Thursday, January 7, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Off to Granny and Papaw’s
When she was done opening all the presents we had in the house, Grace grabbed her stuff and was ready to go to Granny and Papaw’s.
We packed everyone in, and we were off.
Once we got there it was mound after mound of presents.
Loving her big dog from uncle Nay
Granny helping Grace open her “big” gift from Granny and Papaw!
We packed everyone in, and we were off.
Once we got there it was mound after mound of presents.
Loving her big dog from uncle Nay
Granny helping Grace open her “big” gift from Granny and Papaw!
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Christmas at Home
Once she saw the cleaning trolley, it was over for the next hour or so. Nothing else was touched or opened. The kid loves to clean.
After she got dressed for the day, she decided to open more presents.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Mommy’s off work!
This year I took off two weeks for Christmas. It was our mission to enjoy every second. We ate, we slept, we shopped, we watched movies and we annoyed Itchy.
Notice the sadness in his eyes in that last picture? I guess he shouldn’t have ate the chair.
Notice the sadness in his eyes in that last picture? I guess he shouldn’t have ate the chair.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
The time in between
After Thanksgiving we had a couple of surprises. On December 4th it snowed! I was very excited and while it wasn’t a lot, I’ll take what I can get. It wasn’t enough to wake the sleeping giant, but little did I know, she’d get her snow.
A week or so after the snow, Grace and I came home to this:
Ahhh, Itchy. I just stood there in the foyer staring at it, Grace under me grabbing through the gate trying to enjoy the snow gift Itchy had provided. I didn’t yell, I didn’t scream, I just… laughed. I pulled out my phone and sent a text message, complete with photo, to my wonderful husband. His response:
“What the [exploitive deleted] is that?”
Ahh, he took the words right out of my mouth. Well it was Grace’s beanbag chair. It was everywhere! And there was a lot. How that thing contained all those styrofoam balls is beyond me. It took 3 ½ garbage bags to get rid of all of it.
So I did what any super cool parent would do, I got on the floor with Grace, Oakley, and even Itchy and we played in it until Daddy got home. Then Daddy got home. He wasn’t very pleased, but after a few deep breaths, he realized what’s done is done, and we might as well enjoy the snow while it lasts. It really was so much fun, and at least it wasn’t the furniture…or the carpet… or the walls.
A week or so after the snow, Grace and I came home to this:
Ahhh, Itchy. I just stood there in the foyer staring at it, Grace under me grabbing through the gate trying to enjoy the snow gift Itchy had provided. I didn’t yell, I didn’t scream, I just… laughed. I pulled out my phone and sent a text message, complete with photo, to my wonderful husband. His response:
“What the [exploitive deleted] is that?”
Ahh, he took the words right out of my mouth. Well it was Grace’s beanbag chair. It was everywhere! And there was a lot. How that thing contained all those styrofoam balls is beyond me. It took 3 ½ garbage bags to get rid of all of it.
So I did what any super cool parent would do, I got on the floor with Grace, Oakley, and even Itchy and we played in it until Daddy got home. Then Daddy got home. He wasn’t very pleased, but after a few deep breaths, he realized what’s done is done, and we might as well enjoy the snow while it lasts. It really was so much fun, and at least it wasn’t the furniture…or the carpet… or the walls.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Thanksgiving
Not too much happened between Halloween and Thanksgiving. Just a lot of the same ole thing; work, school, home, sleep and repeat. Thanksgiving rolled around and that’s when all the fun started. We had Thanksgiving dinner at my Aunt’s house and Grace was freely giving hugs to lots of family. We kind of sat back in awe. Usually she’s super shy with people she doesn’t see regularly.
Here’s her giving a big hug to Uncle Nay. Sorry for the blur, I forgot my camera at home. That seems to be a new trend with me, one I’m working on fixing.
That night my mom and I went Black Friday shopping. We got a little shopping done but mostly stood in line for multiple hours in the freezing cold. Thanks Mom! And thank you Dad for bringing us coats, blankets, and chairs! It was psycho. I say every year, “I’m not doing this again,” but I do. It’s tradition, and that can’t be helped.
That weekend, we also put up Christmas decorations. Oh how I miss last year when Grace was crawling and couldn’t reach the ornaments. This year was a little different. It was non-stop, “Grace don’t touch that,” “Grace leave the tree alone,” “GRACE!” Ahh, the holiday season. She actually did pretty well. Once we gave her a pickle, she was open to discussing the frequency and extent at which she was allowed to touch the tree. Very smart kid. Sneaky, but smart.
Here’s her giving a big hug to Uncle Nay. Sorry for the blur, I forgot my camera at home. That seems to be a new trend with me, one I’m working on fixing.
That night my mom and I went Black Friday shopping. We got a little shopping done but mostly stood in line for multiple hours in the freezing cold. Thanks Mom! And thank you Dad for bringing us coats, blankets, and chairs! It was psycho. I say every year, “I’m not doing this again,” but I do. It’s tradition, and that can’t be helped.
That weekend, we also put up Christmas decorations. Oh how I miss last year when Grace was crawling and couldn’t reach the ornaments. This year was a little different. It was non-stop, “Grace don’t touch that,” “Grace leave the tree alone,” “GRACE!” Ahh, the holiday season. She actually did pretty well. Once we gave her a pickle, she was open to discussing the frequency and extent at which she was allowed to touch the tree. Very smart kid. Sneaky, but smart.
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