"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."

— Marjorie Pay Hinckley


"None of us come to this earth to gain our worth; we brought it with us."

--Sheri L. Dew

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

20 things about Grace

1. She fake sleeps but instead of snoring she makes a whistling sound.

2. She likes to turn the TV on, we turn it off, she smiles and turns it back on.

3. If you say the word bellybutton she automatically tries to lift your shirt up and see yours, then hers, but she can't because she usually has a onsie on.

4. She says chooz for shoes.

5. She says bye in a really high pitched, breathy, girly voice and won't say it until after you've gone.

6. She can climb onto things, but not down from them.

7. When you pick her up while cooking on the stove she says 'hot'.

8. She goes to sleep all by herself at night, you just put her in her crib.

9. She no longer likes her cardboard books, almost gets mad when you try to read one to her, she likes the books with real pages.

10. She likes to pull all the magnets of the fridge but instead of just throwing them on the floor she puts them in the rag drawer next to the fridge.

11. She likes to help you feed her fish (the picture shows two but the all orange one died the day after I took the picture) and when you ask her where her fish is, she points to the bowl.


12. She likes to wear my backpack, even when it is full and she can barely walk without falling over!


13. She LOVES rocks. When we go outside that is the first thing she picks up, and sometimes will carry it all over with her and keep it in her hand until we get home.

14. Her hair doesn't stick up anymore, and we can put it in 2 pony tails (4 really but we don't go into public like that :)


15. She can put her own hat on, and sometimes her shoes.

16. She loves to hold other babies.

17. She loves to sit with a blanket, carry it around, roll on the floor with it, and fake sleep!

18. She cries when you go outside and don't take her with you.

19. She loves playing in sand.

20. She jabbers all the day and even into the night before she falls asleep. (I wish I knew what she was trying to say because sometimes I think it would be interesting, like when she talks to my tomato plants!)

4 comments:

Joy said...

How fun! It sounds like you have quite the adventurous, cute little girl! It's so neat to see your blog and read about what you've been up to.

Angie said...

It's so fun to hear about Grace's cute little personality. You are such a good mom!

The Carlings said...

ah, your baby is cute with babies. Mine gets really upset when I hold other babies. I am nervous! yeah- you mentioned doing a birth with a midwife- The main reason why i had mckinlee at home and this one with a midwife is I love the freedom and the environment. I am glad I have great insurance in case of an emergency but I recommend a home birth to anyone!

Anonymous said...

Such a cute idea! I think I'm going to have to steal it from you. . .

About the races . . . we are still doing some. I do stroller bootcamp three times a week, which is a pretty intense workout - we've been out of town, and we will be until august, so we'll do another one hopefully in August! How are yours going?