Some 5 month pictures & Easter

I thought you may enjoy some more pictures of Gracie and her Easter pictures. Enjoy!

Gracie is 5 Month

Yeap that is right Gracie is now 5 months. We have been feeding her cereal which she loves and seems not to be able to get enough of. Last weekend we started with peas, which she loves! I was so proud of her, especially since her parents won't eat them at all but shhhh, we do not need to tell her that. She jabbers away and uses her high pitch vocals to get our attention if we are not looking. She also seems to love anything that has a face. No matter the animal she loves it, mainly to stick in her mouth and then to whip it around in the air, then to bang it on the floor. She is quit abusive to her little friends right now which is so funny. And of course everything she does we think is spectacular, which is just how it should be. She is very much a morning person. She loves talking and rolling on to her side. You put her in bed one way and by morning she has moved herself around. I love putting her into the saucer at the daycare. She loves hitting all the little objects that are on it. She is just a really good baby. No complaints!

Ode to the Clinton Family

So, my good friend Lily recently posted a blog about farts, yes I said farts. As I responded to her blog I realized I had a lot to say, so this goes out to my friend Lily and to those who understand. Any of you that have boys in your family or just know my husband know that farting is just what happens, it just happens. I too think this is very funny, TBS laugh it up!! I laughed out load as I read her blog. I grew up in a family with 3 boys where the bodily function was laughed at and joked about always. Not that my mother did not try to stop it but it never happened. The loud laughter was always loader then her efforts. I think the only time that we were cautious was when Grandma Baugh was visiting and she would scowl at us and tell us we should call it pass gas with a little accent that made her sound like she just flew in from London. I also had a few girl friends that had fart contest with there brothers, you know who you are!! Then I got married and if you know Troy or his brothers, it is normal, well as normal as it can be. They end up laughing so hard they look like they are crying and I do know on a few occasions in smith center, doors had to be opened and people ran screaming from the house in town. You know of the event of which I speak. It is a normal function in my house and you are lucky if you are laughing because most of the time you are just passed out on the floor. You would think having a girl would change all that but Gracie has her father’s problem. Ok, so it maybe just a baby thing and hopefully she grows out of it but if not there will be no worries were the boys are concerned. If I do have all girls then I will try to pass on that the fart should be looked down upon, but I doubt that this will happen considering all the uncles she has.

March

Sorry, I have not posted any pictures for a while. Things have been busy. Gracie is doing great, she is growing fast and always doing new things. Our latest is eating cereal. She has done so good with it and has been learning how to eat actually eat it. In that discovery she has found that she has a tongue and now sticks it out all the time. You will also see her with a little doll we call suzzie. I was at Target looking around and picked it up to see if she liked it and decided I would bring it home. She loves that thing. It is hilarious she just holds it, tries to eat its hair and screams at it. It is so funny.

The past two months have been filled with friends. I had a group of girls come visit in February and it was so much fun to see them, some I had not seen in years. It is always nice to catch up. Then in March I got to visit with some more of my girl friends and it happens we all have daughters so we took quite a few pictures of them together, this consisted of us laughing histerically at them being together. It has been such a blessing to be able to meet up with these girls, I should say women. It is always nice to catch up and to chat an afternoon away. I never get old of the wonderful sound of chatty girl friends. And it is always a blessing to be able to compare notes with other moms and to see my friends I grew up with as parents, I love it and enjoy being able to be apart of this part of there life.

4 Months

Yeap, Gracie is 4 Months. I am just posting a little video. Sorry it is really hard to watch I was trying to tape while getting gracie to giggle, just listen.

Back to Work

The Question: How is work and daycare going?

Well, honestly I was a little scared before I went back. I really wanted all of it to go well and it was hard leaving her with someone else that was not her mom. Troy and I went together the first day and dropped her off, it went much better then I imagined. She did not even notice I left the room, which was great, but honestly I wanted her to kick and scream and say mommy don't leave. That was not the case at all. I did well leaving the building and it was not as hard since I knew I would see her at lunch. I go to the daycare a couple days a week and feed her lunch. It is just nice to be able to go over and see her and have some time with her. It has also been a nice time to get to know the ladies that work there. That has helped a lot being able to get to know the people that are with Gracie everyday. Gracie has now been there for 2 weeks. When we walk into the room and those ladies start talking to her she just lights up and smiles. She really likes it. I look at the positives of the daycare, she gets lots of attention, they read, sing, play peek-a-boo, practice rolling over, tummy time and no distractions of needing to clean the house or running errands. It is a Christian based daycare so they read bible stories and sing a lot of Sunday school songs. I really love that they do all the things that I wish I could do in a day with her. Plus the ladies think she is so good and love all the cute outfits she wears. As, for work it is not bad. I do not mind going back to work in general but going back to Graphic has been a little interesting and trying. That really has been the hardest part is not enjoying where I am going back too.

Just a little side note.
I was talking to a friend, who has not yet had kids, about how freaked out she is to start trying. I guess I just want to say that I was very scarred to say, let’s change our whole lives right now. It freaked me out to the point it made my stomach roll over. She asked, if I knew then, what I know now would I have had them earlier. Not that I would ever give up that time I had with just Troy and I because I loved it and it was fun it just being the two of us, I would defiantly not have been scarred and I would had kids more when Troy was ready then waiting. Really, my life has changed because I care for another person but I love it and it is not as scary as people make it out to be. I just thought for those of you that the thought just makes you want to turn and run, don’t, it is wonderful. I do encourage you to first enjoy the married life before kids. And, that is a whole other thing that I could write on and now is not the time.

Gracie is 3 Months

For Auntie Kristen.


Gracie is now 3 months and growing. She weighs a little over 12 lbs. She smiled before but we get big open mouth smiles and we love her coos. We have been trying to capture her on tape but she is a little rascle, she usually stops and just stares at the camera instead. She loves sitting up, no not by herself but close, she likes viewing the world from a new perspective. Yes, she still has marshmellow cheeks and they are so kissable I love them. We can never get over how cute we think she is and everything she does. It is crazy how much more and more we love this little girl. We have lots of little nicknames for Gracie and right now our favorite is Gracie Bear. When ever I sit her up to burp her she always has her hands up as if to say rrrr. I will try to capture this and post a picture.