Saturday, July 20, 2013

Grace is 2

I can't believe that my sweet Grace is 2.  She is getting so big and is still the little mover that she always as been.  She is now sleeping in a trundle bed because she kept crawling out of her crib.  We're still working on her sleeping through the night.  She loves following her sisters but does not like it when they try to stop her from doing things.  She likes to sit on the potty and finally actually went to the potty for the first time yesterday.  Minor victory but maybe that means we can start to really potty train once the girls get into school.  Whenever we ask her how old she is, she says that she is three.  It's pretty fun to hear it.  She is talking more and definitely wants to get her way.  She loves water, jumping, and books.


When she got up in the morning, she was greeted with a hallway of balloons and she loved them.  We then had muffins for her breakfast and we let her open a few presents to hold her over until daddy came home from work.  She loved all of her presents.  It was fun to see her rip into the wrapping paper.  I then took the girls to the splash pad and let them play there for a while.
When Earl got home, he actually got home at a good time, we had pancakes for dinner and then we opened the rest of her presents.  We then had cake and ice cream.  It wasn't the prettiest cake but thank goodness that Grace didn't really care.



 Isn't she such a cute little 2 year old
 Trying to blow out the candle.

What We've Been Up To

So life has been getting back to normal for our family.  We finally got all moved in and settled, thanks to Earl's family and friends.  We are really enjoying our new place and now trying to find things to do that don't cost a ton.  Earl has started his intern year and it is definitely as hard as we thought it was going to be.  He is working at least 80 hours a week and is on call at least twice a week.  He is learning a lot and we are trying to get along without him around.  We really enjoyed having him home before he started to work again. 

We are happy that baby #4 is on its way, due at the end of January.  The girls were very excited and keep hoping for a boy.  I just want a healthy baby and we'll be happy with that. 

We took the girls to the Curious George place at the Crown Plaza while Earl's family was in town.  The girls liked playing there and it was fun to get away from unpacking for a while.  After everyone left and when I was feeling good from the pregnancy, I decided to take the girls to a splash pad just down the road from us.  The girls  loved it.  I should have put them in their swimsuits but I didn't know how wet they would really get.  They were soaked by the end.  We do really like Liberty.  It is a pretty place and not too big for us.  We miss our old friends but know that this is where our family is supposed to be.

The girls with Curious George
Grace enjoying the water


 Grace had to wear the goggles