Grady's 3rd Birthday & Landon's Baptism!

The weekend of June 19-20 was very busy in that we celebrated Grady's 3rd birthday and got Landon baptized. We were lucky that we had a lot of family in town ahead of time to help us with party preparation! Thanks guys! (We think they all went home and vowed never to come back after all the work they did!)

On Saturday we had lots of Grady's friends (and their families) over for an outdoor swimming party, which included kiddie pools, a slip n' slide, water table, and sprinkler! The kids seemed to have a great time! Grady got to open presents later that night!

The one request Grady had for his birthday was he wanted a red chocolate train cake. We ordered one way ahead of time, but unfortunately found out when we went to pick it up two hours before the party that they "forgot" to make it. Needless to say, they ended up having one for us in 30 minutes, which actually was way more extravagent than the one we ordered (and it was free)! So, in the end it all worked out!

The day after Grady's party, we had Landon baptized. This was something we intended to do for a while, but just finally got organized enough to plan it! :) It is definitely very different having a 7-month-old baptized compared to a newborn who peacefully sleeps through the whole thing. During the baptism, Landon spent most of his timing playing with the priest's robe, grabbing his book, playing with his watch, etc.... :)

Kelly and Louis are Landon's godparents, so they came up for the event (and for Grady's birthday party), which was really nice!

Grady and Landon were perfect angels during church (the baptism took place after church), so it was no real surprise that the meltdowns happened towards the end of the baptism. We thought this was a pretty funny family picture!

The day Landon got baptized was also Father's Day, so we celebrated that as well!

Grady drew Brandon a picture of our family on the back of his card.... This was one of the first times he has done this. It was so cute! :)

Here are some other pictures from the week/weekend. Kelly and Hannah came up early, so we got to spend a lot of time with them, which was great! Grady is absolutely in love with Hannah...every time we turned around he was hugging and kissing her! As always, the cousins had a great time together. :) In this picture Grady is pointing out all of the animals he sees out of this window....turtles, deer, squirrels...and most recently - an elephant. :)