Greysons 1st Birthday!

5 days and counting!

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What will forever be remembered as "The Silly String Incident".

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Happy 50th Mom!

Mild is the Parting Year : 1|1|08

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Again, seeing how long it has been since our last post reminds me how busy the holiday season has been. Now onto planning Greyson's first birthday party and somehow sneaking mine and Shelle's eighth anniversary in. Anyways, I hope everyone is well and apologies for not staying in touch the past couple of weeks. Shelle, Grey & I wish all of you a prosperous and wonderful new year!  

Grey likes to lick glass.

Scotch the Christmas Puppy.

Shelly, Grey & I enjoyed the freshly fallen snow. We also took Grey for a little ride on the sled.

The Cedar Wax-Wings were eating all the berries out of Mike & Loula's tree out front. The McNamara Family get together.

Loula-Rae taking it easy, watching some Little Einsteins.  Shelly dressed to the nine's shoveling the driveway. The McNamara family (West) Loula-Rae wasn't feeling well her entire trip.

Grey scored a sweet ride for Christmas. Grey enjoyed pulling Pop's mustache. Grey's other sweet ride..The Retro Rocket! Grey opening presents with Oma Weiss Auntie Stacey, Uncle Matt & Cousin Cecelia. The Weiss Family Auntie Shelly and her god daughter. Oma Weiss & her little grand daughter. PaPa Weiss playing peek-a-boo with Grey. Grandpa Mike with Grey on Christmas Eve Grey's first Christmas Present and first Guitar. Gramma Mc & Grey Shelle giving Grey piano lessons. The Weiss family at home.

Grey's awesome dance moves!

Fragment 3: Come, come thou bleak December wind

The cold has certainly fallen upon us. I think Shelly and I had the quickest Christmas Tree purchase of the year. It literally took us no more than three minutes to make our decision (Of which we are completely satisfied). > > > Grandma Mc's Birthday Party. > > > Greyson & Luke appear to be new best friends. > > > We finally managed to get the tree decorated and as expected Greyson wants nothing more than to tear every piece of decoration from its branches. > > > ...and of course, this is what happens when you don't let him. > > > _________________________________________________________ An older video but a video nonetheless. Greyson has been walking for a while now, however, this is the latest video. > > >

12.3.07 "Wreck" and "rise above"

It's been another couple of crazy weeks. Greyson had surgery on his ears because of his ear infection. Immediately following that he returned to daycare in full health to be returned with a full-on case of the Rota Virus. Then Shelly and I caught it. Needless to say it hasn't been much fun; hence the lack of exciting pictures (as if they ever are). . . .

From Rites of Passage

by Robert Duncan

II

Something is taking place.

Horns thrust upward from the brow.

Hooves beat impatient where feet once were.

My son, youth grows alarming in your face.

Your innocent regard is cruelly charming to me now.

You bristle where my fond hand would stir

to stroke your cheek. I do not dare.

Irregular meters beat between your heart and mine.

Snuffling the air you take the heat and scan

the lines you take in going as if I were or were not there

and overtake me.

And where it seems but yesterday I spilld the wine,

you too grow beastly to become a man.

Peace, peace. I’ve had enough. What can I say

when song’s demanded? —I’ve had my fill of song?

My longing to sing grows full. Time’s emptied me.

And where my youth was, now the Sun in you grows hot, your day

is young, my place you take triumphantly. All along

it’s been for you, for this lowering of your horns in challenge. She

had her will of me and will not

let my struggling spirit in itself be free.