Hair Cut

Grace got her hair cut last night. She was so good! The whole way there she kept telling me she needed a haircut because it was "in my eyes," she got excited when we pulled into the parking lot of the salon, sat still for Ms. Kathy, grinned when she got to pick out a blue sucker for being good, and proudly showed off her hair cut and curl to her daddy when we got home. This morning she let me brush her hair without the normal complaints and when I asked her if she thought people at school would notice her haircut, she replied, "Yes! It's pretty!" Much to her delight, Ms. Shawna complimented her haircut right away. She just beamed!

Colorado

I think we're going to like it here...

A visit to Saginaw

I had Spring Break last week so the first weekend of break Grace and I headed up to Michigan to spend some time with my parents. At the end of Spring Break, Mark and I had a trip planned to Colorado to start looking at houses so I left Grace up in MI with my mom. She had an awesome time and repeatedly told me "I like Mama and Papa's house!" Here are some pictures of when I was up there with her.

Celebrating Grandma's birthday--Grace probably sang "Happy to you" to my mom at least 50 times while she was up in Michigan--apparently the whole week was her birthday!

Grace has developed a phobia of getting her nails cut. My mom tried making a "spa night" so we could cut her toenails. She loved putting her feet in the sink but freaked out once the clippers came out. Mark and I actually had to pin her down this week to cut her fingernails. You would have thought we were beating her by her screams. Hope this phases passes--SOON!

Grandma got a Mickey Mouse folding table for Grace. She absolutely adored it and wanted to eat every meal at it. Only problem is it's also the perfect height for Daisy to grab food!

Making molasses cookies (which included taking a bite of one of the raw dough balls--oops!)

Grandma would blow Grace's hair dry every night after her bath.

She LOVED it!

We did lots of trips into town to hang out with my dad. This is usually what happened to Grace on the 15 minute drive :-)

Sharing an apple with Papa

He was pretty happy to get to spend some time with this little girl!

Hanging with G

Hanging out with Grace is perhaps one of the most fun things ever. She is FULL of personality and is so sweet and caring! Here are some fun Grace tidbits...

• She has taken to coming up, wrapping her arms around my neck and saying, "I love me too, Mommy!" I think she means to say "I love you too, Mommy!" I hope it's both!
• She loves to burst out in song. "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star," "Pat-a-Cake," "The Itsy Bitsy Spider," and, of course, "The ABC's" are her current favorites. She sings "The ABC's" at least 20 times a day, if not more.
  
• Everyday she talks about "going shopping." Today I asked her what we were going to go shopping for and she replied, "milk!" Okay, I guess we go to the grocery store a lot. The outfit below is one of her "let's go shopping" outfits.
  

• She is obsessed with "time out." Although she freaks out when she is put in time out, she loves putting other people in time out. I have been put in time out, Mark has been put in time out, she has tried to put Daisy in time out, her dolls have put in time out, and tonight we spent about 20 minutes playing with her My Little Ponies and putting them in time out. Problem is she sometimes tries to egg us into putting her in time out (e.g., biting or hitting us while laughing).
• She loves to play puzzles and is getting very good at it. Her current favorite is an old puzzle of mine with a cat and a ball that I probably did 500 times when I was her age.
  
• She does a fairly good job picking up after herself while singing, "Clean up, clean up, everybody clean up!"
• She still loves books and even has a few that she "reads" to us and is actually pretty accurate because she has heard them so much.
• She is becoming a backseat driver directing us which direction we should go. "Go that way!" Which often sounds like "Go fay fay!"
  
• She LOVES Daisy. When I pick her up from school she asks to see Daddy and Daisy. She loves to feed Daisy. Has learned to call for Daisy when she accidentally drops food on the floor. She scolds Daisy for barking too much. And she loves to give Daisy hugs and kisses.
  

LOVE her!

Elmo!

Last Saturday we got to see "1-2-3 Imagine!" It was a Sesame Street musical and Grace LOVED it! Nana and Papa got us the tickets for Christmas. What a fun gift--thank you!

I look more excited than Grace to see Elmo!

We met up with Nana, Papa, and Anna for lunch after the show

Dress Up with Grandma

Anna's Baptism

On February 20th our niece, Anna, was baptized. It was a beautiful service and Amy and Greg hosted a nice brunch at their home afterward.

This may be one of my favorite photos--Anna in her baptismal gown and Grace in a Hone family heirloom gown.

Proud parents

Anna with her 2 girl cousins--Elizabeth and Grace

Girls deep in thought

Going in for a bboe booe!

A bit of a thaw

A few weekends ago we had one of those wonderful gifts in the middle of a cold winter--a beautiful, semi-warm, sunny day. Grace and I took advantage of it and got out a few of her birthday presents she hadn't been able to enjoy yet.

Time with Nana

In the middle of February, Mark and I had a few nights out--one in Indy for a work function and one in Chicago with our friends the Ouradas. Grace's Nana was happy to get some time with her and they did some fun things!

Grace with Dora at the Indianapolis Children's Museum

Giving cousin Anna a bath--Grace LOVES to help with Anna!

Playing with balls at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago

Look how little she looks in the big tractor!

"Moo!"

After our night in Chicago and Grace's day at the museum, we reunited at a baby shower for Mark's cousin, Gloria. When I got to the church for the shower, this is how I found Grace in the play room...

With the gorgeous mommy-to-be

Aunt Janet, Nana, Anna, and G

Floor time with Anna