70/365 (March 11) Stay still? Yeah right!

After waking up from a 2hr nap this afternoon (thanks in large part to the immunizations that caused her to be awake the majority of last night), Grace decided she wanted to spend about an hour rolling all around the living room. I have been saying I need to babyproof the house for a while now. I no longer have any time to procrastinate. She may not be crawling quite yet, but she is very mobile, and the crawling is not far behind. It took her about 90 seconds to roll from one side of the room to the other, and back. My little girl is growing too fast! I couldn't pick just one, two, or even seven pictures from today. So, have 10 :)

All smiles!

Pure joy.

"Do you really need to take so many pictures, Mama?"

There she goes again...

After she finishes a roll, I usually always say "Tada!" She waits for it, now :)

Simply adorable.

Having fun!

Rolling is a a full body workout for her. Legs, arms, everything.

Trying to escape from Mama and her camera.

When she was done rolling all over the room, she spotted Mr. 8 Legs on her carseat and sat there, playing with him for a good 15 minutes or so. Always her favorite!

68/365 (March 9) Mama and Baby!

Considering I am the one that is usually behind the camera, it is rare that I have a picture of Grace and I together. And even more rare that I have a picture of us together that I actually enjoy. My new goal is to work on getting pictures of us together more often. This was taken the other day and I love it. She looks a little zoned out, as we were on the way to her nursery to start her bedtime routine, but I approve.

This Mama loves her baby girl more than words can say!

And because this picture was so darn cute, I had to add it in. She loves her rainforest friends!

66/365 (Mar 7) Pigtails and Hippos

My camera was out of commission for a few days, so I was only left with the option of getting a few pictures from my Blackberry...which is 2 1/2 years old and I need to start working on figuring out what I want to replace it with. Please excuse the very poor quality pictures that appear in the next couple of posts!

Grace has been quite the rolling machine lately. The Rambally's stopped by for a visit the other day and brought over some of the toys that their beautiful girls have outgrown. Some of those toys were little hand-held size stuffed animals. Grace almost instantly took a liking to the pink hippo. It is one of the only things that is just as enticing to her as my phone (which is truly amazing)! This was after she rolled her way over to it.

32/365 Baby's New Computer

Grace, like most babies her age, has developed a liking for all things around the house that are non-baby toys. Topping her list of "favorite things I'm not allowed to have, and I get overly frustrated when Mama and Daddy take them away..." are the TV remote, Daddy's PS3 controller, the camera, our cell phones, and at the very tippy-top of the list is Mama's laptop. She lunges at it, hits the keys, moves her fingers around on the mouse pad, you name. The other day I closed all the windows and let her have at it for a minute, as I don't want to be one of those moms who always say no. And although everything was closed, she still managed to disable my wifi internet capabilities and make the "H" key no longer work. So, what is a mom to do? The first step was to fix my computer while the baby took a catnap and then we were off to find something that would hopefully entertain the baby in the same or even close capacity that my laptop does. I found several LeapFrog laptop toys, but at 5 months, I don't think she is quite ready for them yet. And I really don't want to have to spend an abundance of money on something she isn't ready for. Maybe that will be her first birthday present...or second. Today I found the perfect thing for her. It was like finding the golden ticket in a chocolate bar. It's a Vtech Baby's Learning Laptop. It is for ages 6+ months (hey, she's close enough) and requires little more effort from her than pounding on the keys and playing with the attached "mouse" and it lights up, plays music, talks to her, etc... When she is ready, it will also teach her shapes and letters as well. AND...it's pink and purple. Not a bad purchase for $15.00. We stopped off to visit with my mom for a while and got it out of the package. She seems to love it so far and was all smiles playing with it.

"Look at my new toy, Mama!"



See...perfect fit for her little hands!



Taking a break to look at Mama and make sure she is paying attention to how much fun she is having.



Ahh, success!!



..and yes, I have hat hair and wasn't wearing my hat to cover it up. Oh well. Deal with it. It's about the baby and her toy, not me.