John enjoying his cake!!!
Singing to Gracie girl!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
"It's a Bear Hunt"
Every night at dinner, Dave and I ask Gracie what she did at school that day. Normally, we get "I did art" or the occasional "I read a book with Ms. Heather", typical 2 year old answers. Today, we got this: "We went on a Bear Hunt! Shut the door and close it...we're going on a Bear Hunt!" Priceless!
And now she's had enough!
And now she's had enough!
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
9 Months
John's 9 month stats:
29 inches tall (75th percentile)
21lbs 1/2oz (50th percentile)
HC 18 inches (75th percentile)
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
John's First Big Boy Bath...and pics with Mom and Dad
Kisses from Sissy
Posin' with Mama
John loves his big boy bath!
Posin' with Papa
John and his favorite lady!
He loves to splash!!!!!!
Posin' with Mama
John loves his big boy bath!
Posin' with Papa
John and his favorite lady!
He loves to splash!!!!!!
Monday, January 04, 2010
Monday, December 21, 2009
Gracie's Christmas Show
Gracie's daycare put on a wonderful Christmas show last week. The show started at 7PM (gracie's bedtime) so Dave and I were a little nervous about her overall ability to function let alone pay attention and perform. As always, Gracie did a great job. John and I waited while Daddy tried to video the whole thing...not to easy. There were soo many people packed into this teeny gym that I was thinking about a fire and us not being able to reach the emergency exit...drama. We were able to get some video...enjoy!
Gracie and her class singing!
The grand finale!!!!
Gracie and her class singing!
The grand finale!!!!
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Heart Walk
This year I put together a team to raise money for the American Heart Association in memory of my mom. With Jen and Dad's help we made $2000.00!!! Go us!
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Monday, November 02, 2009
Halloween 2009
This year we were all gung ho to take Gracie and John Trick or Treating. That was, of course, until it rained all day. We made the decision to forgo the actual Trick or Treating but did carve/paint pumpkins and participated in Gracie's school Trunk or Treat event on Friday night.
Gracie had a good time Trunk of Treating but it took her a while to learn that the candy went into the bag and that we would eat it later. She took every piece and asked Dave and/or I to open it for her. When we said no, she looked around and spotted about 5 adults who help her all day so surely they would help. Nope, we all stuck to our guns and even taught Gracie to say Trick or Treat! Our little fairy princess and monkey boy were a big hit!
Saturday we did the whole pumpkin carving/painting deal. Gracie is great with a paint brush and beside the paint that mama bought not being very good, she made two very pretty pumpkins. She loved the pumpkin insides and stuck her hand in without thinking twice. But the diva still reigns...when she got a speck of paint on her hand she ordered me to wipe it mama, wipe it! When Dave finished her pumplin, Gracie said, "I scarey the pumpkin. The pumpkin scarey you mama?" It was priceless!
Gracie had a good time Trunk of Treating but it took her a while to learn that the candy went into the bag and that we would eat it later. She took every piece and asked Dave and/or I to open it for her. When we said no, she looked around and spotted about 5 adults who help her all day so surely they would help. Nope, we all stuck to our guns and even taught Gracie to say Trick or Treat! Our little fairy princess and monkey boy were a big hit!
Saturday we did the whole pumpkin carving/painting deal. Gracie is great with a paint brush and beside the paint that mama bought not being very good, she made two very pretty pumpkins. She loved the pumpkin insides and stuck her hand in without thinking twice. But the diva still reigns...when she got a speck of paint on her hand she ordered me to wipe it mama, wipe it! When Dave finished her pumplin, Gracie said, "I scarey the pumpkin. The pumpkin scarey you mama?" It was priceless!
Pumpkin Patch
This year we took the kids and Pop Pops to the Leesburg Animal Park featuring Pumpkinville! After the shock of paying 50 bucks for five people (two little ones mind you) wore off, we really did enjoy ourselves. The weather was perfect and the activites were geared towards kids Gracie's age. She enjoyed the moon bounce (I enjoyed it as well until some kid in there was hacking up a lung and I proceeded to RUN back to the car for a huge thing of Germ-X) and the big slide Gracie had a great time.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Fall for Fairfax
On October 3rd we went to the Fall for Fairfax fair. We all had a great time, even though we were all dressed for the "fall" weather and it seemed as though it was June, not October. Grace experienced her first pony ride and, after some trepidation, seemed to enjoy it.
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Peas please....
John prior to the peas
"What the heck is this mama?"
"Ok, I'll give it a shot!"
And it's love!!!
"What the heck is this mama?"
"Ok, I'll give it a shot!"
And it's love!!!
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
4 months
John is 4 months old today! It's truly amazing how big he's gotten. 4 month stats:
15.9 lbs (75th percentile)
25 inches (50th percentile)
John is sleeping very well...he's goes down about 8:30 and sleeps until we wake him up around 6AM. Just today I was getting ready to give him a bath and put him in the exersaucer. He started talking up a storm and I looked over and he was turning himself all around, reaching for the toys and just laughing! I have noticed that John talks a lot more than Gracie did and he's so much louder!!! We got the ok from the doctor to start solid foods...he's going to love it! He's so much bigger than Gracie was at that age, we're already into size 6 months!!!!! What a chub!!!
15.9 lbs (75th percentile)
25 inches (50th percentile)
John is sleeping very well...he's goes down about 8:30 and sleeps until we wake him up around 6AM. Just today I was getting ready to give him a bath and put him in the exersaucer. He started talking up a storm and I looked over and he was turning himself all around, reaching for the toys and just laughing! I have noticed that John talks a lot more than Gracie did and he's so much louder!!! We got the ok from the doctor to start solid foods...he's going to love it! He's so much bigger than Gracie was at that age, we're already into size 6 months!!!!! What a chub!!!
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Dave is 31!
My wonderful husband celebrated his 31st birthday this past Monday the 17th. (Wow, a whole decade ago he turned 21...duh...time is really speeding by. I remember my 21st like it was yesterday, well kind of!) This year we kept it low key with an at home celebration that included the kids, balloons and party hats! I mean what more could any man want!?!?! Gracie was so excited when she got home and saw the "birthday party" and had a hard time understanding that this wasn't her party, it was Papa's. (Maybe it is a good thing that the kids share the same birthday...this way when John has his party, it'll be Gracie's too!)
Both kids are doing great! Gracie is doing a phenomenal job potty training...she still has a couple of poop accidents at school but she's working on it! Everyday she comes home with a new saying, the latest is "that'll be fun!" She uses this when you tell her what we're about to do. Mom: Let's take a bath. Grace: That'll be fun! Mom: Let's take our shoes off. Gracie: That'll be fun. You get the idea. John is growing like a crazy man and many who see him comment on how chubby he is. Him and Gracie were about the same weight when they were born but John has definitely packed on more poundage than Gracie did. He is talking, smiling, and giggling everyday, especially at the ladies! He is a bit of a diva though, (according to his Aunt Sissy)! He can entertain himself but definitely prefers to be held. I don't spoil him!! No way!!
David enjoying his birthday pie
John loved his party hat!
Gracie with her pink cupcake at Papa's party
Say cheese Gracie!
Mama's big boy!
Both kids are doing great! Gracie is doing a phenomenal job potty training...she still has a couple of poop accidents at school but she's working on it! Everyday she comes home with a new saying, the latest is "that'll be fun!" She uses this when you tell her what we're about to do. Mom: Let's take a bath. Grace: That'll be fun! Mom: Let's take our shoes off. Gracie: That'll be fun. You get the idea. John is growing like a crazy man and many who see him comment on how chubby he is. Him and Gracie were about the same weight when they were born but John has definitely packed on more poundage than Gracie did. He is talking, smiling, and giggling everyday, especially at the ladies! He is a bit of a diva though, (according to his Aunt Sissy)! He can entertain himself but definitely prefers to be held. I don't spoil him!! No way!!
David enjoying his birthday pie
John loved his party hat!
Gracie with her pink cupcake at Papa's party
Say cheese Gracie!
Mama's big boy!
Monday, August 10, 2009
Sunday, August 09, 2009
Baptism & Potty Training
Baby John, Pat and Pop Pop outside the church
Here we all are listening to Reverend Cobb
John being baptized
Ella being baptized
Me, John, Jen and Ella. John was sweating and had already changed!
Today we had John and Ella baptized. It was a bittersweet day for the family; a day of mixed feelings for me. I felt so much joy and happiness that the kids were being baptized in the same church I was. But I couldn’t help but feel the pain of my mom'sabsence. She was there in spirit but it’s just not the same. Nothing is the same.
The babies behaved during the church service and even little Gracie (with the help of her Goldfish) was quiet. After the ceremony, we headed to brunch. Dave and I weren’t sure about this brunch because Gracie was on Day 2 of potty training. This was the first time we had been away from the house and came equip with the potty chair, M&M’s, stickers, and the Thomas the Train noise makers. But we were still nervous about her peeing in the middle of a restaurant. If any of you know Clarendon, parking is a pain. We parked several blocks from the restaurant and therefore decided to leave the potty-chair behind. Halfway through lunch, Gracie said she had to go potty. Jen and I took her back there where it was my job to hold her on top of this seemingly huge toilet. Grace is very independent lately and I am not her favorite person. Those two don’t mix and I was told, “I do it Mama, go away!” So I did and she fell in. An obvious unsuccessful potty attempt. (By the way, I didn’t just let her go. I did hold on ever so lightly but she still fell in. Oh well!)
Gracie hadn’t peed since 9 o’clock that morning and it was after 2. Now we had to make it the 45-minute drive home. As we were driving, Gracie asked for some water. Oh dear Lord, I hadn’t given the child anything to drink since we left the house that morning. No wonder she didn’t have to pee! Potty training by dehydration!!!! Poor baby. So we gave her some water and not 5 minutes later, we pulled off in Fairfax because she had to go. I’ve never loved my Explorer so much. We had a whole ladies room ready in the back. She sat and sat and nothing!!!! We raced home and no joke, she went in the potty about 5 times in the span of being home for 20 minutes. So far, so good.
Gracie showing Katie how to pee pee on the potty
Gracie and her big girl panties!!
Everyone likes to use the potty with their sneakers on, right??
Move over baby John, I'm comin' in!
Here we all are listening to Reverend Cobb
John being baptized
Ella being baptized
Me, John, Jen and Ella. John was sweating and had already changed!
Today we had John and Ella baptized. It was a bittersweet day for the family; a day of mixed feelings for me. I felt so much joy and happiness that the kids were being baptized in the same church I was. But I couldn’t help but feel the pain of my mom'sabsence. She was there in spirit but it’s just not the same. Nothing is the same.
The babies behaved during the church service and even little Gracie (with the help of her Goldfish) was quiet. After the ceremony, we headed to brunch. Dave and I weren’t sure about this brunch because Gracie was on Day 2 of potty training. This was the first time we had been away from the house and came equip with the potty chair, M&M’s, stickers, and the Thomas the Train noise makers. But we were still nervous about her peeing in the middle of a restaurant. If any of you know Clarendon, parking is a pain. We parked several blocks from the restaurant and therefore decided to leave the potty-chair behind. Halfway through lunch, Gracie said she had to go potty. Jen and I took her back there where it was my job to hold her on top of this seemingly huge toilet. Grace is very independent lately and I am not her favorite person. Those two don’t mix and I was told, “I do it Mama, go away!” So I did and she fell in. An obvious unsuccessful potty attempt. (By the way, I didn’t just let her go. I did hold on ever so lightly but she still fell in. Oh well!)
Gracie hadn’t peed since 9 o’clock that morning and it was after 2. Now we had to make it the 45-minute drive home. As we were driving, Gracie asked for some water. Oh dear Lord, I hadn’t given the child anything to drink since we left the house that morning. No wonder she didn’t have to pee! Potty training by dehydration!!!! Poor baby. So we gave her some water and not 5 minutes later, we pulled off in Fairfax because she had to go. I’ve never loved my Explorer so much. We had a whole ladies room ready in the back. She sat and sat and nothing!!!! We raced home and no joke, she went in the potty about 5 times in the span of being home for 20 minutes. So far, so good.
Gracie showing Katie how to pee pee on the potty
Gracie and her big girl panties!!
Everyone likes to use the potty with their sneakers on, right??
Move over baby John, I'm comin' in!
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