I'm a big girl now!

Gracie is growing fast - so much so, she's up to a big-girl, forward-facing car seat! And boy does she like it...watching the cars and seeing what Mom & Dad see, and seeing us! Plus her new seat is pretty cozy and has a nice recline feature - which she promptly tested out on the drive back from Spokane!

spring?

Well, we got a little bit of nice weather and so it was out to the yard to clean up flower beds and the yard...and Grace was right alongside to help! She had a blast running around in the yard and taking her hat off, put it on, take it off, put it on...

She was also having giggle fits watching Apollo bounce on his side of the fence trying to get to her!

We got the lawn mowed, some new plants in the ground, roses moved - and the next day it frosted. Go figure in the Palouse!

Last week was a CrAzY one for us...well me really, but made it crazy for all of us. It was the CVM Open House and my big recruitment event of the year which meant a lot of early mornings and late nights, but things went well in the end and now it's done. The light at the end of the tunnel that week was that I got to go see Elton John perform in Pullman. It was a great show - he only stopped for a few minutes the whole 3 hours he was on the stage. There were some oldies, some familiar songs, and of course some go-to favorites. Now if I can just get through the final projects for my classes, then life will start to feel really nice again!

The next nice snap we had (and it turned out to only be a couple hours) we decided to see how Gracie likes girlie things, you know...like a skirt. Well she was sure a ham in it - dancing and giving her coy little smile...but then it was back to true character trying to pull it off or over her head. So apparently it only lasted about a half-hour after she got to daycare before it was back into blue jeans!

busy, busy!

Well, Grace survived her birthday - had her one year check-up and was 30 inches long and exactly 20.0 pounds! Unfortunately for her, the check-up was on her official birthday (Monday) and she had to get 3 shots and have some blood drawn, not to mention she had a raging diaper rash...so really her birthday wasn't a totally great day, but she had a great birthday party, so hopefully it all balances out!
She's been getting more and more independant...today we took a walk around our neighborhood and she wouldn't let us put her in the stroller or carry her - she had to walk...and don't think she was holding onto our hands...no sir, she had to be walking on her own!
Friday she spent the night with Grammy while Mom & Dad got a night out...it was a nice treat! We got to see the new George Clooney flick, "Leatherheads" - a fun little movie!
This next week is shaping up to be a doozey for us...I've got a REALLY busy week at work, not to mention my classes - they are starting to wrap-up for the semester so are filled with final papers, presentations and other busy work - and then I have my big recruitment event of the year this weekend as a part of the Mom's Weekend festivities. Thanks fully Chuck's schedule happened to balance mine as he has a fairly light load and will be able to hang out with the Bean while I'm trying to maintain sanity! I can't wait for the 1st of May when classes will be over, well minus the one I have to take this summer, the weather will warm up and life will slow down a bit!