My Little Girl

"And in this corner, baby girl Glasgow has her gloves on, and is ready to get into the ring..." Love those lips! Man she's cute! Like mother like daughter....I did the same thing when I was her age. More tummy time....looking good! Loving the bumbo! Tired of the bumbo! Sabs came and laid down next to Gracie when I left the room the other day. They're going to be such good friends!

Tummy Time!

We are striving to do more and more tummy time each day. Tummy time has not been one of Gracie's favorite activities, but it isn't quite the all out cry-fest it used to be. We had 15 minutes this morning, a few tears, but some fun too.

Sabrina joined us for tummy time when she heard the rattle and squeaks of Gracie's toys.
Alright! A smile during tummy time!"I could teach this kid a thing or two....."Trying to fall asleep during tummy time.

Just being cute

I just started putting Gracie in "real clothes (as opposed to onesies)" and we're having so much fun playing dress up! This cute outfit is a gift from Kathy How. Gracie has definitely found her hand, and likes to suck on it all the time, but just a couple of nights ago she found her thumb! So precious! Just chillin' and checking out her feet :)

The Cleaning Olympics

Are you keeping up with the Olympics this year? I've only watched a little, but in the spirit of the Olympics, I designed "The Cleaning Olympics," to help me do some mega-quick cleaning while Gracie naps. You see, PG (pre-Gracie) I would spend hours on Saturday cleaning house, and crazy as it sounds I LOVED IT! Now that Gracie has arrived, I don't have hours to spare on Saturdays, so I try to do a little each day. Today I was feeling rather lazy, and would have loved to nap with Gracie, so I designed an Olympic style game to spur me on. This is how it worked. I gave myself 1 hour to fulfill a gargantuan list of chores. If I was to complete my list (including dusting, windexing, vacuuming, sweeping, and steam mopping), I got the gold. And so, I began. I gave myself extra credit for not taking shortcuts, and at the end of the hour, I had dusted and windexed, but had also vacuumed all the den furniture, and so, though the floors remain untouched, I gave myself a silver.

If you didn't think I was a little goofy before you read this, now you know for sure that I am. But my house is cleaner, and I have a silver medal. Well, okay, I don't, but my house is cleaner. Now it's time to wake the babe and give her lunch. After that it's off to Nanny's house to hang out. And when we return....the floors...in 30 minutes for the gold.

Baby pictures to come soon. The real reason you are on my blog. :)

Fun Times With the Fam

We got together with both sides of the family this weekend. Mimi and Papa (C's parents) were in town for a conference and Uncle David (J's brother) and Aunt Elizabeth came down for a birthday celebration. David and Nana have August birthdays and so we had a birthday lunch. Clay made some delicious bone-in grilled chicken along with fresh veggies from the Green Tree Nursery on Rodney Parham (I highly recommend it!). It was fabulous to spend time with all our family--we are so blessed! And mommy and daddy enjoyed a break as Gracie was passed around and around.

Here is some cute video of Uncle David, Aunt Elizabeth, and Gracie.

We are so grateful to have spent an evening with the Burns family. They are missionaries in Dubai and were home visiting family and raising support to go back. We were encouraged by their visit. If you are interested in giving to this family, let us know and we can get you all the information you need.

Here is Gracie "sitting up." Although she doesn't look so happy in this pic, it's amazing how already she wants to be up more and not just rocked in your arms (although she still loves to cuddle, especially when she's sleepy!).

And here is Gracie falling over.

Mommy is so happy! Baby girl ate at 10:00 and woke up at 6:00! We are loving this new routine!