Quite the Hand Full

Pretending to be asleep, using a pacifier ( which as you may know, she doesn't really use and never has) and waiting to get her diaper changed.... silly head...

Trying to hide from me behind the towels to avoid getting her teeth brushed..... Notice her look of angst : )

My silly willy giggling chef.....

Okay, as always Gracie is very funny and cute. She has definitely entered the terrible twos though. Full blown tantrums in parking lots and stores. Refusing to go to bed. Screaming at me to "Shut up!" and slamming her bedroom door when I tell her no( actually this makes me fear her teenage years!). She is REALLY asserting her independence. I am reading a parenting book about how to properly deal with this behavior and hopefully it will help. She is into EVERYTHING. Nothing is safe! But in between it all she makes jokes and is sweet with her kisses and cuddles. Thank goodness for that. Plus she is such a chatterbox. She just talks and talks... and is very animated when she does talk. She tells these long stories and everything she has to say is VERY important. I can't imagine where she gets her talkative-ness from.

We went to her two year check up last week. The doctor said she now has two of the criteria for neurofibromatosis... so a diagnosis looks eminent.

New Look

Okay, I got her these cutesy headbands and just wanted to share... this is when her hair was still relatively wet, I wish I got some shots once it was dry. It was much fuller and very cute. She got quite a few compliments. She is getting a cold so thats why she's not looking quite herself and a little runny eyed. Let me know what you think!

A Couple of Firsts for my Baby....

Well, last Saturday Gracie got her first haircut! She was sooo good, all the old ladies in the place commented on how well she behaved. She just sat there and watched in the mirror. Halfway through she did want to hold my hand, but she was soooo good.


And Gracie had her first day of "school" yesterday!!! When I picked her up and asked her how it was she said "FUN!" She was so excited to show off her artwork. She was so excited to be there that she hardly noticed me leaving.. she just gave me a kiss, a hug, said " Bye Mom," and gave a little wave. And turned around to play. I am so happy she loved it!

She's TWO!!!

Okay so I promised all these pictures and then I never got around to it... so here is my true picture taking happiness gone wild.

Gracie climbed up next to Noah with her puzzle and I thought they looked so cute together I just had to share....
On her birthday we went to Jungle Java... she had so much fun. She played a little in the toddler part but was much more interested in the gargantuan play structure. She had a lot of fun climbing!

At the park by my house with Noah....
A fun day at the pool.. She really is getting to be more and more comfortable in the water....




Here's Gracie trying on my jammies....

Okay, when I last posted I had these pictures of Gracie and Noah playing dress up and haevn't posted them because most of them are sideways, so sorry about the sideways one... but I can't get it to open in the software!

Picture Happy

Well, we were lucky enough to get another visit from Heather and Nadia! Who Gracie talks about all the time. Gracie is pretty good about being gentle with her and is really sweet with her. Always trying to help ( even though most of the time she's really getting in the way!)




Gracie loves being with Noah, she will follow him around all day. She lately drags a chair over to where he is at the computer to watch. And of course she carries a phone everywhere she goes... just talking away!

Gracie also is obsessed with Sponge Bob. She is always asking to watch him.. and luckily he is practically all the time. I got her a stuffed Sponge Bob pillow that has arms and hands. And at the store he sat up in the seat of the cart with her. She was hitting his hand.. and just as I was about to tell her to be nice I hear her quietly saying..." Five! Five!" She was giving him high fives!

I honestly don't think much makes her laugh harder than Noah. He makes her laugh so hard... and pretty easily... though there are days where she really makes him work for it!


And babies.. Gracie is still sooooooo into playing with her baby dolls. In fact, we usually take them with us everywhere we go ( at least to the car) lately she grabs an old purse of mine ( stuffed with all sorts of odds and ends.. i found all our remotes in there the other day!) slings it over her shoulder and grabs her babies. And we can't go before she does all this. That and pretend food... she LOVES to play with her play food!


Okay, I know it hasn't been that long since my last post... but I have gone picture happy. We have been doing so much and had so many cute picture opportunities. Besides the fact that Gracie is just so funny that we happen to get a lot of chances. We went to the zoo and it was soooo hot... and Gracie was sooo hot she was almost zombie like. But every time I tried to walk away from some animals she would throw a fit! She would just stare mezmorized at a lot of them. She was also calling a lot of them cows... we never did see a cow though : )

Fun at the Pool!

Okay, so Gracie once again LOVES the pool and is getting more and more courageous in it!
She has even started trying to get in more of a swimming position, so that she can really get around. She of course still prefers the side of the pool and the stairs. But in the kids pool she's been starting to get pretty brave!

She is super fortunate that she has her " big brother" Noah to play and swim with her! Unfortunately they were both looking so cute with huge smiles for pictures but my shutter was being weird and not taking it in time before Gracie would get wiggly : (

Here she is swimming in the kids pool!

She loves these fountain things, they kept making her giggle!

Ready to get out and warm up with Mom!

Yay for summer! Hopefully she can take some swim lessons this year and will be totally ready for a fun water filled summer next year! I'm so excited that she seems to like the water... because I LOVE it myself!

Okay, more pictures from our vacation!

Making Zach giggle!

Gracie putting on sunscreen at the beach

Gracie playing with her sand toys at the beach

Holding Zach

My dad with Zach, Chloe and Gracie having a little pajama party for a couple of hours : )