Don't We Look Alike?

This is a picture of Grace and I before we went to church Sunday. Don't we look alike? I am just kidding. My sweet baby couldn't look any more like her daddy. I can't help but wonder if Carter will look like Grace did when she was born or if he will get some of the genes on my side of the family. Either way makes no difference, but the anticipation is killing me!!!

I Survived

I survived my first hospital stay with Grace. Oh my gosh...I hope we never have to experience that again. Grace had a virus and a little pneumonia and was dehydrated so we were in the Greenwood hospital for a couple of days. It was no fun...by the end of the second day Grace had it with staying in the bed, BUT Brad and I did survive. I don't have too much news to share so I will just share some recent pics.

This is Grace getting caught in a cabinet she knows she isn't suppose to get in. I love the look on her face in this one.

Here she is again getting into trouble.


These are her eating some cream potatoes that she loves.

This is her on her way to church in one of her favorite dresses! She is too cute!

Big Girl Bed

Two nights ago I was brave enough to change Grace's bed from a crib to her big girl bed. Once Brad finally got finished I started crying. He asked what was wrong and I told him that I am crying out of sadness and fear. I was so sad that our little miss muss-a-fuss was getting so big and crying out of fear of what the nights would entail for me. Anyway, this is a picture of her...she would fall out of her bed and never wake up. We would find her in different positions and in this one she is holding her stuffed animal. We thought it was so cute. She has really done great with this transition, although she isn't sleeping as good as she was when she was in her crib. This morning at 4:45 she was saying, "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy" and I would go in there to make sure she was okay and then she would point and say, "book, book, book". Gran got her a little flashlight to keep in her bed with her in case she gets scared. I will walk by her room to sneak a peak and she will be playing with her flashlight and reading a book. It's too cute, but my mornings have been starting a lot earlier and anyone who knows me knows I need my sleep. I am hoping this problem will work itself out. My little baby is getting too big too quick. :(

IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!

Mom and I went to eat at the Crown last week and one of our old ultrasound friends happened to be in there. With a little bribe of a box of catfish she agreed to sneak us in the back door of the clinic and do a really quick ultrasound to tell us what the baby is. He is all BOY!!!!! We are so excited! We think his name will be Bradley Carter and we will call him Carter. So, I just wanted to share with everyone our wonderful news. I thank God for all his blessings!

Swimming

Now that it is blazing hot, we can go swimming. Usually in the afternoons we go out and swim in our $8 Fred's swimming pool. Grace loves it! She has this strange attachment to one of Brad's duck decoys, so he usually swims with us. Until next time....

Laundry and Milk Shakes

Going from one end of this house to the other end all day long carrying Grace or either her trying to follow me started wearing on us both. She would get tired of all the walking and I would get tired of all the carrying. So, here is what we came up with...


I tied a blanket on the end of the cloths basket and I pull it along and Grace rides. She loves it, and I must say that the basket slides great on the brick floors and the carpet.

Mom made the mistake of one day going by Sonic and letting Grace have a milk shake. Well, she is hooked.

You better hide your Sonic cups when you are around her because she assumes they are all milk shakes. You will know what happened now if your drink goes missing!!!

Self Feeding

Finally, Grace has mastered getting a little bit of food on her fork and actually making it to her mouth without the food falling off. She is really proud of herself. I tried to get a picture of her clapping for herself but they were all blurry. Anyway, it takes a lot longer to feed her now, but that is okay when you see this smile.

Here she is feeding herself...


Look at this big mess....

Oh yeah...here is Grace saying the blessing. It took me a while to get her to actually put her hands together. She is always so busy getting her to do little stuff like this is a big deal. We just say thank you God...it's a short, to the point kind of blessing. With a busy baby it is whatever works...

So, that is about all going on at our house right now. Brad is still in the field and I managed to get the yard looking pretty good before this morning sickness starting kicking my butt. Man, I forgot about this part of pregnancy. It is all worth it though!!!