Summer is officially over, so sad.
Grant is one week into school, so good so far. He got the job that we were praying about, which is a total praise! He now works for the OU IT department. He works at the help desk, solving various student or teachers computer troubles. Very similar to what he had been doing all summer it seems, so no pun intended he feels right at home. A nice part of the job has been that during the times when he is not helping anyone, he is encouraged to do his homework, which is a real blessing giving him the study time which is so hard to find between work, school, church, family and sleep.
We are having so much fun watching nigel grow up together it is truly joyful and rewarding and going entirely too fast.
The Biggest headline this week is that Nigel rolled over!!! (only from back to front for now) A big milestone for us all, but sadly perhaps not quite as celebratory for the little boy. He seems to be unable to decide whether he likes this new mobility or not. Everytime he is laid down on his back he will almost immediately flip over to his belly, a position he has never enjoyed. After lasting a few moments on his belly, crying in frustration, a good Samaritan will come a long and assist him in rolling back over to his back, where he will almost imediately use his new trick to flip back over, and the whole process starts all over. Its been a bit exhausting for everyone, but we are hoping he will soon learn to be more comfortable on his stomach.
More Nigel facts:
-he weighs just under 17 lbs
-he loves watching the TV now, his favorites being Baby Einstien movies, golf and beach volleyball on tv, and anytime that the wii is on.
- he is very talkative and social, and we have had several church nursery workers and some complete strangers attest that he appears to be a particularly loud and boisterous baby. A trait fun to have around the house but not so great during church.
-there is no limit to the number of blankies he can cuddle with at once. the more the merrier
- we have all three just given up on pacifiers, as they have been completely rejected by nigel
- everyone on the planet seems to want to know "how he is sleeping at night" and the answer is still as has always been that every night is quite literally a different story. Sleeping through the night has been our most difficult feat, but they come more and more often all the time.

Here are some fun videos of our boy
Love you all

some summer pictures

nigel officially likes his swing!!!!
how daddy watches the baby while mommy runs upstairs for something

smiley

nigel

us at sam and megans wedding

endless summer.....heat that is!!!

We are so excited to be all back together as a family again. Grant returned safely from Uganda, Katie and Nigel safely from Colorado, to our house in Oklahoma where we have since been braving temperatures that keep us all wishing we could go back to where we came from. TOGETHER of course!! A week later we still comment every day on how good it feels to be back home and together again. Everyone had an awsome time on their respective trips, and came home with too many stories to tell on the blog, it would take hours. Above is our last picture together right before Katie and Nigel boarded their flight to CO. Our little boy has already changed so much just since then.
Grant is fully engaged in computer mode. building, repairing, installing, tearing apart, and keeping up on Facebook of course. Who knew you could do it all at the same time? but he's proved that you can. He has already returned to work a couple times, finding things much as he left them. The recovery from jetlag has taken quite a while, today was the first morning he found himself able to sleep past 8. But the timing is right since he doesnt have any classes to get to or papers to write. Mostly he is just savoring being home with his family and eating something besides rice and beans.
Katie too couldnt be happier to finally be home and with her family. She is still unpacking all the new things that her and Nigel came home with, as she tries to get the house back into order. All the while tending to Nigel's requests and sometimes demands. She is counting the days down to her birthday. If you know her well you know how much she loves her birthday =)
Nigel is pretty happy anywhere as long as he is fed, but we like to believe that he likes it best at home. He is really big, everywhere we go people cannot believe he is only 2 months old. He seems to have outgrown his infant sling along with his newborn size clothes and diapers. We are still working on sleeping good at night. It seems just when we feel we've had a breakthrough, then we have a night where we are all up every hour or two. It is difficult to be mad at him sometimes though when he wakes up at 2 or 3 simply wanting to talk and smile with someone. He continues to be more and more fun to talk to and sing songs with because of his love for smiling and his increased ability to make eyecontact with whatever object is holding his attention.
We look forward to the rest of our fun summer. We dont have a lot of plans but for now that is just how we like it. Coming off of such a busy spring, with a new baby, finals and the trips, we welcome this time of relaxing.