THANKSGIVING 2006

Thanksgiving....

COMING SOON... lots of pictures!! We have been in Dallas all week (still are!) and just enjoying spending time with my big brother and his wife and of course all the rest of the family. We have done a LOT of shopping this week, in fact I am almost done with my Christmas shopping! Adam and I also brought Grace to see Santa today. We will upload pics of Thanksgiving and pics with Santa as soon as we can!

I was tagged!!

I was tagged by Lindsay!

5 Things about ME...

1. I have always hated Chocolate, but since having my daughter I like a few chocolate things... Milky Ways, hot cocco, pudding, & oreos.

2. I actually like cleaning my house (with the exception of mopping!)

3. I love watching tv in bed.

4. I use to be a pretty good snow skiier. I was ranked when I was 8 & 11 years old for a top 10 skiier for the state of Texas.

5. I wear 1 contact lense... my right eye has perfect vision!

Grace clapping!

How cute is this! Grace has learned to clap. She is also tired in this video as it was almost bed time.

Teething stinks!

For the last week Grace has been little Miss fuss! I could tell that her top teeth weren't far from coming so I gave her a bit of Tylenol or Motrin when it was really bad. Well Monday she got a fever of 102. Then yesterday her fever persisted all day and got up to 103.5... and the meds were not helping. The doc looked her over yesterday morning at her 9 month appointment and said he really thought it was just her teeth or possibly a weird virus, but wouldn't know if it was that for a day or two.

Well last night was terrible. I think it was the worst night we have had since bringing Grace home from the hospital or close to it. She was up before we even went to bed at 9:30! Adam rocked her back to sleep, but she was up again at 10:30... well this is pretty much how the nigth went. Around 12 I decided to go to sleep in the guest bedroom and bring Grace into bed with me. That helped for a bit, but she was up around 3 and 5... I finally fed her at 5 and she was out till 6:30... so needless to say I'm so tired. But for some reason Grace is bright eyed and bushytailed! Oh and she finally broke her fever at 6:30... I got her out of her crib and she was drinched in sweat! Poor baby. But she seems to be feeling better today, but no new teeth yet. Hopefully soon because I need some sleep!

9 Months!

Grace's 9 month stats:

28.5 inches long - 75th percentile

18 pounds 14 ounces - 50th percentile

Here is what Grace is up to:

*Still crawling everywhere

*Pulling up on anything... including moms pants!

* She will take a few steps when pushing a walker (haven't gotten it on video yet!)

*Says "Dada" all the time, but no "mama" yet :(

*Loves to feed herself any table food, but no baby food for her.

*Can wave "bye bye" (so cute!)

*She is starting to clap... or at least trying really hard.

*Is a little Indian... you know when you put your hand over your mouth!

*Will pull toys now...she has a little telephone with a string on it.

*Loves to pose for the camera!... my little model

*Mama and Dada think she is starting to dance... she rocks back and forth when music is going.

Other stuff the doc told us:

*She has eczema. You can sort of see the redness on her face in the picture above. She definitly has daddy's skin.

*He thinks she is going to be at least 5 feet 6 inches as an adult! Sort of interesting and he did say it is an ESTIMATE, but I'm so happy for her. Since I'm only 5'4" anything taller than that is awesome!

I think that is about it for now. Check back for more updates :)

Happy Birthday to me...

Thanks everyone for the sweet emails and cards.

We aren't doing anything exciting... just dinner at home. We did get a babysitter last Friday night and went to eat at a yummy steak place on Lake Texoma - The Point. It was a nice evening with no kiddos! I guess getting older isn't as exciting as it use to be. Oh well... 27 here I come!!

Katey's 1st birthday party

Yesterday was Katey's first birthday party (Lacy's daughter)!

Just wanted to share a few pics of party!

Click HERE to check out a cute video they made of Katey's first year!

Here is the birthday girl in her cute hat and Lacy!

Here is Grace riding on Katey's birthday present... she LOVED it! Guess I know what to get her for her birthday :)

In the bounce house... here is the back of Katey (you can see her little bonbon hair!) but there is Grace and Travis and all the mamas! They loved the bounce house... didn't know what to do, but they loved it none the less.

Feed me!

I'm hungry mama!

Wild woman

Is she going to be a reader?

When I change Grace I always give her a book (mainly to keep her busy and still), but she really seems to love it! Maybe she will be a reader??? Probably a bit too young to tell :)

My busy bee

Grace is very busy these days. (Also the reason why I haven't been able to post so much.) She is crawling much faster now and seems to find/touch/eat anything she can get her hands on. We have just finished baby proofing the house, which mainly consisted of plug covers and cabinet stoppers to keep her out of all the cleaning products. Let me tell you though, those cabinet stoppers (whatever they are really called...) are practically adult proof too! Adam and I can't seem to remember the cabinets are baby proofed and we go to try to open the cabinet like normal and it doesn't open... doh! Well I guess this is probably a good thing since kids seem to figure everything out.

Anyway, here are few pics of her exploring the house.

She tried to eat the fake ivy (don't worry I didnt let her!),

tried to pull the lamp and phone off the end table (thankfully she was unsuccessful, so she just tried to eat the cords!), put her little fingers into the Sammie's water bowl (we already had to move the bowls from the kitchen into the laundry room, so we can close the door, but anytime it is open she goes straight for them!), and she likes to go behind the couch (thankfully there is enough room between the couch and wall that I can vacuum so it isn't grose back there or anything!). She is a complete mess, but we wouldn't have it any other way. It is definitly fun, exciting and each day brings some new adventure. Growing up sure is a blast!

Happy Halloween!

Isn't our little pumpkin adorable! Gotta love it. We put the costume on her this past weekend when we went to a Halloween Party. She didn't mind the costume, just wasn't sure she wanted the hat on.

She will also get to sport her costume again tonight when we head to downtown for a Halloween thing our little town puts on for the kids. Hopefully it wont be too cold!

Here are pics of Adam and I, with our good friends, Joey and Hailey,... aka... The Flinstones and The Rubbels! :) Cute huh. We made the costumes ourselves. We are quite crafty! (Oh and Adam and I look a little tired b/c we were!)

Germany

Well we are back!! The trip went really well and went by super fast which was probably good since anytime there was a slow moment I was thinking of Grace and what she was doing and if she was missing me. :) We had some great German food, struggled with the language since only like 10 people in Germany speak English, and stayed up really late and drank a little bit too. But it was really fun. The only down side was on our way home our flight from England to Chicago ran a little late and we missed our flight home to Dallas. We got stuck in Chicago for 8 hours and finally got to Dallas after 26 hours of traveling so we were exhausted to say the least!

Here are a couple pics of Dusseldorf, Germany.

Behind us is City Hall

Most of the cars are this size or smaller! Lots of Sausage

Our Hotel

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Oh and Grace did great while we gone. It was good for her to get some quality time with grandma and grandpa! She did surprise us by saying her first word while we were gone... "Dada"!!... of course... I'm home with her all day and the thanks I get is "Dada"... oh well! :)

The first day we were gone Grace stayed with our friend Linsday for several hours. Here is a video she made of Grace and her little boy, Travis, who is 2 weeks younger than Grace. I'm sure it was like having twins!!! Thanks Linz!

Out of town...

Adam and I leave tomorrow morning for Germany for the week... so yes that means that we will be leaving Grace behind. :( I am sure she will be just fine with grandma (and her babysitters... THANKS Lindsay!), but me on the other hand, well I'm already missing her. Shoot I can hardly leave her for an afternoon let alone 5 days and 4 nights. But we couldn't pass up this trip. The way I figure is that at some point I'm going to have to leave her, so I guess I need to try it out now. The only bummer is that I will have to pump since I am still breastfeeding, but well worth the trouble.

We will post pics when we get back and let you know how Grace does (and me too!).

Have a great week!

A daddy and his daughter

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For all the Stay-at-home Moms!

A man came home from work and found his three children outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard.

The door of his wife's car was & open, as was the front door to the house and there was no sign of the dog. Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess. A lamp had been knocked over, and the throw rug was wadded against one wall. In the front room the TV was loudly blaring on a cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing.

In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, the fridge door was open wide, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand was spread by the back door.

He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried she might be ill, or that something serious had happened. He was met with a small trickle of water as it made its way out the bathroom door. As he peered inside, he found wet towels, scummy soap and more toys strewn over the floor. Miles of toilet paper lay in a heap and toothpaste had been smeared over the mirror and walls.

As he rushed to the bedroom, he found his wife still curled up in the bed in her pajamas, reading a novel. She looked up at him, smiled, and asked how his day went.

He looked at her bewildered and asked, "What happened here today?" She again smiled and answered, "You know every day when you come home from work and you ask me "what in the world did I do all day"??

"Yes," was his incredulous reply. She answered, "Well, today I didn't do it."

Priceless.

Playing at Mema and Pop Pop's house

Grace found the pumpkins in the house and couldn't figure out the thing on top! If you notice in this picture she is holding onto both pumpkins! They are bigger than her!

She is trying to get Sammie in this picture. I guess she can't figure out there is glass in between her and the puppy.

8 Months

Can you believe it?? Grace is growing so fast.

Here is what she is up to this month:
*Crawling everywhere... as you have seen in previous posts.
*Pulling up to standing all the time in her crib and a few times playing.
*Her best friend is the puppy, Sammie! They are becoming good buds.
*She says bababa and lalala... no mama or dada yet! :(
*She weighed 18 pounds 5 ounces earlier this week...which puts her at the 50% for weight.
*She eats anything she can feed herself. She still hates baby food. Her favorite food seem to be Mexican... loves black beans, rice and avacados!

*Her favorite thing to do it to play airplane with dad... he flies her around the room like an airplane.

*Her favorite toy is probably anything she knows she isn't suppose to have... she finds everything now.

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