Greyson is 5 Months

Baby Grey is growing like a weed! He turned 5 months and we celebrated by giving him some cereal! Yep...mommy is ready for some full nights sleep. It hasn't help though :( He actually doesn't like the cereal....and it has taken until now, yes, 3 weeks later, to really feel like he is eating any of it. We have tried different things...but what seems to work best, at the moment, is oatmeal with apple juice at a thicker consistency. He has had sweet potatoes and peas....only because we were trying to get him to eat...otherwise we would have waited to introduce these foods. Anyways, he is still a happy baby most of the time. Very easy going. He is generally napping very well, with two naps at 2+ hours each. Now if only we could get that night time down! He is close, very close, and sometimes he will do it, but we are not at a consistent schedule just yet. Here are a few pics of Grey...

1st Annual Doehne-Bedard Labor Day Vaca

There was definitely no laboring on this labor day weekend. We headed over to Asheville for some R&R with our good friends, Drew, Jessica, and baby Evan. The house Jessica rented for us all was big and spacious and perfect!!! There was a horse farm right behind our house, so we got a few pictures of them. We spent our afternoons in downtown Asheville. We spent our nights cooking dinner, watching movies (and football), and playing board games. The boys all played and had fun...Connor had some issues sharing but Evan didn't mind. We wish the weather had been a little cooler and I wish Greyson would have slept a little better...but other than that, no complaints here!! It was a wonderful time with great friends! Can't wait to keep this tradition going as our boys grow up together! Here are a few pics from the weekend!

Families Visit

Both Oma and Inky (or Aunt Katie) visited us in Charlotte in early August. Kate was here with us for over a week....she took care of little Grey probably better than we do :) Really she is great with babies....she has such amazing patience. We didn't do a while lot while they were here....the usual shopping, relaxing, etc. Oma brought Connor his very own bike! He was so excited and rode it for hours!
Then Mimi and Papa came to town to help out with the boys. Jeff was traveling and also, Greyson and I were heading out of town too...so we needed some help with Connor. Connor sure loves his Mimi and Papa, so he was not disappointed to see us go! He had so much fun with them going to Discovery Place and McDonalds and getting showered with lots of fun gifts! Grey and I went down to FL to help move Kate into her dorm at Stetson. OH, the memories I have of that place! It was fun to see all the new things they have done to the campus since I have been gone (10 years....yes, I know, I am old). She moved into my freshman dorm too...which was neat! They had completely redone the bathrooms, and they looks 100 times better than they did. We also had brunch with some TriDeltas...hoping to introduce her to some more people so that she has more friendly faces around campus....as well as getting her known among the DDD girls! Rush is next weekend!! After a few tears and happy goodbyes, mom and I went to the Orlando Ritz Carlton for the night...which was wonderful, as you can imagine. Here are a few pics from this quick trip.


Also some random photos from my iphone:

Random extras from the iphone

Catching Up

I know we have been a little MIA from the blog recently. But we have good reasons...but mainly because our computer crashed and it took them over a week to fix it...and then us awhile to restore it....along with company visiting and out of town trips. SO, here we are back and in full effect. I am going to separate the entires to keep from one BIG HUGE entry....so get ready because here they come!