Tears To My Eyes

Tears to our eyes as Josh and I checked in on our Grace during her first sleep in her big girl bed. Somebody is growing up...

Ok, more tears to my eyes as I sit in my new closet. I've always wanted shelves to display my shoes on. I thought I would share this picture before Josh invades MY closest with his clothes:)

Early Thanksgiving

A little coloring at the table.
Usually I'm able to enjoy a few bevies with my favorite aunt, not this year. I'm holding that bottle just for the photo:(

BIG BALD BILL

Papa & Josh keeping a watchful eye on the cooking in the kitchen .

A Thanksgiving has not gone by that I have not put on my Letterman's jacket. Here I am wearing my jacket 8 months pregnant with my cousin Carl. Good to know I could have got knocked up in high school and still have worn my letter jacket.

This past weekend we had the Brosseau Thanksgiving celebration, minus the Macy's parade that is usually on for like 5 hours in the morning.

This year we are all going separate directions on the actually day so we got together, some drank to much, some didn't drink at all ( that's me) and we all had plenty of good food.

Lot's of Movement

All I feel is movement in my growing stomach. This little baby boy or girl is full of energy and strength. The baby kicks so hard it sometimes stops me in my tracks.

We finally move into the new part of our house this week. Could not be more happy to set up the new rooms for both of the kids.

Kids. WOW that sounds weird to type. Still has not hit me that I will be a mother to two children.

Big things are happening this week. Grace is moving into a "BIG GIRL" bed thanks to the grandparents.

Only 5 weeks to go until the new baby comes!

Keeping up with Grace and the addition to the house has made this pregnancy go by SO fast.

For those wanting to know, I'm up 25 lbs!! Yikes. I won't share what weight I started at. I'll just share that I am glad that my husband is a big strong guy so I don't have to worry about weighing more then him!

More Halloween Pics

Happy Halloween

That's right Grace is a monkey. Got to love Old Navy. This is just round one of our Halloween adventures today. Grace was a trooper this morning and put her costume on and came with me to a toddler party that I organized through work. Grace is down for her nap getting ready for the big trick or treat down town. More pics to come.

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Best Friends

This past Friday Grace had her friend Natalie over for a little play date. It was a blast. OK, so I babysat Natalie Friday night and it was all Grace could talk about all day.

Grace and Natalie played with blocks, danced in high heels, ate pizza, took a bath and watched the movie PIG together. It was amazing to me that Grace all of a sudden wanted to play with ALL her toys.

Grandma & Me

This is a little late in posting, but a huge THANK YOU needs to go out to my mom for coming up last Friday to watch Grace in dance and to take us to lunch. It was more then great to spend the day with my mom. She always brings Grace clothes which we both like!

I can't get enough of the pics of Grace and her sweet little bum.

Terrible Two's Come Early

OK, so maybe Grace is not two just yet but she is sure showing signs of the famous "terrible two's".
Everything is hers or as she would put it "MINE".
Words cannot explain the look on her face when she doesn't get her way. Picture a low brow line and big pout lips.

Despite the signs of the "terrible two's" I love this little girl.

I love that she sees her dad wearing his coaching clothes and yells out "football".

I love that she thinks anything black and square shape is a telephone and then talks to it. This past weekend we made our usual trip to the library to look for books on pooping in the toilet, moving into a toddler bed and of course Elmo. While we were there Grace saw older kids using the computers. So Grace climbed up into a seat and pretended to type and talked into the mouse like it was a telephone.

I love that Grace is always asking us "Whats That?" to everything. She looks at my large stomach with her head tilted to the side and says "Whats That?" then I tell her that is wear the baby is growing. She often times pauses and then ask me again "Whats That?".

I love that Grace can be talked into anything if you guarantee her that she will see horses or get some juice.

I love that Grace likes to wear her Tu Tu around the house.

I love that when Grace is naked she likes to show it all off and run a few laps around the house before getting into the tub.

I could go on and on why I love Grace, but most of all the reasons I love Grace is because she in mine.

Play Date With Brooke

This past Friday my girl Brooke drove north to visit with Grace and I and to come to dance class with us. Brooke brought her fancy camera and took some AMAZING shots of my little girl. Brooke was a full participant in the class, Grace showed her how to play with the scarfs, hot to side step and how to beat the drums.

Thank you Brooke for making the trip north to visit us.

House UpDate

The outside is almost done and starting to all look like just one house.

The inside still needs some work.

Typical Monday Night At The House

Typical Monday night at the house is
Josh and Grace watching Monday
night football. Yes, Grace likes football and Josh has taught her to say " Get Them" in a aggressive little girl voice.

And yes that is our only TV, it's square and big. The Zenith was a gift from Josh to me while I was in college.

We are hoping one day to join the rest of you and get a flat screen.

This is Why I Love This Guy

This is why I love my dad. This is a picture of my dad at one of his volleyball games dancing during the warm ups!

WOW

After reading my email WOW ( Wildcats on Wednesday's) I came across a degree at CWU that I wish was available when I was a student there.
(http://www.cwuce.org/wine-education/)

A degree in Wine!

So Proud

Next time your at the news stand pick up the October Issues of "Coastal Living" magazine, page 38-39 they do a nice spread on why you want to live in Anacortes.

www.coastalliving.com

My town loves this type of PR, good for businesses and our ego's!

Jungle Play Land

Nothing beats a afternoon spent indoors at Jungle Play Land with greasy pizza, bottomless soda refills, constant hand wiping and a lot of trips down the slide.

Grace had a play date with her friends Natalie and Garret. It was a good time.

It's Going To Get Cozy

I've just been told by our contractor that he needs to work in our bedroom starting this Friday fora week or so. This means we need to clear out the stuff so he can put in a window and close off another window.

Looks like we are down to three rooms in our house that are warm. The bathroom, the tv room and the kitchen.

It's going to get real cozy if we all have to sleep in the tv room.

Deep breath.
I have to remind myself to think of the final outcome. A bigger house.

Island Get Away

OK I have the best husband ever. Josh surprised me for my birthday and took me to Rosario Resort on Orcas Island for a night. I enjoyed a "Mother Earth" massage where I got to lay on my stomach for one full hour on this fancy massage table for pregnant women. For any of you who have been pregnant before you know what a treat this really was. We had a great dinner and had a great room. Try not to puke when you look at the pics from our island get away. I totally did some look at me I'm 7 months pregnant shots.

My Birthday Weekend

Thats right it is safe to say that my birthday was celebrated all weekend and it was GREAT. Thanks to all my family and friends for making it so special. I just feel so loved.

Starting the weekend with a play date with my dear friend Sandy that I only see but maybe twice a year. She was in town with her son Austin and they came to my parents house for a play date. Just love having Friday's off.

Here are some pics of Grace and Austin hanging out.

My parents, brother PEter and his family and my aunt and uncle also spoiled me with a tastey dinner and a DQ ice cream cake.