Christmas Pictures!

These pics were taken last month by our friend Abbie and her sister who have a photography business, Bella Bean Photography (Check out their blog here). We took the pictures up at Sundance. Grace was really good considering that it was freezing outside. We love the pics.

Thanks Abbie and Jessi!

P.S. Daddy says, "Grace is sooo cute! She's already got me wrapped around her little finger."

Back To My Roots

So I decided to post a few pictures to show my hair color change. I went back to my natural look. I always love when I have dark hair so I don't know why I ever put high-lights in, (And yes, Grace is usually a really happy baby, but she gets very camera shy, which is why she looks totally freaked out in all these pics) but anyways.... I also wanted to tell everyone that I started a hair blog incase you haven't already seen the icon in the upper corner of my blog. It's just something I thought would be fun, and since I love hair and love blogging I thought I would put them together! So go check it out and hopefully you'll get some useful tips . And If you ever have any questions feel free to ask!

The Tree Is Up

Our Christmas tree has been up for about a week now. And I think Grace loves it the most. If you look closely you'll notice the bottom branches of the tree are slightly drooping. Grace loves to kick it, pull it, or even try and eat it. It's pretty funny. We don't even have to set her by the tree. She will roll across the room to get to it. (And don't worry all you protective moms, we watch her closely to make sure the entire tree doesn't fall on top of her head!) I love having our tree up. I just told Mark today that I wish we could have it up all year around. It gets me into the hot chocolate mood too. I've been making myself a cup every night. But anyways, enough about the tree. We're headed to California on the nineteenth and I can't wait! Good times!

Rolling Over, Two New Teeth, Rice Cereal, and Play Time!

Well, Grace has been growing up right before our eyes. The first day we got to Wisconsin Grace decided she wanted to roll over. It was really out of nowhere. We set her down on a blanket and then she just rolled over on her tummy like it was nothing. She now sleeps on her stomach, not because that is how I put her to sleep but because the minute you put her down on her back she rolls right over. She usually ends up squashing her face right into the mattress too. So needless to say, I'm not sleeping very well. I'm constantly waking up to check on her and making sure she is still breathing. She also started eating rice cereal! I was hesitant to start her on it because she hasn't doubled her birth weight yet and she really didn't seem all that interested in watching Mark and I eat. But I thought I would at least give it a shot and surprisingly she loves it! She ate the entire bowl the first night we gave it to her. We have a video of her eating but I'll spare you, it's almost three minutes long. So enjoy the pics instead. And she has two teeth coming in! It seems early for that but there is no mistaking it. Two little white spots are poking through on the bottom. And the best part is she hasn't even been cranky about it! Grace loves, I mean loves when I pull the warm clothes out of the dryer and put them on her. She thinks it's hysterical! She laughs and kicks the entire time I'm folding the clothes. She is so funny. We also had a play date with Mindy and little Opal. We planned to make hand and foot prints of the girls but they both fell asleep instead. So as you can see our little, I mean big Grace is growing up! Such fun times! Ok, that's all for now. Sorry, this is so long!

I Got Tagged!!!

Karla tagged me. I'm supposed to list six quirky things about me. Here it goes:

1). I hate gum. Mostly watching other people chew it just grosses me out. Touching gum or playing with it, blowing bubbles, pulling it in and out, or taking it out and putting it on your plate while eating and then putting it back in makes me gag!! Just the thought of something you put in your mouth and chew and chew forever and never swallow is just disgusting to me!

2). I am obsessed with spot cleaning my carpet. Everyday I'll pull out my resolve carpet cleaner and spray away on any spot I can see. It's terrible, I'm probably making the carpet worse by doing that. I need to just buy a real carpet cleaner.

3). I HATE spiders! I'm so scared of them. If I see one crawling the only way I can kill it is by throwing a big book on top of it and then quickly stomping on the book with my foot. But I usually don't even lift the book up to see if it's dead or not. I wait until Mark gets home to do that! The worst is when I see one crawling on the ceiling. I don't dare get a chair and try and squish it, (That would be the smart thing to do) I just stare and stare at it until it gets down to my level and then I'll throw another book at it.

4). I have a problem with anything and everything reminding me of song. Usually when people are talking a word they say will spark a tune in my head. Sometimes it's really hard for me to concentrate on what people are even saying because I'm too busy singing a song in my head. I know that's really rude, I just can't help it. I'm always singing a song and I'm probably really annoying to Mark now that I think about it.

5). I hate the smell (and taste) but mostly the smell of fruity candies or snacks! Sick! I'm not a huge fan of fruit in general but I can at least handle the smell of real fruit. But when it comes to like fruit snacks or bubbalicous gum I want to barf! If Mark eats anything fruity I can't kiss him until he's eaten something else to get rid of the fruity smell!

6). I hate cartoons. I know this is a problem because I now have a daughter, so this will need to change. But I can't help that I am totally bored out of my mind when I watch them. I didn't even like them when I was a kid. My mom told me that any cartoon she would put on for me when I was little I would walk away or cry or want to play with something else. Maybe I don't have a big imagination because even fantasy or sci-fi movies I hate! Anything that is just not real I don't like!

Ok, I tag.... Mel, Amber, and Heidi. Or anyone that wants to do it.

Grace's Room Done....Finally!

So we finally finished Grace's room. It only took us four months after she was born to get it done! Well, we can blame the delay on the fact that we moved shortly after Grace was born , right!? Anyways, Mark did such a good job setting up all the furniture. I really felt bad for him because when we opened the box the dresser came in it had about 200 screws in it. He looked at me and asked if we could return it for one that was already set up. I gave him a really sad look and then he knew what he had to do! Poor guy. But he did a great job and now we have Grace sleeping in her own room which was much needed! Our next project....The kitchen! We'll keep you posted.

Trip To California

Mark and I snagged a good deal on plane tickets and were able to make a quick trip to San Ramon to see my family. Grace had so much fun seeing Nona and Papa again and meeting all of her Uncle's and Aunt's. Besides Grace being totally off of her schedule and a bit cranky we had great time!Grace and Aunt Sarah

Grace and Papa at Marine World

Grace and her cousin Gia hanging out and watching Baby Einsteins

Grace and her Uncle Josh

Grace and Aunt Mel

The whole gang outside in our backyard roasting mollows!
Grace and Uncle Dom
Me and Grace outside trying to keep warm
This pic wasn't in Cali. It was on Mark's birthday. I just had to post it, so cute!
Grace and her two cousins, Gia and Jace.
Grace and her great grandpa, Nonnu
Grace and her great grandma, Mina
Mark was so tired from his late flight. He and Grace took a morning nap together.

Grace Is Getting So Big!

This is Grace trying out her new bumbo. You can tell from the picture, she's not sure if she likes it yet or not.
Every time Grace and I go on a walk she falls asleep. Isn't she cute???

Grace has started to put everything in her mouth, including her shirt.
She was in such a good mood. I just had to catch a smile.
We were over visiting our friend Mindy and Grace fell asleep on the couch. This is her waking up and wondering where she is.
She doesn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Daddy and Grace. So cute!
She didn't feel like smiling much for me.
This was a start of a smile, and then she changed her mind.

New Background...Finally

Thanks for your help Crystal! It was really time for a change.

I Need Help

Ok, I need help. My blog background is ugly and I'm sick of looking at it. Where do you all get your cute blog templates from??? I've tried looking them up and I've found some pretty cute ones but they don't let me download them or something else goes wrong (surprise surprise, since I'm so computer illiterate). But just let me know where to go and what do! Please! Thanks everyone.

Grace Swimming!!!

Today we went swimming with my sister-in-law (Mel) and niece (Gia). It was Grace's first time in the pool. Mel kept warning me that she would probably scream her head off and not to do it (because the water was really cold!), but I insisted...and sure enough, I was right! Grace proved her wrong. That's my girl! She truly loves the water. Her favorite time of day is bath time. There's also a few other pictures below that I just thought were really cute.