21/365 No Love For The (new bath) Tub!

So, we gave Grace her first bath in the new tub. Remember the baby I thought must have been part fish like her father...the baby who loved the bath no matter what time of day or night or how sick and cranky she was? Well, clearly she doesn't like the water as much as I have believed for the past 4.5 months.

This picture had to be cropped big time to make it "internet appropriate," but this is how she sat in the bath the entire time... huddled in the corner, clinging to the side for dear life. The water was plenty warm, and there was plenty of water there. I don't know what gives.





Heather (who has an adorable baby girl, Addison, that is 2 weeks younger than Grace) has also recently converted from the PUJ tub like we were using before to a big girl tub, and she suggested trying it in the kitchen sink where you can let the water run continuously like it did with the PUJ. We will try that in the morning and hope for the best. The next option is to get a shower head that sprays a little lighter so she can be in the shower without water pelting on her skin. Wish us luck as we try to figure out how to get our water-loving baby ready!

...BY THE WAY...check out that chub on the baby! I love her so much!

20/365 - 2 of Baby's Favorite Things

...Daddy.

...and the computer.

The babe tries so hard to get to the computer. It's so funny when you hold her up close and she feels like she has accomplished something...she gets this look on her face like "OOOOH, now what?!" She has learned by example that she is supposed to bang on the keys and on the couple of special occasions that we have let her get close enough, she puts her fingers to the keys and presses away. Maybe she will like playing the piano?

Anyway, without any further commentary, here are the two keepers of my heart:

19/365 BIG Baby Smiles!! (and Baby Landon, too)!

Grace was extremely smiley for a large part of the day today - for which I am very grateful. It always makes me so happy when I get to see these huge baby smiles...and almost as happy when I actually catch them on camera!

Smiles!!
(Checking out our new "in-between" bath tub)



...and trying to escape the tub, of course!



...another huge smile from Grace...



Danielle and Baby Landon stopped by for a short while this morning also!

18/365 The Baby That Rolls

Grace has been the queen of rolling lately but until today I had yet to capture it on "film," let alone video. I took this sequence of photos this afternoon:

17/365 - Friends (and a Computer, too)!

Ryan worked today, so the baby and I went down to have lunch with one of my best friends (Erin) and her family. She has 2 daughters, Emily and Nadia, who are two of the cutest girls ever. I used to be a nanny to Emily when they first moved here from Oklahoma. She was very shy and reserved for the longest time, but she has now come out of her shell a lot and loves interacting with myself and with Grace. Nadia, who just turned one, is definitely still going through her shy stage but she has the biggest smile I have ever seen on a little baby. I love these girls immensely. Here are some pictures of Grace and Emily playing together.

Grace just kind of checking Emily out:



Emily giving the baby kisses:



Emily "being gentle":



Pretty girls:



Grace definitely had fun playing with her friend:



Getting ready to go home- we finally got Nadia in a picture, too!:



...and a computer, too! Grace absolutely loves my laptop and will sit and admire it, reach for it, and try so hard to get her hands on it. Today, I let her touch a few of the keys and you should have seen the excitement (and disbelief) in her eyes. The little bugger even found a way to disable my wifi capabilites ...and she only pressed five or six keys. I had fun (not) trying to figure out how to turn them back on. Here is the little cutie getting ahold of the ultimate prize:

16/365 Grandma and Baby Girl

Baby Grace and her Grandma Sandy (Ryan's mom). What a special, loving bond these two share!

15/365 Daddy!!!

I came out of the shower today to find these two in the rocking chair. It seems that Daddy and Baby Playtime totally wore the babe out!



These two are my heart and soul.

...and I am now officially all caught up with my blog posts. I take pictures every day, but don't always have the time to post them. I mean, come on...the baby and the daddy have to come first sometimes.