My very first silhoutte project + Gray baby videos

It's only taken me 2 months.  I've been wanting this super fancy cutting machine for awhile.  I finally got it on Mother's Day.  And then I got scared of it.  It seemed overwhelming to learn how to use my beloved Silhouette.  So it sat there.  I sewed a pretty dust cover for it.  But I didn't touch it!  haha.

Well, I finally got up my nerve, pulled out the manual, and guess what?!  It wasn't too bad.  For my project I wanted to cut out some vinyl numbers for the monthly pictures of Grayson on my fridge.  I wanted them labeled for how many months old he was.

And here are all of them nice and labeled so prettily!

Nothing super impressive, I know.  But it was something I'd been wanting to do.  So I'm happy. :)  And yeah, I know there is no 4 month picture up there. {gold star if you noticed}  That was the only month I didn't take him to a portrait studio.  My SIL took them and I just haven't remembered to print out the right size for one of these clear frame magnets yet.


And were going to end with some Gray videos which have been requested by my sisters!

I love this one.  It's Grayson doing his happy screaming game.  He does this high pitched scream.  And if you scream back, he will scream again.  And then he waits for you to do it again.  And then he does it.  It's so funny.

While we were at the beach house I got a really bad sun burn.  So I was putting lots of aloe on.  Whenever I shook the bottle or squeezed it, Grayson would laugh and giggle.  I don't know why, but he thought it was so funny.  Here is a video of it.

This one is at the pool in California.  The first time we went to the pool here in KY he hated it.  This time he had fun,  yay!

And here is one that shows how well he is walking now.

And if you're still reading, I have a second Silhouette project to share with you too!  Maybe tomorrow.  :)  Also, I've been thinking about participating in the WIWW posts that all of you cool bloggers do.  If you know what that is, do you think I should?  It kinda scares me.  Totally out of my comfort zone.  Any of you do it?!  I need some advice/encouragement please!  

K that's all for now, bye.

Beach House Vacay Part 2

Yeah, I'm just now getting around to part 2.  I know.  It's taken me awhile.  But hey, I was on vacation. :)  We just got back a few days ago and I'm finally recovered.  You know how it takes you a couple days or more to get back in the swing of things after a trip?  Yeah. 

So here is part 1 if you missed it.  The second half of our beach house vacation was a family reunion. And boy was there a LOT of family there.  It was Josh's mom's parents, her 5 kids, all of their kids and spouses {me!}, and their kids {Grayson}.  Here is our family picture we took while at the beach house so you can see how big our group was.

The Little Family Reunion

{not little as in small, Little as in that's the last name}

And the proud great grandparents with the 4 great grandkids.

{yes, that was the best shot we could get for 4 kids ages 3 and under}

Josh's talented sister Julie was the photographer and she was nice enough to snap a few of our little family as well.  Well, there are actually a bunch but it's so hard to pick my favorite...  She did an amazing job!  Help me and tell me which one(s) you like and why!  I want to print one and put it in a big frame.

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Just us Reynolds (and Chubbucks)

On a walk, what a sweet face.

Gray's first time at the beach!

 Josh and I went kayaking and it was really fun.  We saw a seal when were out real far in a seaweed patch!

There was a bridal shower for Courtney while we were at the beach house.  I'll tell you about the wedding in another post!

Court and Lindsey with Grayson.  Betcha you'd never guess these girls are twins!  They were so sweet with Gray. :)

David had to stay home to work so Julie was a single mom for the week.  No wonder I found her sleeping like this!  I'd be exhausted too.  You're a star Julie, love you!

And this was one of Grayson's favorite activities.  Playing with this box.  He loved it.  Seriously, I'm considering buying one he loved it so much!

I can't believe I don't have pictures with more of the extended family.  Boo.  I was bad at getting the camera out.  But we had a blast.  Other than the obvious beach, we did s'mores, a family jeopardy game, Cupcake Wars, played games, crafts for the girls, and enjoyed being together.  It was a great week.

Guest Blogger

Guess what friends?!  I'm guest blogging again.  My 2nd time!  And it's over a the amazing House of Hepworths!  You can check it out here.  And while your there look around, Allison has some amazing posts.  Like this one or this one or this one which is my fav.

:)