Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Something From Me?


Gracie loves pictures and looking at pictures of her friends and family! This may be the only thing she gets from me. Everything else is Alex. Today we went to the gym, storytime and Free To Be. This afternoon buds Max and Charlie came over to play during the thunderstorm.

Monday, June 29, 2009

Pigtails: Attempt #1


After a fun morning out and a nice nap, we hit Carl Schurz park to see Caroline and Ethan. Then we came home, and Charlie came over for a dinner date.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Day in Deal

Today we went to the Shore to visit the Meyers and hang out with the Packles and Zwillingers. Grace had the best time with her buddies George, Ayla and Max and babies Jonathan and Ben. She didn't want to get out of the pool; we literally had to lure her out with french fries and pizza. After a great nap, she enjoyed her first candied apple and a dip in both the baby pool and hot tub. Then we had a delicious BBQ dinner before hitting the road. What an awesome day!


Saturday, June 27, 2009

Monkey Morning


Boots (from Dora the Explorer) is such a funny monkey! So is Grace. Week 80 Album.

Friday, June 26, 2009

Making Herself a Little More Comfortable


Tonight it thunderstormed, and I put the plastic on Gracie's stroller. Although she normally hates it, she was pretty quiet for the walk. Apparently she had found a way to make herself more comfortable; she kicked her legs up and was reclining, totally content.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Busy Babe


This morning was a busy one: breakfast with Max, playground with Charlie, playtime at Equinox (so Mommy could work out!) and then lunch and a playdate with cousin Maya. What a great time - Gracie didn't want to nap and was upset to go down! Fortunately Grandma came over when she woke up, and Aunt Katie joined later too.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Buckling Up


Grace has expressed a lot of interest in getting herself dressed lately - paying particular attention to shoes, socks and pants. She's also mastered the art of buckling herself into her stroller and insists on doing it herself. Tonight she combined the two - she put on her shoes, climbed in her stroller and then told me "outside." How could I resist?

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Auntie M in the House

Gracie loves when Aunt Meredith comes to visit! If only we had gotten a cute pic.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Gracie's First Secret

Grace has proven her true character and is officially trustworthy. For the past 13 weeks, she's known that she is going to be a big sister, and she didn't tell a single soul. "Dos" is due the last week of December, but I'm holding out for a New Year's baby! We're not going to find out the sex of this one, but if you ask Grace if it's a boy or a girl, she says girl. What girl doesn't want a sister? So far I haven't had any morning sickness - like when I was preg with Grace - so maybe she's right? The only things that have been different: 1) I've been starving, really hungry. 2) I've been more tired and able to nap on command. I never nap - hate it, always have. The exhaustion might have something to do with taking care of Grace though! All that said, I love being pregnant again. Feels good.

Here is the baby's 12 week scan from last week. Definitely looks different than Grace so far (kind of looks like cousin Maya, no?), although it will be easier to do a side by side in another month. I have some great sonogram images of Grace at 17-20 weeks.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Daddy & Daughter Day


Happy Father's Day, Daddy! Alex, Grace and I enjoyed a nice brunch at Orsay and trip to the park to see the ducks.

Check out the look and timing of their expressions and mannerisms - both when Alex was a baby and now. How funny is this series of photos? So similar.

Sorry for my delinquency on album uploading the past few weeks. Week 77 Album. Week 78 Album. Week 79 Album.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Little Minnow


Today Grace went to swim class, and it was a total debacle. Although she loves the water, she hated waiting to get in the pool, didn't love the teachers and went berserk when it was time to get out. Oh - and the family locker room was smaller than our NYC kitchen. It took about 45 minutes to finally get out the door. Fortunately Grandma and Aunt Katie were here when we got home, and Grace was cheered up by their company and lunch at Yorkville Diner. Tonight Grace experimented with putting on her swim cap, which she - of course - wanted nothing to do with earlier in the day.

Friday, June 19, 2009

Graceisms

Grace has a ton of expressions, many of which are things that would come out of an adult's mouth. Others are uniquely her own. My favorites right now: oop (instead of oops), oh no, oh yeah, uh huh, aba (short for arriba/up). We have a lot of new things to talk about these days and quite a few new Graceisms. My personal favorite is when we walk in the door of our apartment, Grace says: "Home" pauses then cheers "YAY!" It's really funny. The expression that takes second place? When Grace burps, she puts her hand to her mouth and says, "me" - short for excuse me.
Something else she's just starting doing is putting words together - often mixing English and Spanish. For example, she says, "More agua please" or "Milk now." The introduction of "now" definitely surprised us, and the first few times we weren't sure she knew what it meant. Oh, but she does. We're trying to stress that she use "please" instead or at least use it with the "now." It's very hard to keep a straight face, especially since she asks for "now" nicely.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

More Quali-T Time


Here is Grace bringing her new toy obsession - her Pooh backpack from Aunt Meredith - to Aunt Katie. She loves it, but she still needs help putting it on.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Cool Kids at The Playground


TGFK. Thank goodness for Katie. Grace was such an unhappy camper until "T" arrived this afternoon at John Jay Park.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Loving Bath Time


Yesterday Grace turned 18 months. Can't believe she is a year and a half old...and that we're only 6 months away from having a 2 year old. Today she went to the doctor for her check-up; she weighed 25 pounds and measured 33.5 inches tall, which puts her in the 75th and 90th percentiles respectively. Poor thing got two shots, which she did not enjoy and definitely anticipated. We managed to survive the appointment and day though.

Monday, June 8, 2009

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Mom-mom & Grandpa


Mom-mom and Grandpa came to town to stay with Grace. Grace enjoyed going out to dinner, non-stop attention, lots of ice cream and fun. Alex and I enjoyed every minute of being away, and we especially enjoyed sleeping in until 10am!

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Evening Playdate


Aunt Meredith, Jason and Allie came over to play tonight. What fun!

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Hanging on by a String

Take a careful look at this picture. Yes, Grace is playing quietly and nicely with her dollhouse. But do you see the lopsided blinds in the background? Just moments before, Grace decided to grab on to one of the cords, lift her legs and jump. She swung back and forth and then crashed into a back flop. With the biggest smile on her face! My heart skipped a beat when I saw her dangle for those few seconds. Needless to say, we have tucked the cords away.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Schiffman Playdate

This afternoon Grace was thrilled to go west to see Sam and Henry. They had a great time together at the Schiff-pad, the playground and dinner. Grace learned how to say "Abby" really fast.