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Me and My Shadow and More

Happy Thanksgiving!

We let Grace run around on campus after church a couple of Sundays ago, and I took a lot of pictures. Here are several of them.

"Daddy!"

She found leaves and grass.

Many times Grace leaves of the first sound of the word she is trying to say. For instance leaves are pronounced "eaves". In the above picture she is running through the yard screaming the word grass over and over but leaving off the gr sound at the beginning of the word :)

I think this is the cutest shadow ever... especially with the pigtails.

Grace's Shadow... "Acies Ah-doo"

Got to take a rest.

She really likes to dance on the storm drains.

Peekaboo... "Pee-Boo"

Hello!..."ello!"

Grace and her Daddy :)

Oh, your so funny.

"OOOH, WOOOOOW!"... to the fountain.

Getting tired.

What's up, Mommy?

She's got her juice... "uice"... and is all ready to go some more.

The Great Search for the Eea-at

We have been spending at least an hour or two outside every day here lately since it's been so beautiful. A lot of afternoons Grace will take Baby on a walk to the front yard. On this particular afternoon things started out as usual...

"Come on, Baby. Let's get going!"


"Ooh! The front porch is such a good place to watch things happen. What do you see, Baby?"


"OOOOH, WOOOOOW!!!!"
(yes, grace does say this about 100x a day)


"It's a Eea-at!!!" (that's kitty cat for all of those who don't speak Grace language yet)


"Eea-at! Where are you? Come here please!"


"I hear a doogie (doggy) but no eea-at?!?"


"Come on, Baby, let's find that eea-at! Maybe he is around the side of the house."


"Oh well, I guess he went home to his mommy."


After two long weeks of looking every single time we went outside and only brief glimpses of our furry friend at long last we found his brother, Eea-at :)

Where is that Grace Girl?

Fun With Family

Last month we were so glad to have visits from both Jonathan's family and my family!

At the beginning of the month Granny, Papa and Uncle Andrew came. Uncle Andrew had a whole month off from medical school and was able to visit all his nieces and nephews during the break. I think Grace really enjoyed hanging out with Uncle Andrew since she hasn't gotten to spend much time with him before.

We went to our church's fall festival, and Uncle Andrew walked around with Grace and showed her everything.

Grace, Papa and I rode the hayride!

Grace and Papa read books. Grace LOVES to read books. It was nice for me to have a break from reading for a weekend :)

Grace and "annie"... they love each other.

We let Grace run around at the fountain.

And of course we had to walk downtown for some Pig in a Pit and Ice Cream... "Nummy! Nummy!" as Grace would say.

I slacked a little bit on the picture taking when my folks were here, but I did get these two GREAT pictures of Grace with Nana and Paw Paw. We are spending Christmas in Arkansas this year, so there will be many more opportunities to get pictures with the Milfords.

We had a blast with my family while they were there though. MA came a couple of days early and was our babysitter so Jonathan and I could go on a date for my birthday. Then we had a little birthday party with 2 cakes! Jonathan got me one and my parents brought one too! We did a lot of eating out (you know the Milfords) and a lot of football watching and relaxing and playing with the baby. Dad even cooked us a whole weeks worth of food... jumbalaya and an entire ham. I did not have to buy many groceries at all this week, and I have barely had to cook anything! Talk about a great birthday gift... you can come watch my kid and cook my meals any day of the week :)

It's always super hard to have our family go home (Grace is still asking for MA every single time she wakes up), but we know we will see them again in the not too distant future!

"Elp" in the Kitchen

Grace LOVES to help (or as she says "elp") me cook in the kitchen. I have taken a few pictures over the past month of some of our more memorable meals :)

Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies made from scratch! Yummy, Grace!

She is very good a stirring. We sing a song about "stirring the batter" while we stir. Usually by the end of the song the batter is all mixed up!

Nana and Paw Paw sent Grace a "Happy Fall" box. Inside were these cute fall cookie cutters. We decided to use them on our pancakes in the morning instead of on cookies :)

One of the best parts is eating the left over edges while they are still warm from the pan.

Did you know a pancake is much more appetizing when it is shaped like and apple and you helped make it? According to Grace it is much more tasty!

When Papa and Granny came Grace got to help make biscuits. This is kind of a rite of passage for all Papa's grandkids. Grace knew how to pour in the ingredients and stir them all together!

Our favorite meal to cook together is chicken 'n dumplings. I think it's amazing how small Grace looks when she is in a picture with another person.

It can sometimes get a little messy... especially when you like to eat the dumplin' dough.

"See! I can help!"

Last week we got some empty boxes from the BCM that were just the right size for a play kitchen. So I cut some doors in them, glued on knobs, put in a "sink," and painted on burners. Viola! A little kitchen that cost $0 and took 1 naptime to make!

Grace has had a blast cooking up meals of her own. She especially likes to say "bye" and shut herself inside the oven. I was hoping the cardboard kitchen would last till Santa got around to bringing us a real one, but I am not sure it is going to make it much longer.

Does anybody know of a reasonable priced wooden kitchen that can withstand a 1.5 year olds not-so-gentle ways? It would be nice if Grace knows she is asking for a quality toy when she writes her Santa list this year :)