My Pathetic Attempt to take some Posed Pictures

This one it totally for Matt I remember with Hallie her pouting face was his favorite glad I caught this one.

Smiles Smiles

What parent doesn't love those first smiles that come from their sweet baby? To me it is proof that they are being taken care of, feel loved, and are happy with whatever is going on. I also love the twinkle they get in their eye right before they smile its priceless. I have captured quite a few smiling pictures so far but that hasn't stopped me from wanting to take a picture and cherish every single one that she shares with us.

Sisters

Hallie is such a great big sister. She is the first to respond when Gracie cries and whats me to "fix" her immediately. The other day I was in my room getting ready when Gracie started to fussy before I could say anything I heard Hallie say, "Hold on just a minute Gracie girl, I'm coming don't cry." Gracie settled right down for her and then I heard Hallie singing to Gracie in the front room, no song in particular she just kept singing, "don't cry I love you, I love you." I walked out and found Gracie had not only settled for her but had a big grin on her face. Moments like this make it all worth it and melt my heart.

Singing & ABCs

So I have been saying for quite a while now that Hallie knows her ABCs and loves to sing but she has been going through a stage where whenever I turn on the camera she stops doing whatever I wanted to record or take a picture. Lately she has started growing out of that so now I have some really cute and fun videos to share. Hope you enjoy them.
ABCs

Row Row Row Your Boat

6 Weeks...already

Friday Gracie turned 6 weeks, its the same story as always I can't believe it has been that long but I also can't imagine our life without her. She is such a good baby and I can't tell you how grateful I am for that. She is a great eater, sleeper, and at this point is pretty "Hallieproof." She eats every 4 hours and is still following her babywise schedule to a T in fact just last night she slept for just over 8 hours!!! I really appreciated that once I checked on her and found her alive and well. She is very alert during her awake time she has also in the last couple of weeks started smiling when you smile and talk to her. Her hair is still really dark and at this point not much of it has fallen out she looks very similar to Hallie when she is asleep but not much when she is awake...it makes me excited to see what she will eventually look like. She is darker complected, has beautifully clear skin and fat roles on her legs. She is growing faster than I would like her to she is wearing a size 1 diaper and 0-3 month clothes. Hallie still wont hold her but loves to help with her or to pose with her for pictures.

Another Trip to Treehouse

I hesitate to mention every time we head to Treehouse but it seems like every time we go Hallie finds a new favorite area to play in. And awesome for us Nick & Brit now have passes to so last Friday we met up and headed to play. Our pass their has been worth every dime, especially since having Gracie. I think it has been wonderful to get out of the house for all of us. This time it was the cowboy hat

Valentine's Day Activities

Matt and I have never liked going out on valentines day ..way to many people. This year we didn't even have the option due to Matt teaching. So we were lucky enough to get out the weekend before. Saturday night we dropped Hallie off at aunt Nikki's(have I mentioned how much I love having them close..oh and just today they put an offer on a house 10 minutes from here!!!)we decided to take Gracie but should have left her she was somewhat of a handful at dinner and the movie. We met up with Nick & Brit to have dinner at Biaggi's...it was amazing and then headed to the movie. I had wanted to see "The Vow" since I saw the 1st preview and lets just say it was a big letdown and money would have been better spent on a redbox movie. A novel thing did happen we remembered to take pictures.


We did have a great time with Nick & Brit and think we should leave the kids home more often to spend time with them.