The Gray Report

Life is good! Maybe our trials have changed our attitude or maybe things really have gotten better. Either way, 2014 is already looking happy, bright, and beautiful! Greg LOVES his new job. The environment is great and he likes all of his co-workers. Plus, he gets to make films for work! As a media arts major, it is pretty hard to land a job with a steady paycheck right out of college. This one just kind of fell into Greg's lap. The stark contrast between his previous job as a teacher and this one is like night and day. And believe me, the ripple effect of this has spilled over into our home; it's like a breath of fresh air! Hinckley has been very active lately and is already starting to assert his independence. He is 17 1/2 pounds and 28 inches tall. He just discovered how much he loves rolling over, so he does it all the time now. I think he would like to be running and on the move if he only knew how to do it! He also loves food. So far he has only eaten rice cereal

So, it has been a week or so since we gave Hinckley his first "real food" AKA a bit of rice cereal. He was pretty confused at first, and made some terribly delightful faces. After this week though he is all smiles and excitement.  On the same day we gave Hinckley some food we made a wildly random decision to buy our first TV. It fits snuggly in our desk/entertainment center/cupboard thing and now we can watch YouTube, Netflix, DVDs or whatever on a larger screen than our laptops. That sort of feels good. We are still determined never to pay for cable or anything of that nature. 

What a great holiday season we have had! Before taking off to Colorado and Utah we were able to go to the Philbrook Museum here in Tulsa and look at some pretty cool trees and really neat gingerbread houses. There is some really great art in the museum, and we discovered that there is a free day each month! Festival of Trees at Philbrook Museum in Tulsa  In preparation for the holidays we realized we would need to be ready for possible torture on the road and plane since we would be driving to CO and then flying to UT from there. As it turns out, Hinckley wasn't torturous at all! He was is regular cute and semi-quiet self. The sleep seat of the month Amazing and huge gingerbread house at the Broadmore Hotel in Colorado Springs Kassie at work on her exciting Christmas present (family watches on) In Colorado we enjoyed a wonderful Christmas eve and Christmas day. Hinckley seemed to like it, though he often seemed more interested in the wrapping paper than in his m