The Moseley Family Checks In...early June updates

Hi from the Moseley Family!!! It has been a very long time since we have last updated our blog, but my goal is to try to stay on top of it so that you can keep up to date with our family and also so you can watch Grady grow up. He is getting so big and learning new things every day! Well, first, I will start off by catching you all up on our summer vacations...lets start in June!

Early this month (June) Grady got his first really short hair cut for the summer. This childs hair grows so fast and so for the summer we had it cut almost shaved (i chickend out). He did a great job!

Mommy and Grady went out for supper with a friend. He is such a loveable little boy!

In early June, Jon went fishing with my father and brother up in Canada (as well as a lot of other men). He was gone for a week. We were sad to see him go, but loved the fact that he was able to hand out with all the guys for a whole week and was able to "recharge". This picture was taken the night before he left when he was saying his goodbyes to Grady.

Here is a picture of Dad, Matthew and Jon showing off the fish they caught.

Here is Jon showing off one of his great catches for the day. Great job honey!

Basement Makeover - End of Day 1

The end of the first day is over. Jon and Darren accomplished a ton of stuff today. Two walls were put up as well as some, outlet boxes, instillation and plastic. Tomorrow is drywall. Yea! Here is Jon in his sexy eye ware.The building of the East wall - this wall was the one creating some troubles. The floor was uneven and it sloped. This is what caused the men to drink, but as you will soon see, they got it built!

The walls are built and are up in place - this is where they meet.

Jon was so excited to finally get to this point.The two walls. Can you tell they covered up the crawl space? Whew!

Oh no, we have a problem. The hammer drill bit is shorter then the screw, so we were had to figure out plan B. Well, plan B worked and we screwed the walls into the floor and wall.
I love this look! Now on to the instillation.

My hardworking husband!

Look - they even are building outlets into the room for me.

Hanging of our instillation - the air compressor staple gun was not working, so I pulled out the regular stapler and guess what...it worked. Whew!

End of day one. They are tired!!

Basement Makeover - Afternoon Day 1

The afternoon of day 1 has been underway and is moving...not super fast...but moving! While the men have been working and making noise below, I have been able to clean out my cupboards in the kitchen and have been working on my pictures. Later tonight I am going to tackle Grady's room as it is time to shuffle through his clothes and take out what he has outgrown. What a perfect time to do this since he is at Grandpa/ma Moseley's house for the night.

As I said, the men have been hard at work. They have only needed to make one quick run to the local hardware store and only had to call their dad for tools once. Always a good sign! Below is a picture that I took while I was standing in the "doorway" of the new room and looking SW towards the stairs that lead upstairs. We have construction materials and stuff everywhere! The paneling on the wall is what we took off in the other room.

This is a view from the stairs looking into the basement. The yellow sheet in the right hand corner has been or makeshift "door" into the east side of our basement. As you can see we have the furnace right in the front room...so it's not a very pretty site.

Jon and Darren are building the first wall. This wall will separate the two rooms.
More building...see all of the dust that is in the air right now. Goodness!

Our wall is at least in the upright position. It is not in place yet as they are working on the other wall and need some extra space. They also built this wall with such precision that they needed some type of big hammer to knock it into place - so they called their dad.

Steve to the rescue! He brought over the tools they needed! I teased Steve that he came right over because Grady was driving him crazy - but he said I was wrong. He said that Grady has been a very good boy and is at his house building with blocks.

They have been trying to measure for the next wall and the floor is not even and is giving them problems...the solution for the three men...drinks!

Swimming Time

Today we took Grady to a local hotel to play in the pool. We thought it would help keep him comfortable in the water for this summer plus we thought it would be some good ole' fashion fun.

Grady was not so in love with the water in his eyes when he started out - but by the end, he didn't care if water got in his eyes...the more water the more fun.

Jon and Grady - they are so cute!
He loved being thrown in the air and caught. There should be a video of this below as well. Luckily it was Jon doing much of this - I tried it and dropped Grady and under he went. What a trooper - he didn't even cry. He wanted more!

Pure happiness! Pure Bliss!

More daddy!!!

Yep - I was there too.

Grady along the poolside...

I tried to get a picture of Grady and I, but I couldn't get the camera right.

Here is a video of Grady splashing around right at first...

Here is a video of Grady being thrown in the air by his daddy!

Saturday Fun

Today we started by watching the Hawkeye's play football, but soon decided that this was probably one of the last nice days of November...so off for a walk we went. During our walk we stopped by a friends house. Since her and the boys were out in the backyard, Grady and I stopped by for a chat. Here Grady and Nolan played in the back yard.

Then when Jon came home we decided to take yet another walk. Here is Grady wanting us to hurry up. He loves to go on walks.

Grady got a ATW for his birthday from his Grandpa/ma Moseley. We decided this was a perfect night to break it out. The nice part is that it has plenty of room for Grady's stuff. His water bottle, favorite puppy and his favorite blanket...we are now all set to go!

Daddy and Jon - the wagon still has the bow on it! Thanks for the present!

Here we go!

We stopped at Byrnes park and let Grady play in the leaves. He had so much fun!

Then we went to the jungle gym at the park. It had slides, swings and a bunch of things to climb on. Grady had so much fun!

Playing on the swings!

I had to stick in this picture. Isn't he a hottie!?!

Back home we go...

Halloween Fun

Halloween came and went but not before Grady was able to dress up. It is funny to look back and see him when he was barely 1 month old (dressed as a bat) til now when he is 1 year old. This year he was a lion. A mighty cute one if I do say so myself. Here are some pictures of him dressed up for Halloween.

Halloween night ended with Grady getting to spend some time with his cousins who had just gotten back from trick-or-treating.

Dawson and Grady

Are we done yet...this is probably how he felt the day that I took him around to see family.

Having fun at Grandma and Grandpa Moseley's

Grady and Grandma Jean

One of the stops that we make is at Jon's office. Betty loves to see Grady!

Grady and daddy! Jon dressed up as a nerd so it was fun to have them pose together.

Grady and Grandma Jeanette at the Grace Brethren "Trunk-n-Treat"

Grady and Aunt Athena - can you imagine him growling in this picture.

The many angles of Grady all dressed up.