Vanderbilt

Rob and I spent a delightful weekend in Nashville visiting Vanderbilt to see if it felt like a good fit for MBA school. We had a great time and came away loving the program, campus, and city. Now we just have to make a final decision! Stay tuned...

The Great Escape: Getting Smarter

Grace is getting smarter - this time she's trying to get out using Mama's keys...

Happy Halloween

Last night we went to the Annual Gweaston Halloween Party at Grandma and Grandpa's. Grace was really confused at why everyone looked so funny (aka in costume).

Our sweet little ladybug.
Can you tell she wasn't sure about how someone looked behind me?

From the back.

Getting her dollar at the costume parade. She really wasn't sure what to do with it.
How cute are Grandpa and Grandma in their devil and angel costumes?

We knocked on doors throughout the house to get lots of yummy treats.

Mmmmmm.....Reeses! These will probably be payment to Dad for helping out since they're his favorites! (Actually, all of it will go to Mom and Dad for their hard work for costume prep and Halloween support)

I love this picture of my two favorites. As hard as Dad tried, his excitement never wore off on Grace.

The whole crew in costume.

Here's the tired baby after a night of partying, but adorable as usual!

What I Learned From Mama

by Grace

Be right next to the stove while dinner is being cooked, so you don't forget it and let it burn.

And a great shoe can help any drab outfit be a little fun and fancy.

Ghost Baby

Grace is practicing her ghost technique getting ready for Halloween and is so cracking me up.

She keeps putting Lacey over her head so she can't see anything except her feet and walking around the house. As you can imagine, this is quite a dangerous hobby - if she's not walking smack into walls and furniture, she's tripping on the blanket.

If she's not wandering the house with Lacey on her head, she's just sitting for minutes on end with Lacey over her. I think she's really tired. We'll be trying a nap here soon...

Happy Autumn

Fall is finally here in full swing.

The colors are changing and the leaves are falling.
It's beautiful.

Happy Autumn!

It's an especially happy day since the cast is off!

That's My Baby

We went to the fabric store yesterday to find fabric and supplies for Grace's Halloween costume and Rob let her walk around. She loved feeling all the fabrics just like her mama.

When she found this really soft fabric, she couldn't help herself but cuddle with it. I think Rob's a little frightened...one fabric lover is bad enough!

Morning

Here's what our mornings look like:

Sweet hair, eh? I'm grateful that it's at least growing slowly but surely.
That's just what it looks like in the morning. I had nothing to do with this mohawk.

Grace and Marge (our sweet upstairs neighbor) chat every other morning while Marge waters the yard. I'm pretty sure this is one of Grace's favorite parts of the day.

Monticello Anniversary

Rob and I had a lovely weekend to get away and celebrate our anniversary. When we got married we decided that we were going to go to all the temples in Utah before leave. We thought that the best way to celebrate our anniversary was to go to the temple, so we chose the one farthest from us that we hadn't yet been to and made a mini vacation of it. Grace stayed with Grandma and Grandpa (thank you!!!!) and we headed down to Monticello.

Us at the tiny, beautiful Monticello Temple.

The only arch we saw on the side of the road.

It was so fun to take a little road trip with my huny.

Me taking pictures out the car window as we drove.

The scenery was beautiful. I was sad that the trip was so short and we couldn't spend any time enjoying the amazing national parks we drove right past.

So many amazing rock formations.

Babies Are Gross: Example #10,239

This morning as we were headed down to Springville to drop Grace off to play with Kira and Kylee Grace decided she'd had enough of being in the car so she decided to protest and stuck her fingers down her throat and gagged herself. Gross. Then again. Gross. Then again, this time with a little bit of stomach contents coming up with the gag. Grosser still. She kept on gagging herself and making this horrible sound. Then two minutes before we got there she gagged herself for the billionth time. This time with an awful retching sound breakfast chunks came pouring forth. Yeah. I was happy to be a mom. And seriously, Grace, why?! Gross, gross, gross, gross, gross! The kids playing soccer before school across the street probably thought it was odd when I would stick my head in the car (to clean up a little of the mess) and then come up for air and gag a little myself. It was a great start to the day. Just another reminder that babies are gross. Let's hope this doesn't become a habit.

***I would like to thank Kira who was the hero of the day and cleaned my baby and car seat for me while I was at work so my car didn't smell sour at the end of the day. Seriously, she is my hero today! Thank you, Kira!!!!***

In nicer news, spending the day with a walking baby has apparently motivated Grace since now she's walking. Finally, maybe her cast won't be so nasty dirty (haha, yeah right).