his Great-Grandma Ezula.

Brooks & Dunn

This girl that opened for them used to be in the band Trick Pony. She is now trying to make it on her own as a solo artist. Blake Shelton also opened, none of the pictures of him turned out very good.
Here is Brooks & Dunn.......we saw them 2 years ago and actually thought that show was better.