grace girl

(here she is, in awe of a bird:)

We finally just had her two year check up at 25 months.  She hates, I mean hates the doctor.  I swear she has some sort of phobia but I have no idea where it came from.  We both definitely endure those visits!   She came out, through all of the screaming and crying weighing 27 something...
(she wouldn't hold still enough) and is 34 inches tall. 

 Ah, my growing girl.

These pictures will help me demonstrate the other ways she is growing up.

 She LOVES airplanes.  (Shown left.)

Everytime we see one she lets out a quiet, "wow" followed by a loud "a plane, a plane!" 

She is happy.  SO happy.

I find it hard to be down when I am around her she is always full of smiles and laughs. 

She is funny.  Really funny!

The other day we sat down for dinner and she put her arm around Matt and said,

"Nice to see you, buddy!" ha ha.  Priceless.

 She loves to dance.

If I am busy on a project or something she will often come in and grab my hands and say, "dance!"

It brightens my day.

She loves to sing.

She amazes me how she will remember words to songs that I sing to her. 

She loves to sing really loud!

She has the greatest laugh!

If you don't know her well, you've probaby never heard it but let me tell you it is something to behold.  I really need to get it on video sometime.  This feature is best demonstrated during tickle wars, which she often initiates.  Super fun.

She loves to color and does it well.

That's right, I am already oozing over her artwork. :) She has a lot of patience for it.

 She is a STINKER.

Her favorite thing for the past few months has been running away from me as fast as she can when we are out doing errands.  This has made it rather difficult to get much accomplished.  She will yell, " I'm fast!" and she is too.  Most of the time I about have a heart attack because in a couple of seconds she is already at the other side of the store.  Crazy girl.  Luckily, with some discipline she is getting A LOT better.   I decided that it definitely will not work with a new baby!  Now before we go into every store on her own she will say, "..no no run!" ha ha makes me laugh.  Poor girl is already getting lectures.

She loves books.

She loves the library, her picks are usually elmo and anything with a princess.

She still eats well, really well.

A couple of weeks ago we were grocery shopping and I decided to get a few donuts for Matt, just to brighten his day. :)  On the drive home I could hear grace in the back saying, "yummy....yummy" I guess I was kind of out of it because it took me a minute before it registered.  Confused, I looked in the back seat only to see a chocolate covered girl and about a fourth of a donut left in her chubby little hand.  I had no idea how she got it out of the box as it was fairly out of reach and how she ate it so fast.  I almost had to pull over I was laughing so hard.  She thought it was pretty funny too. :)

She loves princesses and dressing up! 

She can name all of the princesses.  Her little cousin Madi got her an adorable little doll with different outfits, she loves to change them.  She likes to dress up with my jewelry, hats, and whatever hse can find.  She also likes to help Matt and I get ready by helping us with our shoes.

My favorite thing about Grace is that she is loving and enthusiastic.

She constantly gives me hugs during the day and says, "la-loo" (love you!)  she is so excited about life that it is contagious.  Without fail she always greets me with a happy hello. 

I just love my sweet girl!

As a side note, I can't BELIEVE we are almost halfway through October.  It's kind of freaking me out!  I feel like I have so much to do.  I finished her Halloween costume which I am so excited about, but I feel like between this little girl coming in three months and with the holidays,

 I have endless projects! 

 I am managing however, to enjoy this beautiful fall weather, I love the fall in Oklahoma.

The pumpkin patch is calling my name this weekend!