It's a Boy!

Howard ("Howie") Adam Grimsley
d.o.b. May 21, 2009 @ 9:08 a.m.
Weight: 8 lbs. 6 oz.
Length: 20 1/2"

Owen and Caroline (and their parents, too) are so happy to tell everyone that Howie has arrived with no complications. We are so pleased to have our little one in our home. He is ever so adorable and looks just like his siblings.

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8 Great Years!

Well, 8 years ago Adam and I tied the knot. I can't believe 8 years has flown by so quickly. We've had our ups and our downs. We've had our disagreements and our moments when we were crying because we were laughing either at ourselves or each other so hard. We've had our tender moments, joyous moments, moments when we didn't want to be around one another because we were so angry with each other. We've moved to a different state, bought and closed on houses, had a graduation, traveled abroad, and, what else, but 3 kids. I can't believe all that we have done and all that there is going to be.

Thanks, Adam, for 8 great years. You are truly the best husband I could ask for and are absolutely perfect for me. I am blessed beyond reason and comprehension. (Cheese moment coming): I truly fall in love with you more each day. Happy Anniversary!

This kind of a present doesn't hurt either (wink, wink, wink):

These are "huggy" diamond earrings. There are diamonds on one side and plain white gold on the other. I love them and never imagined I get them for our anniversary this year - and all he asked for was a new iron!

Just A Trim Please

As many of you know, I have let Owen's hair grow and grow and grow throughout the entire winter and got so many compliments on it. (I think each winter I'm going to let his hair grown long) In fact, it was only about 4 weeks ago that I agreed to even have Adam trim Owen's hair out of his eyes. I hadn't cut it since about September, maybe October. I have enjoyed watching him change the longer his hair got. But, let's face it. Long hair, regardless of being a boy or girl, in 100+ degree weather is not fun. So, today Adam buzzed Owen's hair. Never have I seen a boy transform right before my eyes with his look. Adam, at one point during the process, was reliving his teenage years when Owen's hair was cut into a mullet (Adam did not actually have a mullet, just long hair). It was kind of funny because right at that point Owen wanted to be done. Adam agreed, I did not. In the end, his hair is cut and he looks like a totally different boy. The longer his hair was, the more he looked like me. The shorter his hair got, the more he looked like Adam. To get all of the hair off of him and for sitting relatively still while daddy cut his hair, he was rewarded with a jump into the pool.