Potty training.

So I forgot to mention in my previous post that today Grace has decided that she does not want to wear diapers. I tried to get her to at least wear one during nap but she refused. "Big girl panties mommy" she said. I have been trying and trying for the last few months to get her to go on the potty all the time but she just wasn't wanting to. She would sometimes, but mostly would just go in her pull ups. She just would go when she wanted to. She is very stubborn like her father, so I knew that she wouldn't stop wearing diapers until SHE was ready. So hopefully this means she is ready. She has had a few accidents today, but did get to the bathroom once before she went in her pants. The other times she stopped when she realized what she was doing and told me and we got up to the potty for her to finish going with out too big of a mess. We will see how she does during nap time though! Hopefully we will not have to buy any more diaper-knock on wood!

Cooking time!

Nana Ann introduced us to the delights of "cooking" once when we were back home visiting and so now every time mom's cooking dinner in the kitchen Grace wants to help cook. Finally I cleared some spice shakers just for her and put sugar and flour in them so she can have her own spices to cook with. She makes a bit of a mess, but it keeps her entertained while I am trying to get dinner together. I was going to make some cupcakes tonight for my daycare kiddos, so I am sure I will get some help. Nana sent her own little kiddie pans to cook with, so we will make some of her own sized ones. It really is amazing everyday to watch her growing and changing. She loves to help me with my daycare kiddos. She will get me new diapers and loves to give the baby her bottle and paci (or boo as she calls it). I just hope and pray that I am showing her the right things daily and that someday she will be a good wife and mother to her own family.

Just some pics

Just a pic of Grace and I taking our afternoon nap. Some days this is the only way I can get her to nap. She is tired by nap time but just doesn't want to sleep in her bed, so I lay down with her on ours and she is usually out in a short time.

Here is a pic of our house, for those of you that have never seen it. We bought it about four years ago before we got married. We've been able to make a few improvements to it and hope to get some new carpet next year. Daycare is rough on carpet! And yes, I am a mini van mama!

Joining the bandwagon

So I figured I would join the Blogspot bandwagon. Everyone seems to have a blog these days and I thought it would be a good way to keep people posted on our everyday lives. Hopefully I will find time to post funny things that Gracie does and keep pictures up to date for everyone.

One thing that I have learned this week about my beautiful baby is that she will be a great big sister should we ever decide to have another baby. Sienna, the new baby sister of Jadon the little boy I watch, started this week and Grace was so sweet with her. She wanted to kiss her and hug her and help me with everything. She has always been a big helper with all the daycare kids so I wasn't too surprised she would be the same with Sienna.

Not a lot exciting going on right now. We are looking forward to seeing my sister come Labor Day weekend. She is living in Italy and unfortunately hasn't been able to get to know Grace very much since she is so far away. We love and miss her and her husband and can't wait to see her when she is home on leave.