Phrases to savor

You are quite a character, I know every parent can't get enough of their child, every time we turn around you make us laugh at either what you say, what you do, your face expression, something! You are such a joy & delight, so fun & such a carefree spirit. Truly a sweet sweet girl. Really, you are so loving & affectionate. Always hugging our legs, or giving huge bear hugs, squeezing us so tight around the neck. Giving us lots of kisses all over, you snuggle up to my belly & smile.

You're a Mussy Head!
Don't say that!
(She tells us when we sound upset with each other, Be nice. or You're not being very nice, mommy/daddy.)
You're on the naughty list! - (during Christmas)
I love NU! - (acting like a redneck)
You're a dufus!
Okay MAA MAA. (redneck)
Can I do Mickey Mouse?
Can I do Sesame Street? (On the computer)
You're so silly!
When we go play she says, "The kids are going to say hi to me, they are going to be SO nice to me."
Where's my white Rosebud? (Always looking for her fav dog buddy Rosebud.)
Just learned about sunny side up eggs, she now asks "Can I have white upside down eggs?"
This is very comfortable for me. - talking about anything cozy, blankets, shirts, etc.
Well...what do you think about THAT?
When she falls - I'm okay, I'm fine!
You're a tootie head. Or if she falls, I bumped my tootie.
FINE! Okay FINE! (after not getting her way or just being silly)
Mommy, you're so sweet to me.
me- Gracie, you're so sweet, you're a sweet girl. her-You're sweet to me, too mommy!
We ask - How did you get so cute? Her - Because I got so cute.
We ask - How did you get so smart? Or funny? Her - Because I got so smart/funny.
Can we make jello? LOVES to make jello & she knows exactly how to make it step by step.

Fall & Halloween 2009...Princess Style

At the pumpkin patch...picked out her own pumpkin & very excited to carve it

Is SO BIG! this year!

On our way to see Orlando Ballet perform Cinderella

Her new pose

We love to dress up

Here we are at Bob Carr waiting for the ballerinas to come out!

Waiting patiently with her sidekick, Rosebud had to come with us to see!

Gracie was wide eyed, fixated for 10 minutes, then not so thrilled after 10 minutes of the show, "why aren't they talking, mommy?" "Are they going to talk?" Slowly lost interest, and I'm sitting there thinking, wow, how much were these tickets? Oh well.

We got a cool front, we are happy girls! Hot chocolate, marshmallows, wearing it all over her face. Cozy slippers & robes!

Fall festival with the play group, the firemen came so we could check out the truck!

Whipping out the new pose again.

Her & her buddies bowling at a birthday party!

Bowling is our new favorite thing, she gets so into it, turns around & does her pose after she throws the ball down the lane.

Is very excited about Shannon opening her presents

On our way to the play group Halloween party


Library time they got to dress up, she was a butterfly princess, but took off the wings & shoes! This is one of our favorite things to do!

I love it, she is so girly, she crosses her legs all the time, it's really cute when she's in the stroller crossing her legs, like such a big little girl!

Halloween Day!! Time to carve the pumpkin!! She told me specifically how she wanted it to look, the eye & nose shape, that it should be a happy face! With eye brows!

Eeww, ya, that slime doesn't taste so great!


Loves to stir, we roasted our pumpkin seeds for the first time & they came out super yummy. She's going to be a great cook, she suggested sugar, so I thought cinnamon would go good with that & it tasted delish!

Getting ready for the big trick or treating night!! What to do with all this hair!

So sweet, this is one of my favorite photos.

Gotta do the finishing touch! Lovely pink lips, she used to say "do my yips!" Now it's lips. :( Later while we were trick or treating she asks her friend Ella in the dark, "you like my lips?"

Okay, so she's ready & now wants to be a lion!

Grrrr...that's a 3 year old for ya!

There's the sweet little princess!

When I was curling her hair she said "mommy you made me springs!"


Now we're having fun! Neighbors Ella & Aaron came over to trick or treat & get some photos!

Princess Gracie & Princess Ballerina Ella

Getting candy from our neighbor Grover


After about 10 houses, we trick or treat at Ella's house, then they run in, sit on the floor, dump their bags & start divvying up their candy to who likes what, sweet princesses sharing their candy!



Gracie was so different this year compared to last year, she was so quiet & shy, this time she'd run up to the doors, ring the door bell over & over, knock, they'd answer, she'd yell trick or treat! Then she'd say thank you and when they said they liked her outfit she'd say so big, "thanks!" And run off.


Trick or treating with another friend Sarah the Pirate.

Princess is pooped - here is her Jack o Lantern all dressed up like her!

Daddy's pumpkin The Beast.

Fun in the tub!

She has to wash her own hair now, but then mommy has a turn. We've gone through 2 bottles of shampoo in 2 weeks. I started getting VO5, the 99 cent bottle of shampoo, it's Pomegranate, not bad.

20.5 weeks

This boy wants MEAT! He's already a meat head like his dad. I am hungry ALL the time & what I normally eat just doesn't satisfy, like my delicious pb&j's...they just haven't been doing it! And his dad is not so crazy about pb&j's. I had a headache & felt really out of sorts for 2 days, I had been craving a cheeseburger. So at 8:30pm I was hungry so I grabbed Gracie & we went to Wendy's, the closest place for a burger. It wasn't that great & it didn't do it, all night I felt empty, the next day still was headachy & felt off. For lunch we went to Burger King, I ate 2 Whopper Jr.'s, oh my! I felt better, but Todd says, "you need to go to Five Guys!" Never been but hear it's the place for a good burger. So we headed there for dinner! Delish, I know it was coincidence but he was kicking me like crazy halfway through saying, "Way to go mom, finally, that's a real burger!" :)

I have always loved the name Zachary, it's my favorite boy name, until I found out I was having a boy & then thought Grayson would be a good name, but it's too close to Gracie. I feel like when I look at baby names I'm wasting my time, this little voice saying, you've already got the name! I've been praying about his name and know God speaks to us through our husbands and Todd says last night, "I really like Zachary, it just makes sense & sounds good when I say it." And it does make sense, it's the one name I've always loved & now my husband says it's the one name he really likes! So I think his name will be Zachary! And to think he has a name just makes it more complete & I get so choked up. I was looking at Gracie's ultra sound pictures of her in my tummy and am just amazed. Wow. God is amazing with how he creates each one of us, the personalities & their characters. You just don't know what you're gonna get but each one is so special. I can't wait to see what this little boy is going to be like!

Dancing Queen!

We went to a wedding & she danced her tooshie off! First one on the dance floor & last child to leave the dance floor! I tried to upload this other video that is better but I think it's too big. Don't you just love the ladies dancing with her? There's always a few of those at weddings!
They passed out fans at the ceremony because it was a little stifling hot!

Mama & Gracie at the ceremony


This is her new pose, don't know where she got it from, how it started, she just started with this funny expression, putting her left hand on her left hip & sticking out the right hip as far as she could go with as much sweet sass as she could possibly give! She'll do it over & over.


These face expressions of hers crack me up.



"SO BIG!" Yes, daddy still asks her how big is she & she still raises her hands up to show how big she is, too funny.