Welcoming Fall with Open Arms

Gracie and I survived the first two week of football. Gracie and I had a lot of time together since Troy stayed on campus. There were lots of walks and play time until bed. Gracie attended her first football practice which she seemed to enjoy. Amazingly I forgot my camera but did take a few with my phone so they aren’t the best. But she did meet a lot of players and seemed to gaze up in awe at the size of those guys.

Gracie is now 10 months yes that is right 10 months. It is so crazy to me that each month seems to fly by so fast. I did not even get to take 9 month pictures of her like I wanted. Gracie is doing great, she now its regular food for lunch and dinner. The ladies at daycare can not seem to get over how well she is doing and how she loves everything, from spaghetti and meat balls, to all of her veggies. She eats it all. A couple of weeks ago I went at lunch time to see her each chicken and noodles. Natalie one of her classmates crawled up and was peering at Gracie from across the tray. Gracie proceeded to feed her seeing she too wanted some. Hilarious, just too cute, at least I know she can share! I told the ladies last week it was ok to give her a Fig Newton, they said they laughed so hard how she could not get it into her mouth fast enough. I figured her being in the 28th percentile a Fig Newton is not going to hurt her. My word, the kid can eat….hmmm…..I wonder where she gets that from. I am sure you will also notice her cat like scratches on her face I can not seem to keep her nails trimmed fast enough. Her nails grow so fast I can not believe it, that is not from me either mine just do not grow at all.

As many of you know I have taken on a numerous amount of projects, which seems to be the trend come football season. I am trying to pace myself a little better right now because I took on a lot at once and then realized with Gracie I do not have as much free time to work on everything. I have been painting furniture for Gracie’s room, hanging up pictures, and sewing dresses. This has made for a very messy office. Anyway, one of the projects that I want to share was the name verse picture I made. Honesty, I stole it from a friend and when I asked how it was done she said Photoshop all the way. Well, if you know me at all you know this was not the answer I was wanting. I wanted fabric, glue and what every else crafty I could come up with. So, I did just that I picked out fabric and ribbon that would go with the colors all ready in Gracie’s room. I printed off a verse and went with what I thought would work in my mind. I love it and so does Troy. I got Gracie to hold it for 2 seconds while snapping a picture to show all of you.
As the summer is close to an end our schedules only seem to pick up in pace. The weather has already turned to fall and I am starting to take more pictures which will be fun with the leaves. This is my favorite season and I have plenty to do and think about. Troy’s Birthday, Gracie’s First Birthday to plan, our trip to Kansas for Thanksgiving and planning a Baby Shower, my mind is full on top of all the extras I have added. I started reading The Time Travelers Wife and then talked a bunch of ladies at work into it. We will all head to the theatres when we are all done. This is officially the first book club I have ever been a part of and I love it.

Enjoy the pictures, there will be more to come here shortly!

Gracie playing with her Daddy!