May, we move ahead?

What a crazy couple of weeks that I can't even keep track of in my head. Here is our last photo in Gracie's Parker bedroom and it is the annual Mother's Day photo in her rocker. Man things have changed in a year and I can't believe how much more I love the little lady everyday.

With the move we did have to leave her friends Ava & Ella. She still asks for them and here is a photo of the happy little ladies on the last day. We continue to try and get the girls together. Last week we actually got them together after Gracie's trip to the Dr because of her dislocated elbow ligament. She was walking on a retaining wall with Adam holding her hand and when she decided to get down Adam tried to help keep her up. That caused our little lady to experience one of the most common problems that kids experience. Luckily she was such a trouper about the pain and discomfort. The Dr was great and took care of it quickly, but I don't know how I will/would handle a trip to the ER.

This weekend we were able to enjoy some time in the mountains hiking and getting the house even more together...though it is far from being unpacked. The ladies enjoyed some wonderful time with the EEE & Abba. Oh the fun.

Gracie updates:

She is learning to test her boundaries at all times. Sunday had three timeouts because her feet continued to find their way to the dinner table.

Speaking of dinner, she always asking for more prayer during a meal. She likes to request who will say the prayer and she ends with Ah. Men. So sweet.

Her vocab continues to expand with so many words. It is so nice to have her tell us what she thinks. Now when she is hurt she will point to the part of the body that hurts and will either say hurt or ouch or tell me what caused the pain.

Today with her hair in pigtails she looked a bit like Pippy Longstocking, oh so cute with strawberry blonde hair.

May oh My

Yes it has been forever since the last post because of the move. Without the help of our family, friends and of course God there is no way we would have been able to list and close on the house in two months. We are so very sad to be leaving our amazing neighborhood and house full of so many memories. At the very least we are able to move forward. The past couple weeks have been full of painting, packing, staging, moving, calling, internet searching, texting, and spending as much free time with Gracie as possible. Of course the contract came while I was traveling for work in FL...doesn't it always happen that way?

Last weekend was the Walk MS that Gracie got to enjoy walking a little bit of too. Here are some great photos from the event. It was wonderful to spend time with Adam's family and Gracie's cousins.

This weekend is going to be even more fun with a series garage sale. I will be glad to finally get some the old stuff out of the way and some money for Gracie's college savings. May 21st is our official close date though we will be out of the house before that Friday.

Gracie updates:

She now waves like a princess, it is adorable.

Her articulation continues and we are now working on two and three word sentences "More Cheese Mama"

Jumping is a trick she is trying to master.

Her obsessions continue to be: playing outside, walking, pushing the stroller, Elmo, Wiggles, Barney, cheese, pizza, noodles, Ella, Abba, EE, rocking, and Angel. The Grandparents are always on the list.

We will have more updates coming soon.

So far behind, and it is April already

For the many weeks I have been so busy I couldn't update the blog. Here are many photos from our Easter fun of coloring eggs at the farm, coloring eggs with the Sandersons, egg hunts, and so much family fun.

Her 18M appt she was 22lbs (25%) and 33" (85%). She keeps being long and lean. There were no tears or noises when she got her one shot and even asked the Dr. to listen to her heart More, more!


Here is Gracie enjoying bunny ears with the marker on her face that happened when I was trying to color in a book very peacefully.

Our little multi-tasker using the phone and Mama's work computer. Too funny

Bunny Butt! She doesn't look too great, but it was too cute to pass up. Gracie is putting more words together and even said "bye bye uncle Brad" as he left the house that day.

Amazingly the eggs got colored without any huge drama. Oh the fun!!! She now likes to drive down the road with the window open.

The hunt underway, there are many photos of her stuffing her face with the blueberries & fish. This was after we had to keep the dogs out of the room since they got two of her eggs.

Adam being a wonderful tunnel for Gracie & Abigail, Abba as she is known to Gracie.

Gracie did great and only had green fingers for a few mins.

Mama horsing around with her little girl. Way too much fun!

I know there is no organization with these photos, but I had to get something up since I won't have time while traveling for work Tues - Fri this week.

Blessings to you all!

Oh yes it's ladies night,

Well after a crazy weekend of packing and moving, with me constantly saying "holy crap we have a lot of stuff," we were glad to get so much done. After last night, we now have the big items out of the house and 90% of all the boxes. There is no way we would have been able to get so much done without our amazing friends. You are the best and we are blessed to have you in our lives.

Sunday we did get a little ladies time for a baby shower. Going to a party required a party dress. Here is Gracie's party dress. Since we are packing she found the box that had all of my long necklaces in it. She needed to accessorize with her dress, though we are going to work on not over accessorizing. It was so fun!

Gracie also got to have a sleepover/fun night with Abigail "Abba" and Ian "EEE". The kids were so adorable, her playing night night. I was able to enjoy some time with Shawna while getting a bit more packing done.

Now we continue packing and start painting this weekend. The fun continues to try and get the house lists March 29th or 30th. We pray we are blessed with selling the house in the right time for the right price.

Will update more later :P

A new song

Wow - The last post was again a couple weeks ago though it seems like it has been months. Again we will not discuss all of the drama that is life and focus on the fun life of Gracie. We can start with today and work backwards (kind of). This weekend we celebrated the 3rd birthday of Ava, her day care buddy. As with all birthday parties the Birthday song was sung. This morning as I was getting Gracie ready for the day I heard her start to sing something like "Happy burrr aaa oooh you" over and over. It wasn't very long before I realized she was singing the Birthday song without prompting or help. This evening she started again. Honestly I really don't know where she gets it, okay I sing to her about most anything and she loves it. It is all my fault. She is growing too quickly.

Here is a photo of her and Papa looking at photos of Baby. Gracie adores looking at photos of the baby, her, on cameras or video cameras. It makes taking pictures harder and harder.

There has been plenty of time lately with GiGi and Bapa (my dad Grandpa). If we go anywhere or are near a phone she always wants to talk with one of them. It is such a disappointment when her requests aren't fulfilled. The funniest lately is her huge desire to watch a video I posted on facebook of Bapa reading to her and "rolling" all the way home. Even with my dad with her performing the song she still wants to watch the video.

We also were able to enjoy some time with her birthday Buddy George and his parents, here is Sean helping Air Gracie. It was so much fun to get the two together while they played around each other. They are still fairly independent players, though love to play with what the other one is playing with. It was interesting to see the difference between the two. As I would talk with George and expect an answer that Gracie might give, he would just look at me and smile with the most adorable smile and maybe sign something or just go do something else. So different, but then again he was running circles around Gracie as she tried to keep up with the speed racer. It is going to be a joy to watch them continue to grow together!

Here is one final photo of our little lady enjoying some strawberry syrup that I made. No much made it into her mouth that is for sure. Her four teeth are there for all to see. She is starting to get more you can see and feel them on the top!

Will update when we have time. I am sure with the move there will be plenty of photos with Gracie in boxes which is very fitting since her favorite book right now is "Not a box".

Snow Far Behind in Updating

The snow has been so wonderful the past week, though it contributed to keeping me behind in updating the blog. Here are some photos, with more writing update to come later. This is her Valentine's day photo showing her 4 big teeth.

We celebrated Uncle Bri's birthday Valentine's day weekend, so we enjoyed some great times with the Peters. Here is a great photo of Nana with her two youngest grand babies. So happy for everyone.

Gracie has decided she loves to hide in her closet and come out to "surprise" you. So fun. Usually she is naked but I got a photo that is okay for web posting here. Too Cute!!

Here are a couple photos of the most recent snow. Gracie thought it was great since she could wear her adorable boots and a mix mash of winter attire that is all actually color coordinated, though the combined patterns could blind you. She loved it and I can't wait to spend more time with her out in the snow!

Enjoy!

Bueno Couple of weeks

Well we decided that Gracie had to experience Casa Bonita for the first time. Kacey and Seeley were able to join us for the experience. After taking our walk to order and pick our food up, we walked into the main area and were luckily sat near the waterfall. Gracie kept saying "oh" when she looked around. Sadly after lunch she was exhausted so we just walked around holding her. She did enjoy Black Bart's cave too that didn't scare her thank goodness.

We have just been having some good times around the house. Here are photos from the past couple weeks. One is of Gracie surrounded by the tissues she pulled from the box when we weren't looking. She was too quiet and just in the family room.

Brandy is her new favorite toy. Every morning she asks for "dogdog" or "Bandee" We are lucky to have such a sweet dog that will do anything to have the attention of Gracie. She knows if Gracie is there we will be close behind too.

Changes:

• Her two top teeth are coming in and it is so different to see her with more teeth.


• That wonderful strawberry blond hair continues to come in and now can be put in a ponytail. She now will ask for a bow every morning to be put in her pair.


• Everyday is a new word: flower, Oscar, happy, fish


• Gracie now turns on the bathtub faucet in our bathroom and thinks it is so fun. She wants go get in every time.


• The girl loves to help around the house...cooking or cleaning.




• Now is is obsessed with washing her hands in the downstairs bathroom over and over and over again. She loves to get her hands wet.


• Musicals are a wonderful enjoyment for her. Here she is watching a little of Mama Mia. There isn't much TV in the house, but the girl just loves ABBA!

This weekend is going to be nice and quiet relaxing with family and friends. It seems so long ago that Adam and I actually went to the Superbowl. Now we are going to enjoy the quiet evening at home...though the experience was unforgettable!