Thursday, December 2, 2010

Gracelyn - 18 Months

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Shutterfly

Thanks Anna for this amazing idea!! I love Shutterfly and have been using it religiously since I had Gracelyn. The photo quality is wonderful and Shutterly is the only place I go to when I need to get my pictures printed. I also have used Shutterfly for my Christmas cards, Gracelyn's First Year Scrapbook, Calenders, and the list goes on! Love, love, love Shutterly!! You have to check out their desk calanders and their birth announcements as well! They are the one stop shop for everything photo related! I also have to say that the scrapbook looked awesome and was a LOT less expensive than what it would have been if I would have done it by hand! My parents also use shutterfly exclusively! They have made photo books of the grandkids, holiday cards, calenders, and ordered pictures as well!

Here are some of the beautiful new designs they have out for 2010!





Look above in our newest post for our 2010 Holiday Card! It was so easy to make and I think it looks awesome!

Here are a few pics from Thanksgiving! Gracelyn is obsessed with Elmo! Loves to watch the 3 dvd's that we own! And she likes to pretend she is cookie monster and eat cookies, hence the last picture with the cookie shoved in her mouth!

She is talking up a storm! Says absolutely everything. No, ma ma...night night...Elmo!...Love you....Night night baby....play dough...num num...nu nu(nuk)...blankie...and my personal favorite "poopoo on the pottie" among many others...and yes she has gone poopoo and pee pee on the pottie! I am not holding my breath, but I am encouraging her ambition! She also sings the Elmo song...you know, "La la la la la la"..."Elmo loves his Goldfish, his crayon too.."

I can't believe she is old enough to do all these things! My baby is growing up into a little girl :-( Next post will be her beautiful 18 month pics!



Sunday, October 24, 2010

So Many Events!

We have been busy having lots of fun lately!!

We went the the children's museum on my last weekday off. I have gone back to working 5 days a week. Kind of a bitter sweet situation...excited to make a full time salary again...sad to not spend as much time with Gracelyn. But we made that last day a good one! Love the Eau Claire Children's Museum! She had a blast - her favorite part? The car sitting next to the "bank". I could not get her away from it!




Then Camden came to town! We hadn't seen Camden since August so it was nice to see him! Gracelyn has started to walk since the last time they saw eachother so they got to interact a little more. They love eachother, but sometimes it is hard when they want the same toy...Welcome to the next 10 years of their relationship! Fighting over toys will probably be something we will all have to get used to!






































One night while taking her bath..she decided she was done and wanted to get out. She is still too short to do it herself, but that certainly didn't stop her from trying!















And we will leave you with this. Daddy was trying to fix his lawn mower and Gracelyn decided she needed to help him. These are the moments that make me so very grateful to have my very own family. My dream has come true!