HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY

Brady turned one!!! I can not believe it has been a year. What an amazing year it has been. There have been some MAJOR changes in his first year of life.
Lets start from day 1. He was born. 2 weeks later we moved from KY to KS. 2 weeks later dad and I took him to TX to meet his great grandparens and were there for a week. He would only hold his Grandpa Greats finger, no one elses. 2 weeks later we went back to TX, this time with Jason, Barr and Cassie because my grandpa was dieing. So now we are about 6 weeks old and his Great Grandpa just died. Ok, lets jump past that into October, mommy starts working and Brady starts part time daycare. Daddy has him most afternoons and mommy has him in the morning, the other times he's at a sitter. This is when time starts flying. I'm not sure that I was present for the 1st year because it went so fast. His daddy missed his 11th month to go to LDAC (ROTC camp) but made it home on Brady's Birthday.
Rolling, sitting, army crawling, crawling, cruising and a few steps in 1 year.
At 1 year old he weighed 23 pounds and was 30 inches tall. He had 6 teeth and the greatest personality you could ask for. He was into everything and once his daddy got home he had to put child locks on all the cabinets.
He got lots of toys, a book and money for his birthday, plus a few phone calls. His Aunt Kara even called and asked for him so she could tell him Happy Birthday herself.
I am the luckiest mom ever and his dad and I are so proud of him. We can't wait for many more years and at this rate we won't have to wait.
Time goes to fast and we all have to remember to stop and watch the "baby."

The Flood

As you may have heard Southeast KS is flooded. I went home this weekend for my 10 year class reunion (10 years, UGH) but was unable to go because all the roads from my parents house to Parsons were closed. Then to make matters worse they came and said there was a mandatory evacuation of Coyville because they were going to open the flood gates. So mom and dad stayed and as of right now they don't have any water yet but they say it's getting deeper as the day goes on. However, Brady and I headed back to Manhattan because we weren't sure when we'd get back if we didn't leave then. Here are some pictures I took on my way back from working Saturday morning in Chanute. Dad drove me over there and thank goodness he did because I would have been to scared to cross some of the water in my Grand Prix (darn short cars). It is a mess and will be a mess for quite some time. It's not a flood area so noone expected this. So much has been damaged and there is water everywhere.
So I missed my 10 year reunion and I'm kinda bummed about it. I didn't want to go at first, but as it got closer I was really pretty excited to see everyone, I mean 10 years, people change. I did get to see some pictures and I would have loved to see those people. Maybe in 5 years we will have another one and maybe Jason will actually be around to go with me.
Now, lets hope for some sun and dry weather so everyone can start the clean-up.

This was taken about an hour before they ended up closing this road too. We were in a hurry to get back home before all the roads were closed