...and the little one said, "Roll over, roll over"

Welcome to the big show:  A rolling over competition:   Greyson vs. Bullet...Baby vs. Dog...two best friends, rival it out.  ooooooooooh, the drama.

In the left corner, we have "BooBoo" Greyson Studer...weighing in at about 14 lbs.



In the right corner, we have "Bully Boy" Bullet Studer...weighing in at around 75 lbs.




So the winner?  Bullet has the speed and agility down for the roll-over.  However, he is a little wild with his limbs.  Greyson is all about determination and heart.  It takes him a little while, but he does look adorable doing it though.  

And the winner is.......drumroll please........Greyson!  Sorry, Bully - you only roll over for a treat.  Grey does it just because he can.  Truly though, the real winner is the momma.  What amazing, talented "sons" I have! hehheeh. 

Mallory's first birthday!

Happy 1st Birthday, Mals!

We joyfully celebrated our goddaughter's 1st birthday on July 24th in Pittsburgh.  We were so happy to be there to celebrate and can't believe that a whole year has passed for little Mallory.  Since she entered this world so frail (she was 6 weeks early!) it is an amazing thing to see her so strong and full of life.  We love her.  She and Greyson are already becoming quite the little tag team.  Can't wait to see all the shenanigans those two get in to as they grow up.  They already need lickens - hahha.

At the party, we also got to spend some time with Uncle Jonny & Aunt Ninny.  It was really nice to catch up with them and Grey loves them so much already.  Less than a year until their wedding, and we (aka ME) are counting down the days:)

It was a great (and very hot) Saturday.  It was nice to spend it with family and friends.  And it was Greyson's first ever birthday party that he has attended!  We gave him a couple tastes of cupcake icing to celebrate!

Shopping, Shellacking, & Shades

Hahhha, okay, it's not exactly shellacking, but I wanted some [sh] alliteration.  After spending a lot of time (and water!) powerwashing the deck a few weeks ago, Brandon spent most of last Friday staining our back deck and it looks great.  In the process of making it look great - the stain was also waterproofing!  It made a really big difference and I'm so lucky to have a hubs who slaves away in the bright sun:)

While the daddy was working at home on the deck, Mum and Baby went shopping!  The Plummer girls (Jess and Sammie) picked us up on Friday morning and we drove to meet the Oakes girls and the Stiffler family at the Grove City outlets.  It was a really sunny day and perfect for strolling around and dropping by every baby outlet possible.  It was so good to meet up with all my high school girlfriends & their kiddos...and in the process buy some really adorable (and clearance-racked) outfits for Grey.  Even though it was great day and the perfect opportunity for some cute baby photo ops - we all forgot our cameras in the car!  Plus, we had enough to juggle with all the babies, strollers, and shopping bags!

During the day, I was able to find some really cute baby sunglasses, but I really didn't know how G-man would respond to having something over his eyes.  Well, to my happy suprise - he loves them!  He wore them for the rest of the shopping trip and the whole drive home. 

Grey wearing his shades while hanging outside.

Now he wears them anytime we go outside in the sun.  He thinks he's too cool in his shades.  I don't know why my little baby thinks he is a grown up.  hah!

Grey wearing his shades on a walk.