Holidays, Holidays, and more Holidays

During the years and years of trying to have a baby, there were many, many times I said “I want a baby so much, I just hope that my due date won’t be in December or May.”  I won’t bore you with the many reasons (because there are a lot) but mainly because of holiday’s and birthdays (all of our parents, siblings, and us all fall in either April/May or December).  After saying all of that, December is a busy month for us.  Between birthday’s and holiday parties, we are meeting ourselves coming and going twice as fast as usual, which is why I haven’t posted.  I have started this post a million times but it just never got finished so here is a quick update:

• Gracie is becoming a bigger and bigger little girl every day.  She is getting more independent and ready to potty train.  Tonight she took off all of her clothes and sat on her potty but still didn’t go.  I think she likes the big potties at school, because she will go at school.
• We had another Christmas party to go to last week.  We had a great time together as a family.  Grace was able to make a couple of crafts which turned out great.  She is quite crafty.  Her favorite time at school is Arts & Crafts.  You should see the pile that is quickly growing.

• I have figured out that doing pictures with a 2 year old is quite impossible.  If you haven’t reached that point, do yourself a favor and don’t go with any thoughts or expectations on what you want, it won’t happen.  Although, be sure that your little one will come out with some cute pictures.

• We always find a little time in our busy lives to have a little fun.  Matt and Gracie were making use of some left over streamers from her birthday party.

   

• Gracie got to build her own Build A Bear…she choose a monkey with a “bike” shirt…it has the Harley Davidson shirt.  She loved watching the monkey get stuffed.

  

• She has so many faces and we are having fun figuring out which one means what.  My favorite is her “Mom, come on, that is not true.”

Or the “Na uh, Mommy, I didn’t do it” face.

 

And finally the “Mommy, just give in, it’s easier that way” face.