My how time flies!!

Daddy took Graycie in town today to get her 6 month old pictures. Now normally this is a "Mom" thing to do but I let myself get so worked up wanting everything to be just perfect and Brady has been off work all week so I asked him to. She's been smiling so much lately that I was hoping he could get some smiles out of her. When I took her at 3 months, I absolutely made a fool out of myself, drenched in sweat and only achieved 1/2 a smile. I taunted Brady telling him she wouldn't give up a smile for the camera. WELL...as you can see he won and I couldn't be any happier. Her pictures turned out so adorable and I give all the credit to Daddy. He bathed her, picked out her out-fits and even styled her hair. On the phone I suggested clips for her hair, but he didn't put them in, but that's alright cuz I can just photoshop some in if I wanna!! Love you Daddy & Graycie. You both did a fabulous job!!!

Graycie just finished her third week of swimming lessons. I say "lessons" very loosely because there hasn't been anything taught. The instructor sits on the edge of the pool and watches the parents play with the babies. Thank goodness Graycie has her own professional swim coach, her DADDY! He's the greatest and he does so well with her. She's not scared of the water anymore and is so, so close to being able to float. This will be so good for her to learn to swim because we live next to a large canal, have a huge swimming pool set up in the summer, and we love to go camping and fishing in the summer, which puts us near water all the time. I especially love this picture of her looking up at her Daddy. It truly is a conversation overheard, knowing that she's making sure her dad is still there. Her Daddy is the best and I know if she could have been able to stand this winter he would have had her on skis too!!! We love our Daddy!!

This is the greatest invention since disposable diapers. It's called a bumbo and allows babies to sit up on their own. Its soft like foam and light weight. Her very, very, very most favorite thing is to sit in front of our closet door which is mirrored and play with her reflection. She'll coo and play with the little baby in the mirror the entire time I'm getting ready in the morning. Well, as long as she has Momma in her sights.

Kaylie's kindergarten homework-2005!

I was looking through some old pictures last night and came across this homework assignment of Kaylie's that she did in Kindergarten. A great tip...scan your child's homework assignments that you would normally keep. Cuts down on the clutter and storage!!! Anyway look closely at this assignment. I think she got in a hurry wanting to get it done fast and didn't realize she was suppose to use the word bank at the bottom of the page to fill in the blanks!!! Number 3 is my very favorite! That's my girl, calling it like she sees it!!! (In case you need a little help (Brady) the answer was supposed to be "hip!")

Sweet lil Snow Bunny

Time for swimming lessons!!!!

Today Graycie & Ben started swimming lessons. Can I just gently say that lil Graycie has all kinds of built in floaters. She was so very buoyant! Her cute chubby lil thighs put her at the head of her class for floating. Ben on the other hand just couldn't hold still long enough to see if he could float. He was more of the splasher type. They looked so so cute and we all had a great time. I'm gonna keep posting pictures to this post so keep checking back.

Stink Bug

The NEXT American Idol!

Where does she come up with these things?

Game night at the Palmer’s place. Left to right we have . . . Jocie, Maddie, Graycie, Rayce & Kaylie. This is very embarrassing, but Graycie won this game of Horse-opoly. Sorry guys~better luck next time.

Check out the "do"

Kaylie does such a great job stylin' her baby sister's hair especially working with a moving target.

Kaylie sporting a new fashion accessory ~ every young girl dreams of wearing glasses, so instead of running her to the optometrist because “mind-over’matter” insists the vision is getting a little blurry, I opted for the $5 Claire's Boutique fix that worked out perfectly and doesn’t she look dang cute? Oh, and I can’t leave out the fact that she is wearing an Aeropostale sweatshirt that we bought for $5.50 cuz the teeny bops who shop there can fit into the xxs shirts!! Yeah us for our bargain day at the mall!!

Wishing for spring!

To battle the winter BLAHS, Kaylie & I decided to dress Graycie up in a swimming suit! She was so stinking cute and out of the 58 pictures we took, two actually turned out. Graycie got plumb tuckered out and Kaylie & I have a bad case of spring fever now, but the cute pictures make it all worth it! Oh and by the way, Graycie turns 5 months old tomorrow and if time keeps flying by this fast, summer will be here before we know it! Get out the sleeping bags, we're going camping!!!!! (All this excitement over a lil ol swimsuit?)

P.S. No, that is not a diaper she is wearing. That would be her chunky lil buns!!

Buy them season ski passes and they want cheapy snowboard sleds. Go figure! Rayce & Kaylie had tons of fun on the drifts around the house as we waited for the Super Bowl to start!