Welcome Home, Steve-o!!!

Steve has been in Brazil for work this past week! He just got home, and I am SOOOO glad to have him back! I hate when he's gone! This week was particularly tough, because Gray got sick literally the day Steve left, and of course that meant that *I* got sick shortly after. And it snowed a TON, and I didn't have Steve-o to shovel for me -- so on Thursday I was out there shoveling my driveway and feeling like I was about to keel over -- but then my AWESOME, AMAZING, WONDERFUL neighbor snow-blowed my driveway for me on Friday after the BIG snowstorm!! Oh man am I grateful for wonderful neighbors!
Gray also felt the need to wake up SUPER early every day (usually 6, but some days at 5 or even 4 one morning! OUCH.), and I don't sleep well when Steve is gone, so I was sleep-deprived the whole week, and had NO breaks except when my wonderful mother watched Gray for a bit while I ran some errands on Friday.
Anyway, enough of my little pity party -- I'm just SO glad Steve-o is home!! Steve brought home some matching Brazillian soccer jerseys for him and Gray -- look how cute they are:
(Gray did NOT want to leave his mommy. Guess we got a little too attached the past week.)
(Wow, this is fun!)
(Ok, I guess I like you again, Daddy!)

Grayson has the BEST daddy!

Grayson has the BEST daddy in the world! Here's a few reasons why:

Steve is always so happy to see Gray, and is so good to play with him, even after a long day's work! Gray LOVES when his daddy gives him shoulder rides, especially when daddy lets him "drive" him into the wall! It always makes him giggle incontrollably!!!
Steve LOVES his boy, and always shows it! He isn't stingy with the hugs and kisses :)
Also not stingy with the snuggles :)
Gray loves it when Daddy reads him books at night!! When Steve isn't home when I have to put Gray to bed, he still gets a book, goes over to the chair, and says "Daddy." Then he cries if I try to read to him. Sometimes when Steve is at work during the day, he'll look around the house forEVER then scream for his daddy. He gets very sad when he can't find him!
His daddy is always ready to do whatever is needed to make Grayson happy. He'll get in the pool with him when Mom says it's too cold to swim :) He'll stop playing in the middle of his video game because Gray wants him to help build a tower. He'll take a break from homework when Gray crawls onto his lap so he can read him a book or blow bubbles. He has gone to great lengths to make sure "Baby Signing Time" is available on every TV, computer, and iPod in the house -- just so Gray doesn't have to go one day without watching his favorite thing ever. He lets me sleep in on Saturdays and gets up with Grayson so he can have a few hours of alone time with him. He works very hard, and often VERY late, so I don't have to work, and I can stay at home with Grayson. He'll take the batteries out of his own game controllers and put them in Gray's toys if those ones run out. He'll let Gray "help" when he's fixing the computer, the car, etc. -- even though he'd get things done a LOT quicker without him -- he even takes the time to explain what he's doing and lets Gray hold his tools for him.
These are only a FEW of the reasons why Grayson's dad is the best daddy ever!!! WE LOVE YOU, STEVE-O!!! Thanks for being my baby daddy ;)