Silly Six

I have been tagged by Becky.

The rules are:

1. Link to the person who tagged you.

2. Mention the rules.

3. Tell six unspectacular quirks of yours.

4. Tag six bloggers by linking.

5. Leave a comment for each blogger.

Ok, here it goes:

1. My number one is Becky's number 2.  I'm a grammar teacher, so I feel a little justified in this one.  I can't stand people using incorrect English or misspelling words.  IT DRIVES ME NUTS!!  My biggest issue is when people use "I" and "me" incorrectly.  So, here's a quick grammar lesson:  "I" is a pronoun that must be the subject of a verb.  "Me" is a pronoun that must be the object of the verb.  The easiest way to decipher the two is to remove the other noun from the sentence and see if it still makes sense.  Got it?  I've always been pretty good at English and I've always been a good speller.  THANKS BECKY.....I'm not alone.  :)

2.  When the bed is made, the sheets have to be tucked under the mattress.  If they aren't, it just irritates me.  I don't know why.

3. I love hotels.  Even though it's not my bed, there is something that excites me about being away from  home.  Think I'm crazy, but I even enjoyed staying in the hospital after my csection.  Who wouldn't?  Nurses were taking care of me and my baby.  :)

4. I can't go to bed unless the kitchen is clean and the living room is picked up.  It may be because these are the first two rooms I walk into in the morning when I wake up, but I can't stand if they are dirty.

5.  I don't like when things are out of place.  If I know that things are supposed to be in a certain place, if they have been moved, it gets all over me.

6. I can't sleep with the door open.  I really don't have a reason for this, I just can't.

**Oddly enough, most of my quirks are about bed.  There is probably something deeply, psychologically wrong with me.  :)

I tag Kara, Jennifer, Delilah, Jessica, Aimee, and Lori.

Watch in amazement!

Griffin turned six weeks old yesterday.  Little did I know, he would reach a huge milestone too. Funny thing is, I don't know if Grayson ever did this because he was so chunky.  It seemed as if he just stayed in one place.  :)  AND, babies aren't supposed to do this at six weeks!  I can't believe it, but he's rolling over from tummy to back.  He did it twice yesterday.  I kind of thought it was just a fluke.  Then, he did it twice again today!  You'll have to pause the music player to hear.  (It's just crying...)  Watch in amazement.  I know I did.  :)

My sweet one month old

That's right!  Griffin turned one month old on last Thursday.  He went for his checkup yesterday, and he weighed 10 lbs. and 7 oz.  and was 22 inches long.  He's still smaller than his brother.  He was in the 50-75th percentile for his weight and height.  AND, he still has a little head.  It measured 14.5 inches and was in the 25th percentile.  The doctor said this was fine as long as he was growing on a curve, which he is.  The only bad parts about his visit were one shot for Hepatitis B, and he has ingrown toenails on both of his big toes.  The skin is actually growing over the toenails.  The doctor thinks that it will fix itself.  One of his toes ended up being infected :( so he has to take a small dose of an antibiotic to knock out the infection. In the meantime, here are some recent pics taken today.

The prayers of a child

  Our nighttime routine has always been, in this order, Bible story, song, and prayer.  We've really been working on Grayson learning to say his own prayers.  Sometimes, this can be a hoot because you never know what he's going to say. However, sometimes it can be such an eye-opening experience.   Grayson usually prays first, then Dave or me, depending on who is putting him down for the night.  

When he first started learning to say his own prayers, they would sound like this, "Dear Lord, please help Daddy sleep, Mommy sleep, Grayson sleep, and Griffin sleep inside Mommy's belly. Amen."  Then, we felt like we needed to stress to him that we not only pray for ourselves, but other people.  The prayers transitioned to "Dear Lord, please help all of my family sleep and everybody else sleep.  Amen."  (Don't ask why the prayers were always about sleep.  I guess because it was before bed.)  Lately, we've been talking to Grayson about how there are people who don't know Jesus so it is very important that we pray for them.  

A couple of weeks ago, while my Mom was here, she took Grayson with her to Walmart so she could get her glasses fixed.  Apparently, the lady had an impact on Grayson because he prayed for her.  He said he wasn't sure if she knew Jesus or not.  SMART BOY! :)  Then, a couple of nights ago, his prayer started off with, "Dear God, thank you for all the stuff you're doing up there in the sky."  Now, anyone that knows me knows that this made me cry.  It was all I could do to get through my prayer.  However, my comic relief, also known as Grayson, quickly corrected me as I prayed that one day he would come to know God in an intimate way.  He quickly stopped me, "But Mommy, I do know God!"  SO ADORABLE!

Ladies and Gentlemen....We have a........

SMILE!!!!!!  I tried to get a good pic with his eyes open, but these were the best I could get!  :)

Things that make you go "AWWWW"

I was just scanning through some pictures today and found these of Grayson.  It seems like yesterday he was this little.  I can't believe he's 3 and will be 4 before we know it!  

Everyone loves a "Potty" Animal

Thanks to Bebe for this outstanding onesie!  No one will ever know how fitting it is for our little man.  :)