Thursday, March 8, 2012

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!

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

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!



Monday, March 5, 2012

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!

Thursday, March 1, 2012

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!


Monday, February 27, 2012

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!

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

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



Thursday, February 16, 2012

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!