Grady

Jack: Wake up Mommy!  Wake up.

Mama: I’m awake.

Jack:  Mama, open your eyes.

Mama: Good morning Jack. (eyes open)

Jack:  Today is a Grady day!! Today we get to see Grady crawl!! (huge smile)

Me: that’s right.

(one more hour of sleep)

Owen: Mom, today is Tuesday.  We get to see Grady today.

It took a while to convince the monkeys that Grady wasn’t coming until the afternoon and waiting by the door would make the wait seem like a very long time indeed. 

With Grady on the brain they were more than cooperative in cleaning up all of the Lego from the floor (chocking hazard) and allowed me to sweep and mop with very little interruption. Usually they hate it when they have to stay off the floor for the two hours that it takes me to do a thorough job, but because Grady needed a clean floor to play on, they were content to play upstairs or talk from the stairs.

Owen: (one hour before arrival time) How long is an hour?

Owen: (30 minutes before arrival time) How long is 30 minutes?

Owen: (15 minutes before arrival time) Is 15 minutes a long time?

Owen: (14 minutes before arrival time) Can you set the timer for 15 minutes and then she has to be here when the timer goes off?

Jack just can’t stand the excitement…

Grady finally arrived.  He showed us his funny soldier crawl, and his big smiles we remember so well.

Owen jumped right in his big brother mode to bring toys and play baby games and love on Grady.

  (See Owen’s arm?  He is keeping Grady from falling off of the couch.)

Grady noticed someone was missing…but Jack proved too hard to wake up for a while.

Owen as Grady was leaving: Can I sleep with this nai-nai guy so I don’t miss Grady so much? (Grady’s toy monkey that lives at our house with some other toys)

Owen in bed: Mom, I just give this monkey a hug whenever I miss Grady.  I have to hug it a lot.