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Monday, September 27, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Introduction to Elmo
In the past Grace has watched Star Trek and Bones with Matt and I. She has also watched Little Einstein with Austin, Adam, Shannon, and sometimes even Eamon. Yesterday Grace and I went to the library to return a book that I had just finished. While there we also went to the children's department to see what DVD's were available. Many DVD's and many choices!
We ended up choosing Elmo's World: Let's Play Music and Curious George Goes Green. After her nap today I brought her to the living room and popped in Elmo. She was amazed and transfixed! She almost did not even notice that I had placed a small snack in front of her.
The video was a nice small treat for Grace (and me too). 30 minutes of something new. I think that we will keep visiting the library....not only for books, but for episodes like this since we do not have cable.
Only one thing bad about it...I now have da da da da da da da da Elmo's World! Stuck in my head :(
We ended up choosing Elmo's World: Let's Play Music and Curious George Goes Green. After her nap today I brought her to the living room and popped in Elmo. She was amazed and transfixed! She almost did not even notice that I had placed a small snack in front of her.
The video was a nice small treat for Grace (and me too). 30 minutes of something new. I think that we will keep visiting the library....not only for books, but for episodes like this since we do not have cable.
Only one thing bad about it...I now have da da da da da da da da Elmo's World! Stuck in my head :(
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Growing by leaps and bounds
Or maybe just a few small steps, but it is a start.
Some milestones that I want to record on here (and share with friends and family) are:
On September 3rd Grace really crawled for the first time! This was hand, knee, hand, knee thing. Not the move your hands scoot your head or belly, move your knees, roll and somehow get to where you are going. No, this was the real crawl thing. I think that she enjoys it for she has done it many times since. I believe that she has realized that she can get places fairly fast by using this new skill.
On September 4th Grace got her fourth tooth. Top middle. Matt will no longer be able to call her snaggletooth :) She seems to be enjoying sharpening her lethal choppers on flesh and furniture alike. She is starting to get a very toothy grin with her four teeth, it is quite cute (until she lunges at you with her mouth open).
Today she has discovered the joy of one of her new toys that we got her over the weekend. We got her a walk behind toy. She grabs onto the handle and back and forth in the living room she goes. She squeals and laughs the whole way. I think that she knows that she is doing something big. Another big milestone to record is that I am noticing that she is walking on her tippy toes less and less. She is starting to walk on her flat foot. I do not think it will be long before she walks on her own, however I am not going to push it. I just want her to play and enjoy her new toys.
Gotta keep moving....
Till next time!
Some milestones that I want to record on here (and share with friends and family) are:
On September 3rd Grace really crawled for the first time! This was hand, knee, hand, knee thing. Not the move your hands scoot your head or belly, move your knees, roll and somehow get to where you are going. No, this was the real crawl thing. I think that she enjoys it for she has done it many times since. I believe that she has realized that she can get places fairly fast by using this new skill.
On September 4th Grace got her fourth tooth. Top middle. Matt will no longer be able to call her snaggletooth :) She seems to be enjoying sharpening her lethal choppers on flesh and furniture alike. She is starting to get a very toothy grin with her four teeth, it is quite cute (until she lunges at you with her mouth open).
Today she has discovered the joy of one of her new toys that we got her over the weekend. We got her a walk behind toy. She grabs onto the handle and back and forth in the living room she goes. She squeals and laughs the whole way. I think that she knows that she is doing something big. Another big milestone to record is that I am noticing that she is walking on her tippy toes less and less. She is starting to walk on her flat foot. I do not think it will be long before she walks on her own, however I am not going to push it. I just want her to play and enjoy her new toys.
Gotta keep moving....
Till next time!
Monday, September 13, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Brave
Grace is getting brave...
It is not the longest that she has stood on her own, but a good example.
It is not the longest that she has stood on her own, but a good example.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Long Vacation With Daddy
Starting Thursday night we have had quite the busy and wonderful past few days. Matt took off Friday, then had the weekend, and now Labor Day off. So four days straight with Matt home has been a treat!
Thursday night GE had Family Appreciation night at the baseball field. They gave us a picnic dinner of hot dogs and hamburgers, chips, potato salad, cookies, etc. To be honest it was not the best food, but the fact that I did not have to cook, and the friends that we got to spend time with, and the fact that it was free all made up for the lack in taste. Grace had a wonderful time playing with and smiling at everyone that she could see. She was handed off to many people and was easily the center of attention (of course). We made it to the fourth inning before we had to call it a night. (the Salem Red Sox...our home team...was losing, it was not hard to leave)
Friday we cleaned, played, and in general stayed around the house and had a wonderful day at home.
Saturday we woke early and went to Dixie Caverns. This is a small cavern in Salem, VA. We bought tickets, packed Grace in her hiking backpack and headed into the cave. To my surprise Grace stayed awake for the whole trip. She looked around, and loved playing with Matt's collar on his jacket. A few times she would make a noise, a squeak, or some other "singing" type sound. After that noise I would look at her and she would seem very proud of herself that she was able to make such a big noise and I think she liked to hear the echos. I am glad that she did not experiment with yelling. :)
The caverns were very nice. Grace did not try to touch or grab or break anything (much to our surprise). Matt was prevented from going to one area because he would not have been able to fit up in the small room very well with a huge pack on his back (but he had been to these caves before so he had seen that room already).
I just think that it is wonderful that we have to many options of day trips around us. I also think that it is wonderful that we actually try to take the time go on these day trips.
We finished the day off with a trip to a restaurant and a walk around the mall. Good and very tiring day.
Sunday we went to church. I was in the infant nursery by myself with Grace and a 7 month old. They both slept for a bit, but when they were awake Grace tried to make friends. I need to teach her some better ways to make friends because right now her idea of gaining friends is to grab hair bows out of the other persons hair, pinch them as you are trying to stand up, and poke them in the face. All in all they did really good together, but I should have been wearing black and white since I felt like a referee.
Home to relax, do work around the house, and cook up a few pumpkins. Yes we have pumpkins! We did not grow them. A local business was selling them fairly cheap and you had to buy two of them to get the deal so we bought four. I can not tell you how much we have cooked up but I do know that we have over 30 bags of 2 cups of pureed pumpkin in the freezer. Lots of hard work but it will be great in the future when we want to bake pumpkin bread or pumpkin cupcakes, or whatever. In the middle of cooking up pumpkin we had some visitors. Carol, Eamon, and Shannon stopped by since they were diving through on their way home from a soccer game. It was good to see them, unfortunately they came during Grace's nap time so they did not get to play with her. I am glad that they could stop by even if it was for a very short time.
Today, who knows what is in store for us today. It is always an adventure.
Thursday night GE had Family Appreciation night at the baseball field. They gave us a picnic dinner of hot dogs and hamburgers, chips, potato salad, cookies, etc. To be honest it was not the best food, but the fact that I did not have to cook, and the friends that we got to spend time with, and the fact that it was free all made up for the lack in taste. Grace had a wonderful time playing with and smiling at everyone that she could see. She was handed off to many people and was easily the center of attention (of course). We made it to the fourth inning before we had to call it a night. (the Salem Red Sox...our home team...was losing, it was not hard to leave)
Friday we cleaned, played, and in general stayed around the house and had a wonderful day at home.
Saturday we woke early and went to Dixie Caverns. This is a small cavern in Salem, VA. We bought tickets, packed Grace in her hiking backpack and headed into the cave. To my surprise Grace stayed awake for the whole trip. She looked around, and loved playing with Matt's collar on his jacket. A few times she would make a noise, a squeak, or some other "singing" type sound. After that noise I would look at her and she would seem very proud of herself that she was able to make such a big noise and I think she liked to hear the echos. I am glad that she did not experiment with yelling. :)
The caverns were very nice. Grace did not try to touch or grab or break anything (much to our surprise). Matt was prevented from going to one area because he would not have been able to fit up in the small room very well with a huge pack on his back (but he had been to these caves before so he had seen that room already).
I just think that it is wonderful that we have to many options of day trips around us. I also think that it is wonderful that we actually try to take the time go on these day trips.
We finished the day off with a trip to a restaurant and a walk around the mall. Good and very tiring day.
Sunday we went to church. I was in the infant nursery by myself with Grace and a 7 month old. They both slept for a bit, but when they were awake Grace tried to make friends. I need to teach her some better ways to make friends because right now her idea of gaining friends is to grab hair bows out of the other persons hair, pinch them as you are trying to stand up, and poke them in the face. All in all they did really good together, but I should have been wearing black and white since I felt like a referee.
Home to relax, do work around the house, and cook up a few pumpkins. Yes we have pumpkins! We did not grow them. A local business was selling them fairly cheap and you had to buy two of them to get the deal so we bought four. I can not tell you how much we have cooked up but I do know that we have over 30 bags of 2 cups of pureed pumpkin in the freezer. Lots of hard work but it will be great in the future when we want to bake pumpkin bread or pumpkin cupcakes, or whatever. In the middle of cooking up pumpkin we had some visitors. Carol, Eamon, and Shannon stopped by since they were diving through on their way home from a soccer game. It was good to see them, unfortunately they came during Grace's nap time so they did not get to play with her. I am glad that they could stop by even if it was for a very short time.
Today, who knows what is in store for us today. It is always an adventure.
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