The Department of the Grandparent (D.O.T.G.) has just declassified the following document.


EYES ONLY:

On November 29th, 2008 Special Grandparent Codename Patty (other A.K.A.s known but not declassified) tasked Secret Agent "Gray Baby" with a nefarious mission. Secret Agent "Gray Baby" was to accomplish at all costs the feeding of "human food" to the civilian canine know as Tonka.

On December 21st, 2008 Agent Gray Baby was pleased to report a successful mission with multiple chunks of banana fed to the canine.

Unfortunately the agents secret identity was compromised as enemies of the D.O.T.G., codename Parents, witnessed the act taking place. Agent Gray Baby is confident that despite "losing his cover" he will continue to be able to undertake special operations for the D.O.T.G. in the years to come.

This document is a confidential memo of the Department of the Grandparent.

Look Ma, No Hands

Since crawling was so easy, Grayson has decided to move on (or up) to standing. Watch out world, here he comes...

Depressed Dog Claims Impending Doom

This just in from our source on the ground. Local dog depressed over eminent demise.

Exclusive interview indicates formerly happy dog acknowledges that his end is near. Dog states, "I used to be loved... Until they brought home the screaming midget human terror. I have been on the outside looking in ever since." The dog, known as Tonka, insists that the newest addition to his family is "out to get him" and has made repeated threats on his life. The screaming midget human terror, known colloquially as baby, was unavailable for comment, apparently busy taking a nap. The dog concludes that he felt safe while the baby was immobile, able to "stay out of his murderous clutches" but is now unable to sleep as he has witnessed the baby crawl and knows it is only a matter of time until the baby is able to realize his terrible plans. At this time no evil doing has been reported. Dog is sleeping with one eye open.

Halloween

We usually are not big on Halloween, but I have a feeling that that will change as Grayson gets more excited about it. This year he was a dinosaur/monster. The costume was just like fuzzy jams with scales and ears. Of course it was unseasonably warm on Halloween this year so he was baking. The daycare had a parade and it was so fun to see all the babies dressed up. All of the kids were super excited! We took the G-man to trick-or-treat to 3-4 houses in the neighborhood so that mommy and daddy could get some candy. Here are a couple of our favorite pics.

Shutterfly Updates

The Shutterfly site is once again up to date. I appologize for the delay, I have been getting all sorts of increasingly hostile e-mails regarding this issue and I want everyone to know that I hear your pleas and the pictures are all once again available.

A Visit to the Left Coast

After much haranguing and arm twisting we relented to a long weekend trip to California so that Grayson could meet his Great Grandmother Stella McTeer. This of course was Grayson's first airplane ride. He did fabulously and charmed everybody in sight at both airports. We were very lucky to be able to see many of the members of this side of the family, they all were glad to meet Grayson and catch up with the best looking part of the Colorado clan.

G'ma Stella, Mama, G-Man, Cousin Sawyer & Bobby McTeer


Mama, G-Man & Mike McTeer


Aunt Mamie, G'ma Stella & G-Man

Let's Start With Running

Grayson has requested that he be able to skip sitting up, crawling, standing and walking in order to get to running sooner. We have signed him up for a marathon next weekend.