Baptism, Shots, Chatting

About a month ago Grayson was baptized at Southminster. It was great. He was able to wear the christening gown from his Papa-that had been in his family for quite some time. He was excellent through the entire service. He slept through the first part of it-even when the water was put on his head. We had the family over after for some lunch.
Yummy-cookie cake
Aunt Carole, Dee and Mimi all made it in to town for the baptism. Mimi was able to stay with us for a few days-which was great. During that time-Gray had his 4-month check up and shots. Rob had to work that day-so Donna went with us. I'm still not able to go get shots by myself with him. I'm sure that these have changed a bit but-he was 14.4 lbs (50%) 26 in (80%)-so he's growing! The shots this time got to him a little bit. Fever, achy, cranky, etc. Luckily Donna was here and was able to stay with him for a day-and then Rob and I split time between work and home for a day.
They also told us that we can start solid foods with him. I was very surprised about this. So as of now we have moved through rice and oatmeal-and are now onto barley--which he totally loves.
Getting ready for the first bite!

Hmm...you make the call on what he thinks...
So he's eating it all for breakfast and dinner. Only a few more plain grains to start and then onto vegetables. Yummy! I can't believe it-this has all totally flown by.

About 2 weeks ago-we got together with some old family friends over at Dad and Becky's. Here is a picture of Grayson surrounded by the ladies (Cousin Olivia on left and New Friend Kiera on the right). Kiera was born about a week and a half earlier than Gray-so it was fun to see where they all were.

And here's Lucy playing dress-up
Rob and I took Grayson to his first Royals game on the 4th of July. It was the also the first time that we had been to the K since all of the changes-and it looked great! I can't wait until Grayson is old enough to go play on all the fun things.
Of course he looked away right as the picture took
Here is the view of the field that Grayson had
This is him cheering for the Royals-(they actually won!)
It was really sweet-there was an older man sitting behind us and asked if it was Gray's first game-and I said yes. So at the end of the game he gave me the scorecard that he had filled out during the game and told me to put it into his baby book for him. He also met Sluggerrrr--but Rob didn't get my text in enough time to bring me the camera. Gray did great with him. He grabbed onto his face and tried to eat his nose--it was very sweet. Maybe next time.

Grayson has been growing right before our eyes! He talks ALL the time-rolls around-pulls up on all fours, etc. I'm pretty sure he's starting to teeth. He's trying to get moving-he'll put himself on all fours-and will then try and rock back and forth. He can get the legs going-just not the arms. He's been working on this for about a week-so pretty soon-we'll have a crawler!
I got him talking the other day and recorded it so you all could hear how cute it sounds. I apologize-it's a little long-but it will make you smile--I promise!

On June 27-Dad and Becky's dog Cassie passed away unexpectedly. Luckily-I went over to the house and saw her and spent time with her that morning. Dad and Becky had to take her to the ER Vet Saturday afternoon and the vet found a massive tumor around her heart that was basically suffocating her-and not allowing enough oxygen to get to her body. When they went in to drain the blood from the tumor-she went into cardiac arrest. It was very hard for Rob and I to hear-she was an awesome pup. Everyone loved her very much. Here's some pics of the pretty girl

We are headed to the Lake this weekend to go to the old lake house. The people that bought it are allowing us to rent it for the weekend. So the whole family is going down-should be interesting being in a place that we all know so well with all of our old stuff-and it not be ours.
Have a great rest of the week.