Bye Bye Boppy!!

Okay, I have to make this pretty quick, cause I have to get to sleepy post haste!!!

Mommy and me are trying are darndest to get over being sick. For some reason, I keep coughing at night and well, Mommy had pink eye and coughies and congestion and other noisy things. Sometimes I think that Mommy and I cough in unison. I think it is pretty cool.

Anyway, this week has been pretty good. At school I have had to make some new friends with all the older kids getting sent to other classes. Not really a problem, cause you see I can make friends really easy. My new favorite thing to do is to sit next to the door of my classroom and give airborne smoochie kisses to the kids passing by my classroom. That kills the time between eating and sleeping and pooping (which I am really good at).

This week, I am going through some transitions as Mommy and Daddy are trying to get me used to the cup and giving me less of the bottle. And next week, I am going to take my first sip of milk. I am so excited!!! Oh yeah, did I mention that I think I have another tooth coming in?

Okay, like I said, I have to be fast. Daddy wants me in bed so that he can play on the computer. That is okay, cause I am beat from all the playing I did today.

Goodnight,

Gracie



Look mommy, do you see my coloring? I stayed inside the lines

This is what I look like in my mommy and daddy's car

Did I tell you about my new favorite toy??? Mommy and Daddy take me out in my wagon all the time, I LOVE IT!!!

Check me out in my new hat

I just loved this picture, and look I am in my favorite store and I am eyeballing a new stainless steel Weber (I promise, daddy has nothing to do with this!!)

My First Kitty!!!

So you will never guess what I got in the mail today from New York. Yup, how did you know??? I got a kitty cat!!! Ever since I went to my friends house and got to play with theirs, I have been in love with cats. So when my friends, Linda and KooKoo Brains got word, they made sure that I could have one of my own. Now, the only thing about this cat, well it does not move. I love it very much, but chasing it is a little anticlimactic. Oh well, I will just keep "Greenbeans" (named after my favorite veggie!!) in my room and we will talk to eachother when I should be sleeping. Maybe one day Greenbeans will get up the energy to run around the house with me. THank you Linda and KooKoo Brains for the cat!! (Don't tell Linda, but I think the cat didn't like being mailed.)

Okay, not a whole bunch going on. The whole family here is sick. I gave it to mommy and she gave it to daddy. Good grief!!! I hope that we are all better by the weekend so I can go swimming. I didn't tell you, but I got a new bathing suit with a built in floaty thing so that I can swim by myself. Okay, maybe a little early for swimming, but I can kick around like a doggy.

So, goodnight. I need to sleep extra long tonight so I can feel better. Mommy and daddy I pretty anxious to call it a night too, which is why I am being kicked off of the computer.

Goodnight,
Gracie


You will never guess what I got in the mail today...

Yup, a kitty cat!!

That is me on my new favorite pilllow. I love it.

Not Feeling So Well :o(

Manchies (măn-chēz) here, (Don’t ask)

Well, my daddy’s friends called last night and asked that I be chastised for my apparent delinquency in writing to the blog. He mentioned something about it to me when I was playing with my toys and I reassured him that I will get back on the horse. Sorry for the long breaks, but with all this growing that I am doing and toys that I have to play with, I find that I am easily running out of time by the end of the day. Oh yeah, mommy and daddy never let me stay up late.

I do have a couple extra minutes today though because I had to come home from school a little early. Why you may ask? Well even though there was no official contest at school as to who could puke the furthest, I clearly won. Unfortunately, I was to only participant. Not sure what got into me, but I let loose like there was no tomorrow and admittedly was a little scared when I was done. My teacher had to tell mommy that I cried for a while afterwards. I think I was just embarrassed. Anyway, mommy had to take me home where I continued to feel kinda rotten, but managed to play with my toys for a while until daddy got home. I still did not feel well, but having both mommy and daddy home was just what the doctor ordered.

Speaking of doctor, I had to go yesterday for him to tell me I had another ear infection. I splained to mommy and daddy that if they were going to put me in daycare, that this is what they had to expect. I try really hard to stay healthy, but sometimes my friends don’t try as hard as me and I catch what they have. It is okay though, cause I get to have that really neat tasting medicine every day.

Below I posted some pictures of me clearly not feeling well. Only problem is, I could not stop smiling. Oh well, it was nice being with mommy and daddy so I almost forgot to feel bad. Unfortunately I don’t have any appetite and really am not drinking or eating anything. I bet tomorrow, if I am like I was today, mommy and daddy are going to force me to have some Pedilyte (YUKKKKK!!!)

So the weekend is going to be relaxed. I have to practice a couple things like standing and walking and saying incoherent words. As far as I am concerned, everything is “da-da”. I am sure my daddy thinks it is all about him, but truth be told, it is all about me and that is simply all I can say. So when I am mad I say “da-da” when I am happy I say “da-da” and when I want food I say “da-da” and so on and so on.

Okay, please pray that I start to feel better. I know that mommy and daddy are sick too, so say a little one for them as well.

I will try to write tomorrow. Until then, goodnight and I hope you have wonderful dreams.

Manchies

Baffy Time!!!

See mommy, right there... I think I put it right there!!

That is me and daddy when he got home from work.

My First Step

Hello eveyone,

Well the weekend is over and I am beat. Why am I so beat you ask? Well at about 5 o'clock I took my first step ALL BY MYSELF!!! I was traversing from my mommy's leg to the coolest toy in the world (pictured below) and decided that it was time that I do this without crawling. I tell you what, it was both scarey and exciting at the same time. Kinda like bungee jumping!!! I pretty much have made that my only step this weekend, but I could tell that it tickled my parents silly. What I am doing that is really triping me out is standing on my own. Saturday, I stood in front of my T.V. and watched my favorite dvd in the standing position. It was so cool. Only problem was, everytime daddy tried to catch it on video, I would sit down. Ha ha ha...

Okay, because it rained today, I did not get to go to the pool with mommy. Instead, I took a long nappy and then played with my toys. Now I have to go to bed so I am ready for school in the morning.

Goodnight,
Gracie


Let me introduce you to my new favorite toy

Check out my shoes, my friend Kennedy got them for me

Mommy and Daddy went to a concert this weekend. It was cool, because I got to hang out with my babysitter. She is so cool!!!

Here is mommy at the concert. I think it was Toby Keith and LeeAnn Womack.

More Birthday Pictures

I just wanted to let you know that I put some more pictures of me on Webshots. Below is a sample of what I added.

Okay, my friend Kennedy inspired me and for the last couple days, I have been really getting the hang of standing on my own. Mind you, I am not walking anywhere fast, but I am getting the basics of standing without holding something. Not bad.

So last night, me and mommy and daddy went to their friends house for dinner. It was really good, but the best part was the kitty cats. They have two of them and I just loved them both. I was laughing so much when I saw them and I tried my darndest to play with them, but I think they were a little scared of me. Mommy and daddy had a hard time catching me when I would chase them. It was fun.

Today, is a rainy day. I will tell you all about it tomorrow when I get back on the computer. I think we are going to the pool if it is sunny so I can try out my new bathing suit. Yipeeee.

Okay, so I have to tell you something. I think I am allergic to eggs. The other day, I had scrambled eggs for the first time. They were very good and I ate a whole bunch of them (1 egg for the concerned parents out there). Well, when I was done, I started to get these little red splotches all over my face. And then they showed up on my arms and my legs and my tummy and my back and my neck and everywhere else I had skin. It was dreadful. And then I started coughing and sneezing. It was scary. Mommy and daddy took me to the doctor where he checked me out and said that I was okay. By this time I stopped coughing and sneezing. So, with some benadryl and hugs and kisses, I went to bed and said my prayers. One of them was that I would not be allergic to eggs for a long time, cause they were really good.

Okay, it is the middle of the afternoon and I need to get up from my nap. I will log back on soon.

Gracie.



My first birthday cake....

I thought this was pretty cool. There was no mistaking this was the right house.

Mommy made it look really neat in the house for my party.

My favorite part of the party

Okay, daddy, enough pictures or I will be very mean with my middle finger.

Happy Birthday to ME!!!! (a little early)

Okay, okay... I know what you are saying. "Where in the world have you been!!?". I am so sorry that it has taken so long for me to get back on the computer. Truth be told, things have been really busy here in the last couple weeks. Daddy and mommy have been doing so much work around the house trying to get everything ready for my first birthday party, that they have had so little time to get me on the computer for some simple musings. Well, now that the party is over I managed to bat my eyes enough to daddy that he let me get on the computer for a little while.

So, what have I been up to. The biggest thing is that my Aunt Alex was down for three whole weeks. She came down to go to some camp and hang out with my mommy. It was a lot of fun having her here, and I already really miss her. She and I got to play so much. I can not wait until I see her again. She is starting school in Connecticut pretty soon, so I imagine it will be some time. While Aunt Alex was down, mommy and daddy took some time off of work to hang out with her, and get some much need projects done around the house. First, they had some work done in their bathroom and I only mention this because the took over my bathroom. You have to understand, I like a very simple bathroom with little in the way of hair products, make-up and all that junk they put in and on their body. Well for the last couple weeks, I have had to deal with their mess and I, quite honestly, am sick of it. I hear that they are moving back into theirs tonight... thank goodness. The other project they did was to tile the patio. It was nice that he rushed to get this done for the party, because there was so many people here that we got to hang out there and it was really nice. I managed to sneak a picture of it on the end of this blog.

So, the biggest thing was my birthday party. I know, it was a month early, but because my mommy was unsure of some travel plans, we chose last weekend to have all my friends over for some cake and ice cream. It was SOOOO cool. My friends from Jacksonville came, Kennedy, Olivia and Heath (he is the one with the funny glasses on). My cousins from Jacksonville came, Lark, Lexy and Rory. My friend, Sydney, from next door came. My friends from church, Sarah and Kathrine also came. As well, a whole bunch of my mommy and daddy's friends came over, making this house really full of people. It was so neat. I loved having all those people here just for me. What I loved most was all the cool toys I got. I got everything from a neat pillow my Aunt made to some really cool outfits that I will be sure to get really dirty. One of my favorite things I got though was my own red wagon. I totally love going outside, and now with this, mommy and daddy can take me on walks and I can play with my toys. Way cool.

Of course, no party is complete without the eating of the cake. I made everyone proud and wore as much of the cake as I ate. But I really figured out why mommy and daddy gave me cake near the end of the party. Let's put it this way, I learned what coming down from a sugar high does to a baby. And for several hours, I enjoyed the throws of nappy time. Ahhhhhhhh.....

Anyway, I had a great time and now things are calmed down. I hope you enjoy my pictures of the party. If you click on the "pictures of me" link on the right, you will find more party pics. I only picked some of my favorite.

So, I hope that I am able to get on the computer more in the next couple weeks and share how things are going. But until then I will blow you a kiss (which I am very good at now) and wish you a good night. I must get to bed.

Gracie


These are my friends who came to my party (Winnie the Pooh showed up late)

Here you can see some of the decorating that my mommy orchestrated....pretty cool huh?

Thanks for the cake mommy and daddy, why is the room spinning....

These are my best friends, Kennedy and Olivia... they came a long way to give me presents!!

I couldn't resist... Heath is so funny

That is me in my birthday outfit.... and with almost enough hair, mommy put in a bow

I crashed the pinata, I am so strong

Daddy and Devon completely ruining my plaster mold. (Really, this picture is only my daddy's way of showing you the tile job he did on the back porch).