GQ

My little GQ, at least that is what I thought when I saw him in this button up shirt.  I thought he looked so funny dressed like this for a baby but what a cutie.  He gets me every time with his half smile like he knows just how cute he is;)

 All dressed up for church

All Dressed Up

This is the last post of 2011, promise.

For New Year's Eve the four of us and my parents got dressed up to head to church and to diner.  Our New Years consisted of a late night of games and the New Years Ball dropping in the background.  It was nice and relaxing.  Here are a few of the family pictures I got before we headed out.

Time With Family

Here is a picture recap of our family time in Cincinnati.

Nolan with two of the shirts I made him

I mentioned in a prior post that we all attended the Christmas play at my parent's church.  After Gracie got to meet the dancer that played Mary.  Most of the pictures above were taken with my phone so they are not very good but I still love them.  The kids on their daddy's shoulder after the show.  Gracie meeting Mary, she actually touched her face, I was a little embarrassed but I think she was checking to see if she was real.

Family Picture

The beautiful table for Christmas Eve diner

The Family

My mom and I made these cups that I found on Pinteret

Grace helping Nina with dishes

Gracie & Alex working on the train table

Nolan getting some much needed game time in;)

Not Just for the Birds

When I was little my brother and I climbed my grandmas tree all the time although Troy loves to tease me and say there is no way I can climb a tree.   Well, I can and my little Gracie girl seems to be interested in doing the same thing.  While in Cincinnati even when there were no kids to play with I bundled Gracie up and sent her outside with the family dog Carson.  She loved playing with him and throwing the ball.  I also often found her playing in the not tree, no worries it is not high at all but she loved hanging out in it.

These days it is hard to get Gracie to give me a real smile so each time I take a picture I take not one but about in hopes to get a "pretty smile"  She has come up with so hilarious smiles, below are just a few of them.

Playtime {Outside}

As I mentioned before the weather was wonderful and we headed to the park one afternoon where I was able to enjoy watching the kids play with the Nina & Papi.  I also got a couple of adorable shot that I thought I would share.

Cute Cousin Love

My nephew Aiden and Gracie were just adorable all week.  They got along so well and really seemed to enjoy each others company.  Aiden even was willing to share his iPod touch with Gracie.  These two sat in this chair for sometime one evening playing games and watching movies.  Of course as parents we ate it up.

Playtime {Inside}

It has been a while but I need to do a little catching up from the last couple of weeks, this includes so of our Christmas activities, so here we go.

While in Cincinnati we did have wonderful weather but we also had a good amount of rain and when it comes to kids we like to get them out so they can run around.  Cincinnati seems to have some of the neatest places to take kids for little or no money.  The family headed to an indoor play area.  This play place is actually a place where they sell amazing swing sets but for a small fee you can play there or even have a yearly membership.  They even had an indoor basketball courts and a gymnastics area.  The kids had a blast and even I got to go down the biggest slide in the building. 

Aiden & Gracie racing

Gracie playing in one of the houses with Aiden

The kids playing on the swing

This was in the center of the place
Gracie went done the slide & I was nervous too