A little finger work

I got invited to do a little swap with some friends

We each made different activities and then we traded

New stuff to keep Gray occupied in church?

I am all over it!

I got assigned to do felt finger puppets

They looked cute and simple

but doing any project with an almost 2 year old around is not simple

and luckily the date to have them done got pushed back a few times

otherwise I never would have finished!

I am very lucky to have a great mom

She helped me sew most of the puppets together

I guess it is easier without Gray bouncing all over you!

Here are the finished products...

I think they turned out cute.

I probably should have put more time into the faces but by that point I was done caring

Every time I would get them out to work on them Gray would say "please"

It was too cute

She was so excited when she finally got a "kitty-kitty" of her very own

P.S. She loves her new bag of games

She gets so excited when she finds it and then we have to play all the activities for several hours

Weird she seems to like them better at home than at church!

Figures!

I might have a spoiling children problem!

I was very strict with Gray and sweets

She did not eat any sweets until her first birthday

I still try to not let her eat a ton of sugar

but do let her have it every once in awhile

She gets so excited when I let her have fruit snacks

It is my emergency snack!

She will do anything for a fruit snack

Since I have been pregnant I have had more sweets in the house than normal

It is hard to resist the cravings anymore!

I think Gray is getting a little spoiled rotten

We went and got Dairy Queen the other night

This is where our ice-cream ended up!

 she decided she wanted it all!

If she didn't look so cute eating my gigantic cone!

(yes I did get a LARGE cone..it was delicious!)

And here is a picture of me at 19 weeks

I am afraid this baby is already getting too many sweets

I am going to have to be strict when he comes out!

I just love them way too much!

The verdict is in...

Really the ultrasound is complete but you get the point!

We went and had an ultrasound today

and I hate to admit that I might have been wrong on my guess about the gender

Here is a picture of the little baby's face

The baby wasn't in the mood for pictures!

and the part you have all been waiting for

literally!

Little baby Brady is a boy!

we are super excited

turns out a fast heart rate doesn't always mean a girl!

I think I just have crazy children!

This little guy kicks me like crazy already

Now to find a name

This might take awhile!

Good thing we have a few months!

My little copycat

I know I know another post about Gray

Have you seen how cute she is?

Then you understand why!

This girl is very observant.

She remembers everything whether I want her to or not

and she copies everything we say and do

The other night Gray kept telling me she wanted birthday cake

She walked me over to the fridge and kept asking for it

I informed her that we didn't have any birthday cake

and she responded with...."Oh, dangit!"

Mark and I died laughing!

She says is quite often now

I am just glad that is the word I say when frustrated and not something else!

Sometimes Gray has to go to time-out these days

The only problem is she doesn't care

Usually I tell her if she does something one more time she is going to time out

and she just goes there first

She stands in the corner then turns and looks at you like it is so funny!

It is not suppose to be fun!

and these are just some pictures of her jumping

She loves to jump and is very good

She can twist and do a 180 degree turn

and she can get some air

Usually she is jumping all over me and the cough though!

She sure is a sweet mess

Have I ever mentioned how much I love my little girl?

She is just too much fun these days

and sometimes knows just how to push her mom's buttons

but I still love her to death and she makes me laugh all the time

While at Mark's mom's house Gray got this lipstick.

Her grandma took out the lipstick so she wouldn't make a mess

Gray just learned she could stick her finger in it and still get some!

Last week we were at my parents during Family Home Evening

We knelt to say a prayer around the ottoman

Gray had been praying on her little chair ever since

She kneels next to it...jabbers some stuff then says "Amen"

It melts my heart every time

Gray wanted a picture taken of her puppy

She took Mark to my camera and said puppy picture

Man is she cute

and it has been so nice here we have been able to spend some time outside

Mark's brother gave us this jeep and so now Gray has a 4-wheeler and a jeep

She loves this thing!

her hair fits in a ponytail!

She is getting way too big

Gray is my daughter for sure

She wanted her ball in the seat next to her 

but it was not allowed to touch her so Mark had to hold it

It is frustrating when things don't go your way!

Gray also likes to play with sticks that are bigger than her

She calls them poking sticks!

and that is what we have been doing around here

just enjoying our cute little girl

and counting down the days until we get to find what the next one is

One week!

We only like to vacation in Globe

Not really!

It seems as though it is the only place we have gone the last couple of months

We are not complaining though

We love spending time with Grandma Delletta and Papa

and they live 20 minutes outside of Globe so it's quite and not so bad!

Mark's mom rented a backhoe this last weekend so we headed down so Mark could help her run it

Gray even got to help run it for awhile 

She liked it the first time but after getting up there again with a scared look on her face she decided it wasn't for her

She just watched from a distance and played in the dirt!

Little Miss Randi even came out to play with Gray

Grandma gave them cups and spoons and they had a blast

There favorite was to put dirt on Randi's little stuffed cat though!

I also remembered I have been horrible at taking pictures of my belly this pregnancy

I was so good with Gray and now I never remember

So I finally took a few pictures

They are horrible but so are all pictures of me! haha

Here I am almost 17 weeks!

My belly has definitely popped out in the last week

Sometimes we dress up

We spend a lot of time in our comfy clothes at our house

I only wear jeans when I leave the house and sometimes not even then

Gray has one pair of jeans and I hardly put them on her because jeans aren't cozy

As a kid I wore stretch pants until the 6th grade.

I hated jeans

Now I tolerate them and prefer them to the dress pants I wore when working

But my sweatpants have my heart

and so Gray wears sweats and leggings every day too

Sometimes we do something with ourselves

But most the time we look like this...

Gray doesn't like it when I take her picture as much anymore!

If she is not in the mood then this is what I get!

Sundays are one day we always leave looking our best

and sometimes Gray sits still long enough for me to do her hair

I did a little twist here

I even did it to my own hair

It was my first attempt so don't judge

and yes my hair is thicker than thick right now

Thank you pregnancy!

and sometimes Gray even gives me a cute smile!

Here she is in her Sunday best!

The moral of the story is....

if you want to see us looking half way decent

then you better come by on Sunday!

and you still might catch us in out sweats!