Hanging at GG's

What luck that my Grandma lives so close to my in laws!  While we were visiting Jon and Roberta, my parents AND my sister and her boyfriend Brian were staying with my Grandma.  We even had a beautiful Christmas dinner all together at Jon and Roberta's house.  I sadly forgot to take a picture of that, however.

I DO have this hilarious picture of Samantha and Brian rocking out to the music on Grace's new train set!

And this one is pretty wonderful too!  Is it just me, or do they have the same expression of joy?

Grace helped GG open some belated Christmas packages.  GG tripped over her dog Lotte right before we arrived and is still quite bruised up from her fall in these pictures.  

"Baby TV", as my mom calls it, was a common form of entertainment on this trip.  We enjoyed watching Grace amuse herself at GG's by rearranging a stack of hand knitted pot holders, for example!

She also demonstrated how she likes to "carry" daddy!  She likes to say "strong" while she does it!

Playing with Grandma

Roberta did a great job interacting with Grace this Christmas.  It was wonderful to see Grace get to know her grandparents a little better!

She has a large sack of finger puppets in all sorts of animals.

Grace really liked grabbing them off Grandma's fingers and running to put them in her shopping cart.  

A friend of theirs generously lent them some really fun toys for Grace to play with while we were visiting.  These Mega Bloks were perfect for building "towers" as Grace calls them!

This motorcycle was also a big hit!  Grace still talks about her Grandma and I know the trip made fond memories for us all.

Grace really enjoyed following Grandpa around the house and she obviously took a liking to him also.  He jokingly says it was only because Remy the dog follows HIM around.  Remy may have received more kisses than any of us!

It is hard to compete with a cute little doggie!

Long Overdue

So I haven't mentioned this here yet - we're having another baby!  This probably isn't news to most of you, but just in case I thought I'd officially mention it.  

Here I am, 14 weeks.

20 weeks

and this week:  22 weeks!

I'm passed the morning sickness part, which is good, but now I'm feeling huge, swollen and ready to be done with this!  So much more to go... my due date is May 26th.

Oh, and we're having a girl!

Second Attempt at Swimming

We visited Jon and Roberta this Christmas!  It was a lovely time and wonderful to be with family for the holidays.  

Grace was very interested in the pool and loved watching Grandpa doing the daily maintenance.  

Here she is, adorable in her swimsuit and ready to give it a try!

It started out tentative...

And turned into a complete meltdown, unfortunately!

You can see her pouty face in this one if you look closely.  Even though she wasn't into swimming this visit, next time we visit, I'm sure we'll have a hard time getting her out of the pool!

Big Girl Shoes

Grace enjoys walking around with our shoes on!  Shocking I know, as it is one of those quintessential toddler moments.  

I have a picture of me in my Dad's boots as well, but when she does it it is new, hilarious and adorable to us.

Rebecca, sometime in the 1980's

I especially like when she says "bye bye" like she is going out. 

Jason thinks this video is cuter, so you can decide!

Snowy Baby

Hello!  I've been absent for a while because things have been a little crazy with the holiday season.  I'll tell you all about that later.  In the meantime, here are some pictures of Grace experiencing the snow for the first time!  

She had a hard time walking in the snow and kept falling down.  

She was intrigued at first!  

She very quickly became too cold and begged to go back inside.  She was very concerned with the snow getting on her pants and she refused to wear the little mittens I had for her.  Luckily I was able to get some adorable shots before then.  

December Showers

December showers are going to be happening in our new shower, just finished today!  It will still be a few days from now because the grout needs to be sealed.  But hey, we've waited three years for this, so what is a few days more?

We're really excited to see it all come together.  Our bathroom is officially completed!  We're also officially pooped.  We've been working a lot and also the whole family has been fighting off a wicked cold.  I've been trying to take a cute picture for a Christmas card this year, but have been unsuccessful so far.  Plus, I had to take a break from my attempts since a crusty nose is not an adorable accessory.  So, any of you wondering where your Christmas card is, perhaps it will be a New Years Card?