Gracie Getting Big

In the last couple of weeks Gracie seems to have turned into a big girl instead of my little baby. She now swings on the swing set like a big girl and jumps on the trampoline all by herself...well Hayden still likes to help her. She has also figured out how to use the stool to get up on my bed and play, which she REALLY loves, it is always so funny the things they enjoy the most. I am not to sure about her playing on the bed, so I am constantly making her get down!!! I try to explain to her that if she falls off it is going to HURT very bad. She also knows the word NO very well. Every question you ask her she tells you NO, even when she really means YES. However today while I was taking some pictures outside...I told her it was time to go in because it was too cold and she says "NO" and took off running. I guess she does know what the word NO mean!!! Oh, and she also likes to tell every one to be quiet by saying "SHHH", it is really cute right now, but unfortunately I have to explain to her it isn't very nice! She was dressed so cute today, she likes Hayden's cowgirl boots, so today I found some that were Hayden's when she was little and put them on her. She thought she was hot stuff as she strutted all around the house. The only problem is they are a little big, she walks okay in them, but she really needs a smaller size, but I figured for today they would be fine. I also had the girls dressed alike today, so the boots were a necessity. I even fixed Gracie hair, Hayden thought that was so funny. I had to wet it and put a little gel in it to calm down those crazy curls that she gets from Mommy. I even stuck a little hair barrette in it. She really did look like a big girl today. It just seems like in the last month she has grown up and changed so much, but she is having lots of FUN!

We met Mimi and Aunt Kim for lunch at Hayden's favorite place, I bet you can't guess...Yes, Chinese. I decided to pack Gracie a lunch today because she doesn't really care for Chinese and I always feel sorry for the waiter because she makes a HUGE mess every week, so today I took her a jelly sandwich and chips and she seemed to enjoy that better. The best part was when we got ready to leave the girls walked across the parking lot holding hands, it was so SWEET! Mark and I have two very sweet, pretty little girls that LOVE each other so much.

Strike a Pose Gracie, Hayden helped her button her sweater, I thought it was too cute to fix and look at those cowgirl boots:

Jumping all by herself:

She really likes the big girl swings:

She wanted to know why I wasn't taking pictures of her, I guess she is so used to it because usually everything she does, I am saying look at Mommy and smile:

Watch this Mommy... I am getting better at this:

I love this picture, it is so sweet and innocent:

Gracie got caught on the bed AGAIN, as you can see she really didn't care that she was in trouble:

This is after eating some of her Valentine candy from Preschool and when I asked her why she was making faces...She said because Uncle Artie showed her how to: