More Christmas Eve!

Grace and Daddy....

Christmas Eve present from Grandma and Grandpa....

Not too sure what to think of that wrapping paper!

Yum! Grace loves to eat almost anything (besides anything on a spoon:)!
Grace loves her new jammies from Grandma and Grandpa Larson!

We went over to Aunt Eden and Uncle Larry's place and stayed the night. We had a great time visiting with them!

Grace thought Eden's fingers were especially yummy....

Grace with Uncle LarryBoaz trying to eat Dave's hair...

Bath Time!

After such an exciting day...it was time for bathtime in Grandma and Grandpa's kitchen sink!

Just Grace!

Grace is all ready for her first Christmas!

Cookie Time!

Every year the Larson's make and decorate Gingerbread cookies...

Decorating away...
Almost professional:)
Aunt Eden feeding Grace squash and cereal...
Grace's first pony ride:)

Fun with Grandma!

"Yum...this toy tastes great!"

So much fun!"Those look much more exciting than my toys!"
Mission Accomplished...

Grandpa's Fun Too!

Standing Tall.... High Five!He's loads of fun!
Grandpa teaching Grace how to crawl:)

Ahhh... :)
Story time with Grandpa...

First Plane Ride!

Grace ready for her first trip on a plane!

Waiting to take off...

Yay! We're in the air!

Three hours after we boarded the plane...we finally took off for Denver! Apparently the plane hit some geese while coming into Saint Louis. The plane was damaged from the geese and we had to wait until maintenance could get there to fix the plane. After waiting almost THREE hours we were finally able to take off for Denver. Grace did awesome...and didn't even shed a tear during the entire 5 1/2 hour plane experience!

First Interview!

What would a post be without a picture of Grace?? Dave received notification of his first interview with a congregation. The church is in Belvidere, Illinois. Dave, along with three other guys will be interviewing on the 9th of January. Dave will probably interview with about four or five other congregations...so we'll see!

Christmas Vacation!!

Christmas vacation has officially begun! This is the gift that Heather's class went together and gave her at their class Christmas party. It was filled with scrapbooking supplies and a scrapbook filled with giftcards. Heather was amazed by their generosity and very thankful for the awesome families she has in her class this year.

Still Smiling!

Grace has had a cold that just won't go away....and she hasn't been sleeping as well as usual due to all of her congestion. We decided we should probably bring her in to get checked out before our big trip to Colorado. Sure enough the drainage has caused a double ear infection. Poor girl! This is Grace even before the antibiotics....such a little trooper! :)

Soon Crawling!

Here's Grace on her hands and knees, rocking back and forth. Grace actually did this for the first time yesterday, but I was able to capture it on camera today. Grace can now get anywhere she desires by rolling, scooting, and now soon I'm sure....crawling...Yikes!

Ice Day!

An ice storm came through last night which resulted in an "Ice Day" for Heather! She had a wonderful and relaxing day home with Grace! Dave headed into the seminary for class and was delighted with highway 64 opening. What was taking him 45 minutes...only took him 25! Hopefully his days with the long commute are over...

Only four days until Christmas vacation! Woohoo!! :)

Almost Bathtime!

Grace before bathtime...
One more week and we'll be on Christmas vacation! We both have two weeks off and are certainly looking forward to our upcoming break! We'll be flying to Colorado next Sunday and will be spending Christmas with the Larsons! We'll keep you posted on Grace's first plane trip and her first Christmas! :)

Six Month Stats!

Check out those cool bandaids!

Grace survived another round of shots and recovered just fine! Such a tough little girl:) Here are the latest stats....

Height: 28" (>97%) Doctor said she's almost off the charts!

Such a tall girl!

Weight: 16lbs. 10.5 oz. (50-75%)

The doc. had all wonderful things to say about little Grace! She continues to do well...doing great at sitting up! She sits up for a long time and even balances herself if she's about to fall over now:) Grace doesn't have any teeth....but continues to drool like crazy. She's not so fond of solids yet...but hopefully someday soon:)

Fun with Grace!

We've had a nice weekend here in Saint Louis...although weekends always seem to fly by way too fast! I finally had a chance to finish posting our photos from our Minnesota trip...so we should be all caught up now! :) We hope everyone is doing well! Have a blessed week!

Baby Ethan

Our good seminary friends celebrated the birth of Ethan Christopher yesterday! We went to the hospital and saw the adorable little guy today. Grace seems so big now! Was she really that little??? :)

CONGRATULATIONS PAM & AARON!

Six Months!

Grace is six months old today! She continues to grow like crazy. She's such a pleasant baby and continues to do well! She's working on sitting and getting accustomed to the whole cereal thing. She sleeps wonderfully at night! She goes to bed between 7:00 and 7:30 and wakes up when we get up in the morning. Grace also loves to babble, blow bubbles, drool, roll around, and she's even developed a wonderful little high pitched squeal. (I'm convinced she learned that from Olivia! :) She goes for her six month appointment next week...so we'll know Grace's new stats then!