Three Months

Our little Grace is three months old today.  She is growing up so fast I can hardly believe it.  I love all of her little rolls and her full cheeks.  I really just can't help giving her tons of kisses.

This past month she has mastered the art of grabbing anything she can reach and putting it all in her mouth.  She is really starting to enjoy her play mat and all of her toys.  She loves to sit and talk to me and has such a big adorable smile.  I love this baby!

(Don't mind the scratch on her face . . . she seems to do that a lot lately)

What I Do During Naptime

My little Gracie takes a few naps everyday.  We are on a somewhat flexible schedule depending on what she feels like that day.  As much as I should be, I am no napper so I don't ever really manage to catch up on sleep during the day.  So what do I do?  Usually work around the house but I don't always feel like doing that so I spend a lot of time on craft blogs and just looking for projects to do.  If you check out my guest room the whole bed is covered with some of my works in progress.

Last week I found this tutorial online.  Sounded like fun and pretty easy.  I like to sew but I am not one for complicated projects these days.  So when I was out and about this past week I found a cute onesie on clearance for $2 and some lace on clearance for $3.50/yd so I decided to give a shot and see how it would turn out.

Of course I complicated the whole 10 minute onesie dress idea by a: using lace and b: making the skirt 2 tiered, but I think it turned out pretty cute.  And I was able to get it all done from start to finish during a short morning nap.  Now onto either finish a project or find a new one.

My Little Helper

So I needed to work on those carrots this afternoon so I did what I always do and put Gracie in her bumbo so that she can see me work (only way to keep her happy if I am occupied).  For a little while she was happy and playing with her elephant.  

Then I noticed that things got a little quiet so I looked over and this is what I found.

Guess that is what happens when you don't get an afternoon nap.

Pulling Carrots

We finally went out yesterday to pull the carrots and the rest of the onions from our garden.  I have to admit that I really slacked on the garden this year and really didn't do as much as I should have done and did not utilize what we grew as well as I should have.  I am using the "I had a baby in July" excuse for my neglect.

Anyway, in case you are wondering what the outcome of not thinning out your carrots can be, take a look at the picture below:

I pulled these two out last night, well they came out together.  They are serving as a good reminder that I need to be more proactive in my gardening attempts next year.

Visiting Nebraska

Last weekend we decided to leave town yet again.  This time we were headed to Nebraska to visit Eric's parents and see his cousin and his family who had come to visit from Oregon.  Friday we went to visit the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha.  (On a side note, we discovered that it is apparently the place to go if you are dating someone in Nebraska).  Gracie toured the zoo the same way that she tours most places . . . asleep.  She did wake up for a little while and the highlight of that was our walk through the butterfly house where a butterfly decided that the flower on her head looked like a good perch and landed for a while.

Saturday was mostly a day for hanging out and watching football, but we did go mini-golfing with Eric's cousins and aunt and uncle.  Once again I was reminded that I am not so good at mini-golf.  Gracie once again missed it by sleeping through the whole experience.  Someday she will start being awake and remembering the things that we do.

Sunday we went to church in the morning and before heading home to Illinois we got a quick picture of Gracie and her Grandma and Grandpa Roundy.  Then we headed home.

This was our first roadtrip with Grace.  She did very well.  She slept the whole way both ways with the exception of one wake up to eat.  I completely believe that they are only going to get tougher from here on out but we did good.

Baby Pictures

My friend Jaime took some pictures of Gracie a couple weeks ago and I thought I would share a few of them.  I may be biased, but I think she is super cute!

New York

About 2 weeks ago Eric got asked if he would do a presentation in Long Island in about a week.  He called me to see what I thought and then suggested that we all go since he had never been to New York before.  Sounded like a fun quick trip so Gracie and I decided that we would tag along.  I am not used to planning trip so last minute but we did and it ended up being a lot of fun.  We really didn't have the greatest weather while we were there so there are not many pictures. 

We stayed at a hotel in Queens near the subway station, here is Gracie and her elephant hanging out on the bed (she is starting to get interested in her toys which is fun).

Thursday Eric had his presentation so he would be gone all day so Gracie and I decided to go out on our own.  She and I took the train to Manhattan and spent a good part of our day at FAO Schwartz reading stories and looking at toys.  Then we walked around Central Park for a little while and headed back to the hotel.  

The weather people had threatened rain all weekend so we checked the forecast and it sounded like Friday morning would be the best time to be outside so we decided to take the ferry out to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.  We made the mistake of forgetting that weather people are ALWAYS wrong.  We got dumped on.  So it was windy and rainy and we got soaked despite rain jackets and umbrellas.  Still we got to go to the pedestal museum and see the statue.

This one is from the ferry.

This is how Gracie spent most of the trip.

View of Manhattan from the ferry.

We got off the ferry at Ellis Island where we went through the museum and saw a video.  I don't think I ever realized how short a time the island was open.  Very interesting.  It had finally stopped raining so here is a picture of Gracie and I in front of the museum.

She finally woke up.

A view from Ellis Island on the ferry.

The sky was kind of starting to clear up so that we could get a better view.  After that we took the train to Brooklyn and had dinner at a restaurant beneath the Brooklyn Bridge.

On Saturday we wanted to go to the USS Intrepid Museum. We finally got there and there was some security issue going on and it was being evacuated and there was a huge line to get in whenever it would open again, but no one knew when that would be so we oped to not wait.  So we took a cab back into town and went to the American Museum of Natural History.  I think the most popular place for people to take pictures there was at the Easter Island statue so we had to get one.

After we were done there we got ice cream and spent quite a while just walking in Central Park exploring.  It was a fun day.  It was a fun quick trip.  Eric and I find it funny that at two months old Gracie has been on more airplanes, cabs, and subway trains than either of us when we went to collage.