Tucker's First Birthday Party

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This deserves a blog post!

Well, I have been chosen as a finalist for Stroller Strides Franchisee of the Year, waaaaahoooooo! We had to create/submit a 2 minute video......and voila, here it is! This video would look nothing like my vision if it wasn't for the LaCour's who generously donated their time and talent for my cause :) THANK YOU!

And.....thank you to all my Stroller Strides/LUNA Moms Club mommies that have helped me fulfill my dreams/goals! I hope you enjoy the video and are as moved as I am by it! The Franchisee of the Year will be announced on

HUGS,
Maggie :)

Thanks Joanne....

for taking some wonderful pictures of us at the park today!

Finally, some pics from the iphone

Here are some random shots that I have downloaded from my iphone..... (from most recent...)Tucker in the Bebe Pod, 5 mo old


Jackson at school this morning, he kept bending down because I was squatting to get the picture.

Jackson got stuck in Tucker's bouncy exersaucer...a little too large to be in there I think!

After a long day...

Playing the drums on the dogs' water container

In the rocker outside on a beautiful day!

car seat snap shot :)

Vacation post...take 3

After a short visit in NY we headed to OH to visit Nanny and Pappaw. It was great to see the whole gang get together for Mexican night where Bindy makes every kind of Mexican food possible and we eat until we can eat no more :) Jackson got to ride on Pappaw's 4-wheeler and Tucker took a nap on my shoulder (a first). Here are the pics to prove it:)

something else to blog about....

Our vacation in NY was wonderful. Jackson had such an amazing time bonding with his Grandma and Grandpa. When we got to their house he ran to them as if he gets to see them everyday, and they held him in their arms. My Dad got to meet Tucker for the first time, precious! Jackson immediately started bossing around Bear, the 100# chocolate lab, and got all giddy when we saw his Uncle Donny. GREAT GREAT memories!

Here is a picture of Jackson and Todd in front of the snowpile by Amie's house and the picture that sums up the vacation...Jackson and Grandpa fell asleep together in the chair! :)

Let's give 'em something to blog about... TAKE ONE

Yeah, so God must have known I was WAY behind on my blog and thought I needed something to blog about :)...VACATION! So be prepared for lots of information, lots of pictures, lots of ancecdotes:)

Once upon a time, the Grayson family decided to take a whirlwind vacation. Papa Grayson, Mama Grayson, Big Brother Grayson (Jackson), and Little Brother Grayson (Tucker), were going to jump on a plan to Columbus, Ohio to visit Nanny and Pappaw and then another plane to visit Grandma and Grandpa.......pretty simple right? WRONG!

So Todd and I went to be around midnight Sunday morning, after a long day and finally getting things packed. Up again at 3:00 to shower and get the boys up by 4:00 to get to the airport around 4:30 for out 5:45am flight! We drive to long term parking, unload the Suburban, load ourselves on the shuttle, unload by curb-side check, and are told that our flight has been cancelled! Oh no they didn't! But hey, we had the first flight out, so for sure they would get us out in a couple of hours.

So we waited in line to talk to someone with Delta....45 minutes later, Jackson had eaten all of his snacks while patiently waiting in the stroller, I had nursed Tucker while standing in line, and we had plenty of time to stew. The lovely attendent then told us that we would be rebooked on a flight Monday morning at 10:30am, ummm no we won't....we have a strict time schedule. Sunday-Wednesday in OH, Wednesday-Saturday in NY, don't screw it up!

My first tactic....let's try to fly into another city....Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinatti, Dayton, Charleston....NOPE. Well what if we go to NY first and then OH? Can you get us into Albany, Syracuse, Plattsburgh, Burlington, JFK, LaGuardia, Newark, Islip? NOPE! Our ONLY option was to wait until Monday and then spend only 1 1/2 days in OH...that wasn't going to happen, and I definitely was NOT going home after accomplishing the feat of getting the entire family out the door packed and ready for vacation!

So we slowly make our way back to the shuttle to head to long term parking....wait, I can call Southwest, they fly out of Dallas Love Field, maybe they can fly us somewhere in the continental US today? After 20 minutes on the phone trying to make our way to see at least one set of grandparents....and an extra $1000 for tickets....we booked a flight to Islip, NY....4 hours from Grandma and Grandpa. In all the excitement that we were actually going on vacation that day, I didn't take notice as to how we were going to get there.....Dallas to Houston to Orlando to Islip and then a 4 hour car trip to Bolton Landing! BTW, it was our plane going to all those places so we were not allowed to deplane from 9:00am-4:40pm! We survived on peanuts and pretzels!

So after 21 hours of travel, we made it HOME....to good old Lake George, where Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Donny, and Bear (my parents 100# chocolate lab) welcomed us!

One REALLY positive thing from this whole ordeal, which makes the 21 hours worth it. On our drive from Islip to Bolton we were able to stop an visit my Gran E and let her meet Tucker! She just celebrated her 89th birthday, so we feel so blessed that she had about an hour visit with the boys! Here are some pics....

10-4 Good Buddy

A few notes on these photos...

1. We got these cool John Deere Walkie Talkie Headsets at the LUNA Moms Club Nickle Auction yesterday for $1...woohoo...except only one works. Jackson refused to put it on his head so he put it around his waist:)

2. Yes, these photos are censored. We don't normally have Jackson walk around the house butt-naked, but we were about to put his big boy underware on for the day when he had to run and get his new toy.

3. Todd put the head set on Magnus so he and Jackson could talk back and forth. Bless poor Magnus, he is such a good sport. We think they look like they work at McDonalds..."Welcome to McDonalds, may I take your order?" :)

Daddy made Tucker laugh :)