A Friday and a Sunday...

I kept Ella home with me Friday, and actually managed to snap a few pictures I thought I would share. The bag she is coloring was supposed to be her 'money bag' for the money she would get when she went to the potty. We won't talk about how that went.

Ella's "cape"

Today, we took Gracie to church for the first time. She stayed in the service with us, and was awake the whole time. I was a nervous wreck. Luckily, she didn't get fussy. I fed her the first part, and the rest of the time she just kind of squirmed around.

Getting There...

I have been such a slacker with this blog! Hopefully over the next few weeks I can find more time for it. Not that I have ANYthing else going on :). Gracie will be 6 weeks old tomorrow, and slowly but surely things are getting back to normal. Well, our new normal I guess.

I actually got on here to write about a few things Ella has been saying lately, since I am mainly doing this blog so I can look back and remember things. Two is a VERY trying age, but it is also a very FUNNY age. Here are a few examples...

- Ella was in the back with her Dad, and evidently he had threatned to 'spank her butt.' She ran into the living room where I was and said, "Mama! Daddy gonna scratch my butt!!" She then ran back to him and said, "Daddy, you not scratch my butt!!" LOL

- When I get ready to fix her something to eat, I try to give her choices. Her reply now is always "umm... how bout a popcicle?"

- And her favorite phrase to tell EVERYONE in the house right now is "there's no sense in actin' like baby!!"

- This child has the memory of an elephant. She remembers songs, places, how to GET places, quotes from movies and shows, etc. Evidently, she also memorizes books. At school, she has one of their books memorized. They give it to her and she reads it to the class. It's the craziest thing I have ever seen.
Anyway, as I was saying things are calming down a little bit. Itty bitty Gracie is still wanting to eat like a teenager, so I don't get to get out just a whole lot... or at least not for extended periods of time. The joys of breastfeeding! She is for sure going to be very different than Ella was as a baby. She doesn't sleep much during the day, and isn't very content just hanging out. I think she is going to be y needy baby :). Maybe that means that when she is Ella's age, she will be quiet and gentle like everyone says girls are supposed to be...... cause Ella sure ISN'T! Haha.

I will leave you with some recent pictures... nothing exciting, but awfully cute!