Her Forever Bed

The transformation of Grace's crib has been fun and exciting.

From putting it together and laying her in it those first few months.


To the challenges of keeping her in it once she could come and go as she pleases.


To a bed she will grow up in for years and years to come.


The foot rail still has her bite marks. I still remember the day she decided to bite her crib. We'd been to Mommy and Me swim lessons that morning. Then we stopped by a going away breakfast for a friend where I gave her her first fruit smoothie. When we got home, I layed her down for a nap thinking she'd be tired. Instead the was wired and kept herself occupied by biting her crib.

One of these Days...

I WILL get a picture of the two girls both looking at the camera,


in front of a beautiful background,


without strange kids popping in the picture,


and without any tugging or pulling at each other.


I WILL, I WILL!!

Oysterfest

Last Sunday, we took advantage of the beautiful weather and headed over to Fulton for their annual Oysterfest.

There were a couple of tents set up with local merchants selling food and goods as well as a stage with a band and plenty of good people watching.

The hit though was the carnival with games and rides. We were amazed at how quickly our money disappeared at this thing.

But Grace LOVED every ride and was eager to try anything.

Grace's 3 Year Details

I am so happy it is March and hope we are out of cold and flu season down here. Grace was pretty much sick from Thanksgiving until mid February. Therefore, her 3 year well visit was delayed until she felt better.

• She weighs 34 pounds (75%)and is 39 3/4 tall (95%). Some 3Ts are too small so I've started getting 4Ts.


• Because she is so tall, we recently had to make her convertible crib that was a toddler bed into a full size bed. Since she still doesn't have too much of a say in her room, I kept the cherries, incorporating them into her throw pillows. She loves being "cozy" in her bed under the covers. Steve knows that if he doesn't see me come out of her room after reading to her, that I've fallen asleep in there.


• She is finally liking her class at school. I am doing an observation there tomorrow and am interested to see her interactions with the other kids as well as the projects she is working on


• Her favorite thing to do is sort. She will sort everything from crayons by color to coins by type.


• She still incorporates Spanish into her speech. She fully understands Spanish being spoken to her.


• She loves riding her tricycle these days. Our street is a huge circle and she'll ride around 2/3 of it. I think a bicycle may be in our near future.


• She loves to color and work puzzles. We have a US puzzle that she can do by herself. When picking up Michigan, she'll say "Daddy went to school here." or Ohio, "Grandma is from Ohio".


• She seems to be a little bit easier to deal with lately although she still wants to be in complete control of her world. She rarely lets me braid her hair, just wants a bow that requires no fuss. She has to have a say in her clothes and when you put them on. And often times, she won't stop to eat dinner then is "so hungry" come bedtime.


• She still has her joyful spirit. At a recent party, another parent commented that he had not seen her stop smiling.