Grace Ann

Happy Valentine's Day!

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It's a....

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Busy

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We went to the Arboretum on our fair day last week. Grace got her face painted like a tiger..

We went to a Pirate themed birthday party last weekend.

Had an ice cream and Lion King date with her Leigh Leigh and friend Izzy...

And this past Friday we went to the Rockwall Heath Homecoming game. Grace and her friend Will shared a bowl of Blue bell before the game at dinner at Joe Willy's.

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Life lately....

2011-09-08T17:29:00.001-07:00

Has been very busy. The start of a new school year at a new school in a new(ish) grade level, a very active 3 1/2 year old has had a lot to do with that. Add in me being 10 weeks pregnant and exhausted. It's been a challenge!!

Grace started soccer (once a week) Monday nights and dance class at daycare so she is keeping busy too. Today was the first day of dance and she had to show me what she learned with her tap tap shoes, with the leotard and tights on too. She's so cute!!

We have managed to play outside some now that the weather is kind of fallish for the moment...

Grace and Molly

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Visitors

2011-08-13T08:22:00.001-07:00

One of our friends came to visit us this weekend from Idaho. Grace loves holding Baby Josie!!

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The Little Gym

2011-07-23T17:39:00.001-07:00

We have been going to trial classes at the Little Gym and Grace loves it! She is always so impatient to get in there and play with Mr. Joe. She is such a good listener in class. Her daddy and I were very proud to see her listening to the teachers and following directions!

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Pump it Up

2011-07-13T12:02:00.001-07:00

We met up with Grace's sweet friend Ella(from MDO) at a place in Dallas that has two rooms full of bounce houses. It was only $7 to play for a hour and a half. It was nice because they split the kids up into groups under 7 and over 7 and keep them in their own bounce house room and then they switch half way through. The girls had a ball trying out all the different bounce houses.

After that we went to lunch at Chick Fil A, where the girls played some more.

It was a great way to play indoors today!

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July

2011-07-11T05:31:00.001-07:00

We have been very busy this month! I can't believe it's already July :(
Grace went with her dad, Omie and Pops to Kansas City at the beginning of July to see her new cousins baptism. While they were in KC, I enjoyed a wonderful trip to the beach with some wonderful friends for a wedding.

When we all got back on July 4th, we went to watch fireworks with some friends. Grace practiced riding her new bike as we waited.

We have also been to the library for storytime with her friend B.

And then they enjoyed a Picnic lunch at home.

Sunday we went to watch Aunt Leigh Leigh run in a 15K, then to brunch and swimming! Here is Gracie working on her poster to cheer on Leigh Leigh.

I am exhausted!! We have a pretty lazy week planned with a few playdates, and then we are off to our lake trip next week and then to San Antonio again. Busy!!

Sea World

2011-06-27T19:12:00.000-07:00

We took Gracie to Sea World in San Antonio for the first time last week. We were only there for a few hours, but it was enough to wear her out! We plan on going back later on in July. The whales and Shamu were definitely her favorite.

(Sorry the pictures are out of order...can not figure out how to get them where I want them:(

Play School

2011-05-27T18:11:00.000-07:00

Last day of Playschool- May 26th

First Day of Playschool- August 24th

I can not believe how much Gracie has changed over the year! She is such a big girl now- 3 years old, POTTY TRAINED (yay), and wearing a big girl seat belt in her car seat, among many other things!

I have absolutely loved every minute of her play school days. We were so lucky that her Miss Tina and then Miss Jessica were able to take her twice a week to playschool. Grace learned so many new things this year. She can count past ten, knows SO many letters, loves to say her prayers before we eat, and made lots of new friends at school.

Her teachers were absolutely wonderful and Grace had so much fun with them. They made us this precious "scrapbook" of pictures and activities that they did over the year that we as working parents didn't always get to see. I am amazed at how good they were with taking pictures since I sometimes lack in that area.

It makes me sad that we won't be able to have this wonderful experience again next year, but such is life. Grace will adapt wonderfully to her new school and I can only hope that I will too.

Hippity Hop

2011-04-26T17:33:00.000-07:00

Grace had a wonderful Easter weekend with family! She hunted eggs at our church on Saturday and spent some time with her daddy.

On Sunday, she was excited to see what the Easter Bunny had brought for her and then she couldn't wait to hunt eggs outside.

We had lunch at MeMe and Gramps on Sunday and had yet another egg hunt with Molly. There were plenty of confetti eggs at both egg hunts!

Can you tell...

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That Grace is NOT a morning person?! This is how I found her this morning. She is definitely her father's daughter.

Zoo Trip

2011-04-07T03:50:00.001-07:00

We took a few pictures from our zoo trip over spring break before the camera battery went out on us. You will never believe what Gracie rode!!!

Yup! A camel!!

Bluebonnets

2011-04-07T03:47:00.000-07:00

We stopped and took Gracie's pictures in the bluebonnets yesterday on the way home from work. Such a ham!

spring break

2011-03-16T16:48:00.000-07:00

We have been busy his week but its been great. We started off spring break at my nieces first birthday party. It was great and the birthday girl thoroughly enjoyed her cake.
Sunday we spent the afternoon with my grandma.
Monday we hung out at home and then Tuesday Grace had her three year checkup with Dr.Bala. She weighs 30 lbs and is 36 1/2 inches tall. She has grown 2 inches in the last few months. The dr was very pleased with her overall. Still working on the pitty training. After that we met up with Aunt Emmy,uncle blake and Molly to visit the Dallas Arboretum. Grace had a great time running through the fairy tale castles they hav as part off Dallas Blooms.
Today Grace stayed with Daddy while I enjoyed a much needed girls shopping trip and a massage. Wonderful,,
tomorrow we are off to see Domingo, theMexican Elvis impersonator. I will post pictures later,,

February 27th

2011-03-01T18:18:00.001-08:00

We celebrated Grace's actual birthday with my parents and Steven's parents at church, then we went to IHOP with Omie and Pops, opened a few birthday presents and then played at the house. We went to the playground that evening and then went to enjoy a delicious ice cream cone at Braums with MeMe and Gramps. A great weekend!!

Hot Dog Hot Dog Hot diggety dog!

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Eating in her clubhouse with the girls...NO boys allowed they said!

3 year old!

Well, our little girl turned three on Sunday. We celebrated her birthday with a Mickey Mouse birthday party on Saturday. The weather was great and the kids were able to play outside on the swing set, in the sand box, on the bounce house, and with the Mickey Mouse bean bag toss that Steven made for her.

Lately...

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Robot Races at a friend's birthday

"Just washing my hands mommy"

Waiting for daddy in his office

Haircut (just a trim!)

Homecoming parade at RHHS

Playing in daddy's chair

Who knows...

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4th of July

2010-07-15T05:19:00.000-07:00

We went to the fourth of july parade in my parents neighborhood. Grace was REALLY into the candy that was being thrown from the people in the parade. We went the next night to see the Rockwall Fireworks show. She was SO excited about the fireworks! They really wore her out though! She was asleep before we even got out of the parking lot afterwards!

Reunion

2010-07-15T05:15:00.000-07:00

We went to the 4th Annual Pesek Family Reunion down near San Marcos at the end of June. She had a great time playing with her 2nd cousins that are her age. She swam and ran around and played. We headed to Fredericksburg for a few days after that to see Omie and Pops a little bit more. She loved on Annabelle and Nester (the donkeys) most of the time that we were there.

First (and Second) Movie

2010-07-15T05:10:00.000-07:00

We took Grace to see her first movie at the Studio Movie Grill at the end of June. They show kids movies - the same one every day for a week- at 11:00 for super cheap during the summer. We took her to see Curious George. She kept hopping from the seat with us to the seat in front of us. She did really good and made it through about 45 minutes of the movie.
Later that night we went with some friends to the drive in theater to see Toy Story 3. She had so much fun and was afraid to sit still anywhere in case she fell asleep. It was a really great night to go and she had a ton of fun!

Summer is here~

2010-06-09T12:24:00.000-07:00

Toddler Story Time

I was finally finished with work on Monday, and we've been busy ever since! Tuesday Grace started Mother's Day Out. She did really well and was excited to go. Today we went to story time at the public library. They read a story called Freight Train, by Donald Crews. Grace loves trains, so she was all about it. They sang a couple songs and used little egg shakers. She had a great time. Hopefully we will be able to make more story times!

She has been swimming every night since Sunday and absolutely loves it! I've been doing some private lessons and she's had to go with me since Steven is at conference. She's so cute- trying to do what the 4 year old is learning at lessons and is always asking for "her turn". I'm so glad she loves the water. She wakes up in the morning asking if she is going to go swimming. It's so cute!

We have a trip to the zoo planned for this week and another day of Mothers Day Out.

Bluebonnets

2010-04-18T13:54:00.001-07:00

A couple pictures of Grace in the bluebonnets that we have growing in our yard- in a flower bed. That tongue has been hanging out of her mouth a lot lately. She also got her first sandbox this weekend. Not really a fan of bare feet in the san just yet. We'll work on it.

Grace is signed up for Sun and Fun at the Methodist Church for 5 weeks this summer. I can't wait! She will get to play with kids her age and mommy will have a few days she gets to run errands without fighting the car seat battle! 7 more weeks!!!

Easter Weekend

2010-04-05T03:56:00.001-07:00

We had a very busy weekend and it went by so fast! We spent most of it outside of course. On Saturday we went to the egg hunt at our church. Grace was so excited about all the eggs (and candy of course) this year and did great hunting for the eggs.

We had Easter and celebrated April birthdays with my family on Saturday as well. Grace enjoyed her new sit and spin from Aunt Emmy and Uncle "Bake". She kept saying "weee" as she went around and around.

Sunday we went to mass and then over to my parents to hunt for eggs with one of their neighbors granddaughters. We spent the afternoon playing at home on her swing set and planting flowers.

We signed Grace up to go to a Fun and Sun program at the Methodist church 2 days a week for 5 weeks this summer. I can't wait for her to be around other kids her age!

Molly Rose

2010-03-18T08:47:00.001-07:00

Grace's cousin, Molly, was born on Sunday, March 14th. She was 7 lbs 14 oz - a giant compared to Grace's 6 lbs 5 oz! This was Grace's original due date so it's kind of funny that Molly was born that day.

Grace was so cute holding her. She kept wanting to take the hat off of the baby- probably because she has more hair than Gracie does! :) Grace has visited Molly twice now and has been very good with her.

Elmo Birthday Party

2010-03-18T08:37:00.001-07:00

Grace had an awesome time at her birthday party. As you can see, she was very excited to open her presents.
She loves the happy birthday song and has been singing it ever since her birthday. Dorothy, Elmo's fish, was decorating the table in some little glass bowls. Everybody that came in had to be shown the fish. They were a hit!
Aunt Emily and myself made this Elmo birthday cake for Grace. It took forever but it was well worth it. Grace loved her Elmo birthday cake.

TWO

2010-03-02T03:55:00.000-08:00

Grace turned 2 on Saturday. We had an Elmo themed party. Aunt Emily and I made Grace's Elmo cake that turned out so cute! We sang happy birthday to her at 2:27- the time she was born. I will post pictures when I can get my other computer to work. It's hard to believe that Grace is 2 already. She had a wonderful time!!

SNOW much fun!

2010-02-13T13:41:00.000-08:00

It snowed ALL day Thursday and Thursday night. We had about 10 inches of snow in our front yard. Crazy! Grace didn't like the snow much on Thursday. I was so excited for her to see it. Later that night I convinced her to get the mail with me and then she LOVED the snow. There were so many tears when we had to come in. We were at home on Friday because of the snow so she got to go play alot. She really got into the hang of it and wanted to push the snowballs around like daddy was.

Sick!

2010-02-02T15:18:00.000-08:00

Grace has been sick the last few days- nothing serious, but enough to make us (me) crazy. Diarreaha for Miss Tina on Friday, awful sneezing and congestion this weekend, still more congestion and of course, a tooth (or two)! She hasn't been eating or drinking her milk like she normally does so something is going on. I hope this clears up soon... Thank god for Ruby and Max- that's about all that makes her happy at home. So thankful to have a wonderful babysitter who keeps her even when she's like this and in one of her "moods"!!

A few of Gracie's favorite things...

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An Elmo kitchen from her great uncle Eddie.

A new trike from MeMe and Gramps. It will convert so she can ride it by herself when she's ready.

Christmas Fun

2009-12-23T19:26:00.001-08:00

We went to make sugar cookies at my grandma's (Gracie's great-grandma) house today. Grace liked the cookie cutters and the rolling pin, but her fingers kept getting sticky. The OCD was coming out in her and she really didn't like the sticky feeling. So she and Grandma went outside to play while mom and dad finished the cookies.

Grace's 4 month old friend Brooklyn came over to visit and Grace was trying to teach her to crawl. Didn't go so well!

We got Grace's "big girl" bed today- it's going to take awhile to get her used to that. Cousin Molly comes in March and wants to use the crib, so we are starting to work on the big girl bed.

It's already been a busy week and on Christmas day we will be heading to Fredericksburg for a few days.

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We held our First Annual Donuts with Santa at my school this past weekend. It was a great fundraiser for our school. Steven brought Gracie and they had donuts, made a christmas card and Gracie had her picture taken with Santa. This Santa is a special one- a good friend of ours. Gracie loves her Jeff and I think she recognized his voice under the Santa costume and did such a great job getting her picture taken! She just kept looking at him like "I know this guy!"

She saw a friend of hers, Brenden, who is almost a year old. She was talking to him and just carrying on a long conversation. Brenden was a good listener!:)

Gracie had a blast running the halls at Donuts with Santa and playing with the other little ones. She didn't want to go!

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Aunt Elysa and Grace

My little bug...She was supposed to be a cow, but she didn't like wearing the cow costume. I think she turned out so cute as a ladybug!! We trick or treated at my parents, my sister and her husbands house and at Great grandmas. We ended up a friend's house for a Halloween party where she got to see her babysitter and kids. Grace was up late and up early this morning!! She was too cute saying "trick or treat!"

Sitting on a giant pumpkin coloring book Great Grandma bought her!

One last picture from the Arboretum.

The Dallas Arboretum

2009-11-01T04:13:00.000-08:00

We went to the Dallas Arboretum a couple weeks ago with my mom and grandma. Grace had a great time climbing the mountains of pumpkins. She loves being outside, so she had an awesome day!

My Future Hawk

2009-09-26T18:56:00.000-07:00

We went to the Rockwall Heath football game Friday night. Grace was feeling much better by Friday so we went. We only got to stay for an hour, but Grace was having such a good time! We checked out the new aquatics center next door before the game- She was VERY interested in the swimmers in the pool.
Next week is the Rockwall Heath vs. Rockwall HS football game. Grace and I will be sitting on the Heath side with daddy, but we will be wearing Rockwall HS orange since that's where mommy went. She has a cute little Yellowjacket "bling" tshirt and clip so watch for pics next week.

And they're in!

2009-09-05T18:17:00.001-07:00

Gracie now has four molars in. #4 is about halfway through the gums. These last 2 days have been terrible! Short naps, not eating much, fussy, screaming! Hopefully this is the end of teeth for a little bit. I could use a break! (And I'm sure Miss Tina agrees too :) )

Hose

2009-09-02T04:27:00.000-07:00

Mimi (my mom) taught Gracie how to play in the water hose. She loves it as you can see. This day we were playing outside and she picked up her little pool off the deck, walked all the way around the deck straight to the hose. She kept reaching up to the faucet trying to turn it on. She had a blast playing the hose. She loves it when the dog drinks out of the hose while she is holding it.
Grace is getting so many new words each day. It's just amazing! Her latest ones are "side" (outside), walk, and back (that is her telling the dogs to get back). It's really cute. We hear "side" quite a bit. She loves to play outside. We've been out quite a bit now that the air has been a little cooler the last few days.

More summer pics!

2009-08-25T18:10:00.001-07:00

This is Gracie and 2 of her cousins that visited from Missouri a couple weeks ago. I'm just now wading through summer pictures on my camera! We went to play at the sprinkler park and then the kids had snack...They had a blast!
Steven and I are back to work and Grace is back to Miss Tina's. So far the year is off to a good start!

Summer's Over...

2009-08-16T17:21:00.000-07:00

It's back to work tomorrow for me and Steven and back to Miss Tina's for Gracie. Here are a few pictures from this summer- Gracie has been very busy. We were in Fredericksburg for a week, drove to Missouri for a week, then to San Marcos for a family reunion, Houston to visit family, and then Steven's family was here for the last 5 days. She was a very good traveler on all the car trips, but she definitly loves her routines and naps.

It seems every time we saw Omie and Pops (Steven's parents), she cut a new tooth.. We've seen them 3 times this summer and she is cutting her 3rd molar. They left today so hopefully this is the last tooth for awhile- I need a break!

She will be 18 months on the 27th. I remember leaving her last year at Miss Tina's when she was only 6 months- barely crawling. Now there is no slowing down for her!! She is talking so much! It's amazing how many words she has picked up this summer.

Slimy Baby

2009-08-01T17:24:00.000-07:00

Sorry no pictures of this incident, but it was pretty funny to us. I have a box with a hinged lid in the den that I keep some of Grace's diapers, wipes and bottom cremes in so we don't have to go to the bedroom every time to change her. She was sitting there and she was a little out of sight from me but I heard the box opening and shutting so I knew what she was doing. Then it got quiet for a few minutes and I looked around the couch to see if she was there and she was, with an OPEN vaseline jar. She was rubbing vaseline all over her legs. By the time I got to her it was in her hair and she had it all over BOTH legs and her hands were covered in it. She got so mad when I took the jar away but quickly calmed down when she got a bath out of the situation. She always wants to put lotions on her like mommy so I think I am going to have to be more careful about what she has access to! It was funny!

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2009-07-30T12:29:00.000-07:00

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Grace stayed at Miss Tina's yesterday so I could get work done in my disastrous classroom and while she was there they had arts and crafts time!! The finished project was too cute. I will have to take a picture and post later!
Some of the pictures on this link are from May- our school playday.

Happy Birthday Gramps!

2009-07-14T18:41:00.000-07:00

We had lunch at Grandma and Gramps house to celebrate Gramps's birthday a little early. Grace started out the day by unloading my drawer under the sink and then getting IN it. Then she was drinking water out of a sterling silver serving spoon while sitting ON the counter- Grandma started all this--and ended the day by reading one of Gramps's golf books in his lap. Such a busy girl!!

4th of July

2009-07-06T12:22:00.001-07:00

Here's Gracie at the 4th of July parade in my parent's neighborhood- she loved it!! Most of the pictures I took had the flags in front of her face as she was waving them. She got so excited when she saw the horses from the sheriff's department. She had a great time and finished up by playing in the hose.
We've been busy-- Grace went to Fredericksburg last week to visit Omie and Pops and had a blast. They have a new donkey and Grace said donkey and loves feeding the cow (she says moo to everything now) and the goats. She swam alot with her cousins who were there from Kansas City.

She is getting another tooth on the bottom- they always seem to come up when we are visiting the inlaws.

We are hanging around Rockwall for the next 2 weeks and then we are off to Kansas City to visit her cousins! She is getting lots of family time this summer which is great!!

15 mo check up

2009-06-08T14:53:00.000-07:00

Since school is FINALLY over I took Grace in for her 15 month well check- we're only a week late on it. Dr. Bala was really impressed with how well she's doing and all her words. She has only gained 3 oz since her 12month check and now is 31 inches long. She only grew 1 inch since 12 months. Her doctor said she doesn't need to come back until her 2 year check- we can skip the 18 month well check! We will still go in for a weight check and keep up with her shots. She needs 15 month shots, but that's a trip for another day. Will post pics later!

Super Cute Pics

2009-05-27T17:59:00.000-07:00

Check out this website : www.brookebarnesphotography.com. My sister surprised Steven and I with some pictures of Grace for our birthdays. This is a girl I went to high school with and she is also related to one of Elysa's best friends. We loved the pictures and think they are so cute!

Sprinkler Park

2009-05-24T04:43:00.001-07:00

We took Grace to the sprinkler park yesterday that is in our neighborhood. She had fun!! It took her a few minutes to get used to the water squirting up - and it was cold - but then she really liked it!

At Tina's

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This is Gracie's friend Brenden that Ms. Tina watches a couple days a week. Grace likes to give him kisses and put the pacifier back in his mouth when it falls out. She is kind of jealous of him and enjoys the days that she has Ms. Tina all to herself.

Sleeping Beauty

2009-05-11T14:51:00.000-07:00

She had a rough Mother's Day can't you tell?? She didn't want to wake up this morning to go to Tina's!

Old Toy

2009-05-05T17:28:00.000-07:00

This is the top to her little bouncer seat-you know the one she sits in and jumps up and down. It's been apart for about 3 months now, the rest of the pieces are put away, but everytime I start thinking about putting the top piece up, I find her sitting in it playing! Happy as can be. And of course, there is the trusty blanket close by. But we have started interchanging that one with a much smaller one so that's one battle we have won!!

Smush em!

2009-05-03T18:42:00.000-07:00

I think the pictures speak for themselves....She normally loves them, but this was her 2nd dinner so she wasn't as into eating them as she usually does.

Movie Day

2009-05-01T18:48:00.000-07:00

Grace's friend Kennedy came over to watch a movie today. Grace LOVES Kennedy. She is an awesome friend with lots of baby experience-she has 2 little brothers, one that is a few months older than Grace.

Here is yet another picture of Grace in her toy box. She takes everything out and then gets in to play some more!

14 months

2009-04-26T17:13:00.000-07:00

Grace will be 14 months old on Monday. Time sure has flown by!! Just about this time last year, I was going back to work. Grace has 4 teeth, with 2 more popping through soon! She is into EVERYTHING!! We are constantly "baby proofing" around the house. Her latest escapades include taking all the toys out of her basket and then putting herself into it, playing washers with daddy and Uncle Blake, getting IN my wine rack, and sitting on the little stool with the humidifier on it. Such a mess but she's a cutie!!