This beautiful person successfully stayed dry during her nap today!! She begged to wear her undies during her nap instead of a diaper, so I hesitantly put a towel down and explained to her to try and hold it til after her nap...Woo hoo! She got TWO stickers for that one! Children are so amazing. She is so patient with me and really tries so hard to be good. Sure there are those testing moments, but overall, she has a desire to do good. Thanks Gracee, for making my day today.
This was the perfect end to a perfect morning/afternoon with Gracee before heading out to work. One of the best. And yes, those are big girl undies you see on her...making progress=) go to this link http://www.facebook.com/video/?id=604500485 to see "the perfect morning". There are two videos from that day.
Thanks honey for my new camera!! I haven't edited these photos or anything, but even unedited, they show off how wonderful this camera is. The pictures are so crisp. 
Yes, for those of you who didn't catch my hint a few posts back, we are pregnant!! We are so so excited. We've had two official ultra sounds telling us it's a boy! They didn't give us a disk so I just took a pic of the prints. Pretty great huh?
9. "you mama" (this is her way of saying "I love you too)
8. ___________night night? (she asks this when ANYBODY is closing their eyes for any reason or has their head down.)
Having a Happy Halloween with my pirate bunch. Gracee got really good at saying "Arrrr!"
Running around with this little fireball.
getting together with some of my college roomies and VERY dear friends! Thanks for the visit Care!
laughing at Gracee...a lot! she always does funny stuff like this! she wanted to feel the cool wet wipe on her face that is on the floor under her head here.
i love this face! she is always laughing, talking, making jokes and singing and asking us to sing. Oh and she's going to be a big sister!!!
We lost a dear friend yesterday. My heart is aching and my spirit is weak. Madison Mecum was one of the purest spirits I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. I always kind of felt like she was too good and pure for the rest of us, too good for this world.
She was a hit by a car. The driver was a classmate of hers, both just 13 years old. I can't tell you how many times the thoughts have run through my head, "if that girl just didn't pick up her aunt's car keys," "if Maddie had only gone to her own bus stop that day," "if she had only been walking a few steps behind where she was at that time..."
I know those thoughts don't help. I am just so sad. I'm sad for me. Sad for her family. Sad for our neighborhood. I am mostly sad for her family though. We love this sweet family. They live just up the street a few houses. We have them over for dinner and games, Maddie and her sister are two Young Women I serve in my calling. Maddie is one of Gracee's favorite babysitters. Her older sister, Marnie comes over often just to talk with me and Russ about life. Her mom, Paige is also my dear friend who does massage/piano lesson trades with me. The Mecum girls are very important to us. Their dad died in a car crash in 2005. Paige and Marnie only have each other now. They could use financial help and have an account set up for donations. If that is something any of you are interested in helping with, let us know.
I know we will see Maddie again someday, for that I look forward to. I know she is much happier where she is with her dad. I know all of that, but it doesn't change the fact that I am really sad. Sad for us, not for her. I am so grateful for the knowledge I have of the Plan of Salvation. I know this pain would be much more hopeless without the knowledge that our loving Savior and Heavenly Father have prepared a way that we can all be together with them again.
