Grace opening present

Grace's first Christmas

Love this activity table from Mommom!


I don't know who's more exited...


She just might be the cutest little present for us...



How many toys can I play with at once? Thank you everyone!

Being 7 months old is fun!

Just kickin' it with Dad


And Floyd....


And my friend Hazen (on Christmas)


It's jammy time with the boys!

Laughing and having fun

Fruit pop

We got this thing to put frozen cubes of fruit and veggies in, Grace loves it.

Hanging out with my cousins!

Visiting Gigi and Poppop

Visiting Tom and Andrea!

I do like to be nudey!


Is this guy going to read me the book or what?!

Visiting Mommom and Poppy

Grace is 6 months old!

Grace and Holly

This is Holly anointing Grace as the Lioness King



I'm pretty sure this was right after Grace's first taste of the suds



This is what we call 'Zach opening his heart'




This is what Sara, Grace and I will be eatin on this year. It is a cow elk, doing a handstand, while cut in half. Her legs are hanging behind her. She is very, very tasty.

I'm gonna take my clothes off!

Happy Halloween!

Well this year will probably be the least exiting for Grace in all of her Halloween experiences. (It is more fun for us to dress her up in this ridiculous polyester ladybug outfit...although she was already experiencing the body heat from the non-breathable material and will continue to for years to come.)
All I know is that when thinking back on my childhood Halloween experiences....
My brother and I would rush home with a sack full of candy we would then dump out onto the floor of the living room. We would categorize each type of candy and count the numbers...
We would then play "sell". (Which really was "trade"). We would trade candy that we respectively disliked. Keep in mind that we would NEVER lose count of the numbers.
HOWEVER...the following week our numbers would slowly go down...wait! Faster than we were aware of....why??? DAD was sneaking the candy into his lunch sack!!!! Oh how the tables have turned...and I'm SOOO looking forward it!!! I LOVE CANDY!!
Sara (Mama)

Grace sitting up 10.31.10.MP4

Ladies and babies

Girls weekend in Helena

I can't put my arms down!!

Grace is 5 months old!

It's a good thing this guy is so mellow....I really like him!


Loving my feet these days!


5 months old on 10.18.10


Trying to sit up!


Dad bought Mom flowers...he should do that more often because I love them! Hehehe

grace giggles

We survived the first week!

Well, the first day was definitely the hardest. I got back into the swing of things at work pretty fast on Monday. Leasa (daycare lady) told me to call her anytime during the day to check on Grace. Well, on Monday, I called around 10 in the morning (after much hesitation because I didn't want to hear bad news). And bad news I did hear! Grace was NOT taking to her new surroundings well at all! She was crying a lot, was not taking the bottle, was NOT sleeping, etc. I should not have called, because then I could not stop thinking about how bad I felt. Still, I had to wait until 1:30 to head out of work. At 1:30, I practically ran out of the door, and I'm sure I would have gotten a speeding ticket a few times on my way to pick up Grace. I think I may have run a red light too...oops!

Anyway, I walked in the door, and I have never seen Grace looking so overtired. Her eyes were bloodshot and red-rimmed. Leasa handed her to me, she looked up at me and half smiled, then put her head on my chest and immediately fell asleep!!! She slept about 15 minutes in the 6 hours she was there. Poor little thing...I felt so bad! We both had a very bad night sleep that night. Grace probably had night mares about going back....(hahaha) and I kept thinking about other options. (Should I try to work less? Plan to leave work to breastfeed her? Move her to a daycare closer to home?) Ugh. What to do?

Well, Erik helped me to think things through and give it at least a week. Well, by Tuesday, she was already doing better! By Wednesday, she was taking two 30 minute naps, smiling and cooing a lot. I was feeling MUCH better about this situation. Grace seems to be taking very well to Leasa now, and enjoys watching the other little boys play (they are both 12 months old). She is exploring new toys, and when Leasa's husband comes home for lunch he sings to her and loves it!
She is still not taking the bottle, but LOVES rice cereal. Which is great, because then I know she won't starve! (Otherwise I'd be leaving work to breastfeed her).
I think we are going to make it...... :-)

Starting to sit up, and bath time!