Musings of a Brave China Doll

Posts from ‘January, 2009’

Just Plain Grateful

I sent my fertility doctor a birth announcement with a little note about how everything turned out and got a nice phone message and letter in the mail from him to Grant stating how excited he was about his arrival and how happy he was for us. I thought it was neat that it was [...]

Minivan Momma

Josh and I recently purchased a 2006 Honda Odyssey! Our beloved 1996 Toyota Avalon’s transmission finally gave out again at 281,000 miles. I love this car and will miss it so much! I would have driven it another 100,000 miles if she would have let me!
We love our van and are proud to say that [...]

Grant’s Portrait

We had the pleasure of working with Amber Castleberry from www.ambercastleberryphotography.com to have Grant’s portrait made. He was almost 3 weeks old when these were done. She is amazing! We are so glad to have captured these moments.

8 Weeks and an Update

Grant is 8 weeks old now and is growing so fast — right before my eyes. I swear sometimes I get him up from his nap and he’s grown. He is full of rolls and even a double chin! He has had a time with acid reflux. I hate seeing the poor baby in pain.
He [...]

Christmas!

This is a long overdue post! We had a great first Christmas with Grant. He is the best gift we could have ever received this Christmas and is such a delight.
Here he is with Santa.
Santa’s Little Helper
With Pop and LaLa
With Mommy and Daddy
And last but not least, here he is with the toy gun Uncle [...]