11 Months-Gracie

I really can't believe I am writing this and in a few short weeks my baby will turn 1 yr. At 11 months she is more active than I would have ever imagined. She is a little more stubborn than Hallie. For example when I told Hallie not to touch the tree when she was younger and was redirected she didn't attempted to touch the tree again. As for Grace when you tell her no she looks at you with a mischievous smile and goes back to doing whatever she was doing before but after getting her hand slapped a couple times she doesn't touch the tree anymore which makes my life a lot easier because I refused to completely overhaul my house to make it "babyproof" She is still such a good eater and sleeper. She takes 2-3 naps a day ranging from 45 minutes to 3 hours. And is a really good eater. She still takes a bottle but is disinterested in it more and more all the time. She likes pretty much anything you feed her. She can practically run at this point and loves when Hallie chases her..Ill work on recording that. One day while emptying the dishwasher I went to go help Hallie with something and came back to this mischievous little girl in the dishwasher she definitely keeps me on my toes. We love this little bundle of smiles..Matt at times calls her perma-grin because there are few moments that that bright smiles and sparkling eyes aren't on her  face.

Christmas Village & Mrs Claus

For our preschool field trip this week we went to the Christmas Village here in Ogden for a tour by Mrs. Claus she showed us around and told us about the different exhibits as well as letting the kids sit on her lap for goodie bags. Nic & Rigs came up to join us so we bundled up and had a great time. Gracie actually reached out for Mrs Claus to hold her...no sad faces here.

On the way to the car I opened Hallie's goodie bag. On the way to the grocery store Hallie asked if she could share a piece with Gracie I not even thinking said yes and thanked Hallie for being so sweet to share. When we got to the store this is what I found...I think she enjoyed it though! After 3 wet wipes we were good to go again

Our Little Presents

Merry Christmas from our "Presents"

 Possibly the only picture we have of Gracie upset..she was done with pictures

Playing in Lights

Our little Gracie loves the lights here she is playing in them at 11 months!

Time with the Bennetts

Sunday we headed to Woods Cross to help Brit with a new carseat cover for Preston and have dinner. Brit was very thoughtful and made dinner gluten free so I could eat with everyone else which isn't easy and I don't think people realize how difficult it can be until they try it. It is really nice when people take the time and effort in your behalf.

 The kids did some coloring while we finished sewing before dessert...Hallie got a little wild with the marker and colored on Gracie but she didn't seem to mind.

 Monday was Treehouse's Members Only Christmas Party that Nick & Brit drove up to join us at.

First was the cookies which I think may have been the favorite of all

 Then the Here Comes Santa Claus program I love the look of wonder that kids get when they see Santa..makes Christmas that much more special

 Gracie even found some time to practice her walking during the program

 And of coarse Hallie's favorite area the horses

Treehouse holds many memories for our little family and I think will continue to for many years to come

Hallie's New Blankie

Isn't life always as such that the one blanket that isn't very cute or frilly becomes your child's favorite one? Well that totally happens at our house all the time Hallie has a white blanket with pink poka dots that she hauls everywhere and recently it got a hole in it...I saw this as a perfect opportunity to make her a new one to trade for.

Update:she loved it for about 1 day and then wanted her old one back so we went to JoAnn's and let her pick new fabric and gave this one to Gracie. The new one has princess and castles and she still wont let her white one with the pink poka dots go...it was worth a try but really I don't care what blanket she loves.

Sleeping Hallie

 I can't remember the last time either of these things happened but we will enjoy it while it lasts.

Since taking away Hallie's binki she has had a really hard time napping consistently and quiet time only works occasionally these days. So needless to say there are days that she is so tired I have found if I will "slow" our day down and turn on a movie as well as build her a bed on the floor or couch she often falls asleep...then my only problem is keeping Gracie away from her...haha