The Usual...

Some days, at our house, are about matching outfits - big bows - and clean faces.  

But other days are what you see below:  

One Diaper Bum, Another Little Girl Sporting Jammies at Noon, Reindeer Antlers in the Summer....and Really Fancy Dancing!

Did Someone Just Wake Up?

This was Gracie earlier this week after a cozy nap! No gel or mousse was involved in this creation!


She likes to nestle her head into the corner of her crib...the end result looks quite marvelous!


And here is a more "contained" version. Kylene helped me give Gracie her first taste of Pigtails. She seemed to have a whole new confidence while sporting her antennas! :) Maybe with pigtails, strangers will stop calling her a boy! It happened again the other day while we were out to lunch. "He is just so handsome....It's a boy...right?" Said the man at Bajio Grill. Hmmm....I guess the bows, purple pants that say "pretty" and her pink shoes just aren't enough to let the world know...she's a little girl! Bring on the Pigtails!

Gracie has really figured out the art of walking. She is doing so well toddling around! This video is from about one week ago, and she's really come a long way. But at least you can all see her marching around.

I'm Cutting Teeth Here People!

Her face says it all! Gracie's two front bottom teeth are coming in, and it's NO SECRET! They are awfully sharp - but she is being a trooper! It's also been a week of milestones for Gracie. A couple days ago, I looked over terrified to see her scaling the stairs...YES - She knows how to crawl up stairs! Wow - she is learning more and more each day!

Always on the go...

She LOVES being outside - where she can listen to all the dogs bark, cars vroom and birds chirp!

Spit Up Anyone???

Let's face it...we do some crazy things trying to get babies to smile. We try to scare them, tickle them and often we talk in unusually high - almost scary voices. Sometimes when you're hoping for a Smile...instead you get some Spit-Up. This video is a great example. A couple of weeks ago, while staying at Papa and Gwama Tait's house in Utah, our 3-year-old niece Lauren was helping us try to get Gracie to crack a smile...Unfortunately a smile isn't all we got!