Pool Time

With the seas a little rough due to "Gustav" we headed over to San Destin for a little pool time with Kristi's family. This was Bryson's first time in water other than a bath. As you will see, he didn't mind it all! He actually fell asleep in the float after a little bit. This was Dad doing his best to smile since he got crazy-burned the day before in the Bay. Needless to say, he was not feeling too hot for a couple days and it took three peelings to get over it.

Ok mom, you hold on to me. I am just going to sit back and relax for a little while.

A little love from Gustav

Well, even though "Gustav" made landfall just west of New Orleans, it still let us know all the way in Florida how powerful Hurricanes can be.

Typical view out the back of our bay house in Fort Walton.

Here is what we woke up to on Labor Day.

We wanted to make sure Bryson got at least a little water time with "Gustav".

HURRICANE IKE!!!

Ok, so we made it through IKE. We are very fortunate as we had no house damage and only lost power for just under 12 hours. Many around us had to go at least three days and some are still without power. Friday, as the storm was coming in, we went ahead and put Bryson down about an hour earlier than we normally do so that we could make sure the house was secure. We had his nite time music playing on his CD player using batteries (8 C batteries I might add!!!) and had him in his pack-n-play on the first floor in our master bath. THIS CHILD DID NOT WAKE UP UNTIL 8 AM THE NEXT MORNING!!! Mom and Dad were up every 15-30 mins making sure that we hadn't lost our chimney or a window. But in the end it was alot of noise and a downed tree.

We have been helping some of our friends by clearing their yards and driveways of trees and debris. My office finally has power but has no water (which means no A/C). But hey, we are still there trying to make them a buck or two.

I will try to pick up were I left off last week sometime during the next couple of days.

1st Auburn Game

Bryson got to get all dressed up for his first Auburn game. He was happy to learn, however, that he was going to stay and play with his monkey friend and go on a walk instead of going to the sports bar with mom and dad to watch the tigers play.

Poor Bryson

This is what happens when you have bad parents who look away while your two grandmothers have you!

Baptism Reception

Point Washington UMC let us use their Fellowship Hall to have a little party with cake after the ceremony.

Bryson's Baptism

Kristi and I have been trying to figure out the best way and place to accomplish the task of getting all our family in one place to celebrate Bryson's Baptism. As things would have it, we were able to choose a small church in Destin, FL. My mom frequents this little church whenever she is in town and was able to take Kristi there earlier this summer. As it turns out a lot of family was going to be in town visiting and others where able to come down for the celebration so it all worked out very well. I am sure Bryson appreciated everyone as much as we did. The show of support and love was trememdous. Thank you to all who came out and helped us celebrate this important event in Bryson's life.

Notice in the last picture, Bryson is patting Pastor Tim's face after getting "sprinkled" with holy water. You can tell by mom's face that she thought that was cute!

1st Feeding

It's finally time for some solid food! We had heard that the 1st time with solid food could be a little difficult. At least until they get used to the different tongue motions compared to that of a bottle or breast. But in true Graham fashion, Bryson opened his mouth and lunged towards the spoon as soon as it got close. He did EXCELLENT for his first time, but hey you don't get those cheeks without liking food!!!

1 MONTH

Wow we are approaching 1 month with out Blogging any. So there is some catching up to do. I will be posting as best I can to get up to speed and in order. We have 5 month pictures, Baptism, 1st feeding, 1st Auburn game, Labor Day, 1st Hurricane and a 6 month picture (1 week away). So I will get posting.