The Gray Report

The sweetest smile Time is just flying by! It is hard to believe that Hinckley is four months old and we have lived in Tulsa for almost that long. Our little baby isn't a newborn anymore; it makes us kind of sad to see him grow, even though it is really cool to see him learn so rapidly. Some highlights of these last two weeks are: Greg has been coming home earlier from work. Hinckley took his vocalization skills to a new level with a different cry--a high-pitched, loud screech we call "the Ringwraith scream." Hinckley (and his parents) has a new best friend: his pacifier. He constantly wants to be sucking his paci or his fists. Kassie continues to enjoy learning by taking an online course about epidemics. We saw Ender's Game . It was just an alright movie, but it was really nice to go on a date! We discovered one of the gems of Oklahoma: Quiktrip. It has the lowest gas prices, free air, a ton of tasty, unhealthy prepared foods, and an amazing selection...

Last weekend we were able to go see Gravity , thanks to the incredible kindness of Kassie's Aunt Janet. When we walked out of the theater we had so much to discuss. First of all, it was an amazing movie and just the craft and skilled storytelling was enough to chew on.  Kassie had a few really good points that led us to both ponder a little more about our current situation and what we are actually experiencing. If you haven't seen the film, go see it . I won't give any spoilers here so don't worry. Basically Sandra Bullock's character is thrown around space for the whole movie as she tries to return to earth.  In many ways the film represented to us the journey we all take into mortality, and how much of our life here is learning how to embrace the extreme and difficult things given us. In the image above Dr. Ryan Stone is cut off from all support, very much like when a newborn baby's umbilical is cut and the child enters a whole new journey. She ha...