Days with the Grays

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Aunt Steph turns 29

Steph came in town so we could celebrate her birthday with her. It was great getting to spend time with her and help kick off the last year of her twenties!

Steph's friend Jessica was even able to come by

helping Aunt Steph open her gifts

the beautiful Birthday Girl

letting Aunt Steph see what she got

Monday, July 5, 2010

Moving, Marshall reunion, and 4th of July

The weekend of the 4th, we were busy moving and Millie Kate and I attended the Marshall Family reunion in Helen(my camera battery died so I didn't get too many pictures). It was such a busy and tiring weekend that we barley found time to watch fireworks. But we did make it up to Mt. Bethel to watch the Indian Hills fireworks show and it worked out perfect. There was a small crowd and no traffic and we were able to show Millie Kate her first fireworks show. We might make this a tradition!

helping Dada

Madelyn came over to help pack

trying to get to the food table as fast as she can

she made it

Uncle John, Gramps, and Aunt Margaret

Kanga and MK

Gramps and Millie Kate

4th generation Marshalls

my mom and dad

Friday, June 25, 2010

14 months!

This month Millie Kate starting walking and standing up on her own!!! She loves baby dolls and playing on the stairs. In fact, it seems that the stairs is where we spend most of our time, as you can see from the following pictures. She loves going through bags and walking around with her purse. She is walking all the time now and gets better everyday. She is into everything and keeping us on our toes. We've discovered Barney, and get so excited and start dancing every time we hear the song. She'll actually sit and watch it for 5 whole minutes! Millie Kate is becoming such a little girly girl and we're having so much fun watching her little personality develop!!

if there is ever an infant seat sitting around she has to crawl into it

3 of our favorite things...stairs, baby doll, and sunglasses

watching Barney

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Meeting Baby Bree

Cecelia Bree Benich

June 17, 2010 1:11pm

8lbs, 20 inches

After being out of town for almost a week, we were finally able to meet Bree! I was dieing to see her and kiss those chubby cheeks. She is so cute and was so quite and content while we were there, even with Millie Kate attacking her and trying to hold her. It was so fun that Valerie and Madeline were able to be there at the same time and we were able to get our girls together!

our girls

I promise she was just trying to hug her

Madeline and Bree

sweet Bree wearing one of MK's newborn outfits

it looks like she is waving

Valerie and Bree

Monday, June 21, 2010

Father's Day Weekend

Millie Kate and I got home from TN unpacked, packed and got back in the car with Brian, to go Lake Martin, AL to spend the weekend with my dad, sister, and brother-in-law. Steph and Mack invited us to come stay at the Magnus' lake house for Father's Day weekend and it was so nice. We got to spend some quality time with our dad and with each other. Millie Kate really enjoyed the boat and even had her first tubing experience!! She wasn't really sure what to think about and just sat in my lap and didn't make a sound. She held her hand up like she was waving, but that's about it. It was so cute! We even got to make ice cream, which is a fun family tradition that we have. It was a great trip! After we got home from the lake, Brian's family came over for dinner and we had so much fun having dinner and playing Catch Phrase, which we seem to do now every time we get together. It was a great weekend celebrating our dad's and celebrating Brian, who is a fantastic daddy to Millie Kate. He is so hands on and involved in her life, and she couldn't be blessed with a better daddy. She is one lucky little girl!!