EaSTeR!!

^ Acen wasnt sure what to think of all the clothes and toys in our living room this morning when he got up!

This was actually Gracie's slide when she was little, and Sadie had borrowed it a while back for Laney, but i thought he would really enjoy it, and he does! He played on it all day!

He also got a little work bench and he would actually use the tools and pretend to work on his slide too!

Gracie got a new game for her Nintendo DS, the baby game and she loves it too! She got to name her baby and she gets to take care of it, bath it, dress it, change her diaper... everything! She named her Ellie. They got candy, clothes and sidewalk chalk! we keep things simple at Easter, and I think Gracie was expecting Christmas all over again, I had told her all week if she wasnt good and didnt listen the Easter Bunny would not leave her anything... (she had a bad week she had strep and had to be home from school all week since it was spring break also.. it was a LONG week for us) So anyways she was in a super bad mood last night and Shad and I had told her that the Easter bunny was not going to come if she didnt shape up... So she got up this morning and she didnt see her game she only saw the clothes... And she came over to me and looked so sad and said.. "Well, I guess you and dad were right i must have really been bad all i got was clothes.. " I said well i thought i seen a game over there.. Then her eyes light up and she was so super excited! haha! All and all we had a nice Easter weekend!! I hope you all did too!

BiG BoY!

My little boy is not so little anymore.... Last week I had taken him up and layed him down for a nap, he took his usual 2hr nap.. then just as i was going up to check on him, here he came down the stairs, with the BIGGEST smile on his face! I said 'oh no.. Acen did you get out of your crib all by yourself?' and he said "mmhmmm" and he was SO proud of himself! I didn't know if i wanted to laugh or cry! So I guess one good thing is i don't have to worry about the ladder on the bunk beds anymore because we took them apart and now he has his own big boy bed! He loves it, although we do have to shut his bedroom door because that night of his discovery that he could get out of his crib, Shad didn't have time to take down the crib and take apart the bunk beds so we had to put him in his crib and we had a little night owl... up all night running around from 3am-5am until he finally fell asleep on the kitchen floor :/ which was funny to me because he never wakes up during the night, or at least i didnt think he did O.o I just don't know where the time goes! Gracie never got out of her crib although she was in such a hurry to grow up that by the time she was his age she was potty trained and in a big girl bed! I honestly do not know where the time all goes, seems like we are in fast forward all the time!

Twilight....

So I finished the books the other day, and i have to say i am kinda sad... and i find myself wondering what to look forward to with my (seldom) spare time i have... :/ I really enjoyed these books! I mean its pretty bad when you dream about them! LOL! If i had to pick a favorite part i dont think i could, I honestly couldnt put these books down! So I am not going to go too much into it other then if you have not read them (which i am sure most have since they have been out now for a while) just take my advise and read them! :)

In LiKe A LiON... :/

Is it just me or are any of you feeling like Spring will never get here..... I am about going crazy! Then just as it seems like we are getting there with some nice weather... BAM snow... UGH! We don't have too much going on here.. other then trying to stay warm.. still. Although Gracie lost another tooth! She looks so silly! haha! Yet so BIG! I can't believe it, and she is very much on her way to 1st grade! WTHeck! Where does the time go..

Today we had SEP conferences and we went to meet with her Teacher. Gracie is doing really well and has shown MUCH improvement. Her Teacher agrees with me on the fact that Gracie is just going to be Gracie, which means she does things as she is ready and is not on any one's time but her own. She is VERY capable of what she is asked to do, and accomplish, but it has to be her time. The hard thing with this is when she is doing her testing if she is not having a 'good' day, she pretends not to know things or is distracted... Her Teacher says she KNOWS that Gracie knows the things she is 'saying' she forgets... We are working on this.. :/ She is also VERY ready for nice weather and is driving me crazy about 'when is school out and the nice weather coming so we can go to the horse races' I keep telling her i am JUST as anxious as she is.

Acen is... well lets just be honest here.. Acen is a MONSTER! I swear no one would EVER believe me when i say that because he is so shy around other people, and seems to put on a good 'front' that he is nothing but a angel child.... but he is out of control! I am running out of ways to 'Acen proof' my house he figures out a way to get into everything! His new favorite thing is to climb the ladder to the bunk beds... This has never been a issue and we have had the bunk beds since before he was born, i guess they JUST now caught his eye as to something he can do to get in trouble. He is just on the go 24/7! I mean i have to keep all the doors to every room shut in my house, i don't know what will happen when he is tall enough to reach them and open them! O.o He also loves to pester his sister to the point she cries! A 18 month old making a 6 yr old cry?!?! That's bad! Although if you ask me she has had it coming! She has in the past done some not so nice things! He pretends to give her a toy and then yanks it away and shouts "NO!" and runs..

As for me i made the 'mistake' of watching Twilight, not having read the books yet, and the movie so leaves you hanging! So i called up Trisa and asked to borrow all her books so i could see how things end up! I couldn't take it! So i have been reading almost non stop for a week and a half now! There are 4 books to the saga, i didn't read the 1st since the movie was based on the first book, and started with the 2nd one which picks up where the movie left off. The books are long, and I hate to read, BUT i am telling you, i have really enjoyed these books! I am now on the 4th (and last) book. It has 754 pgs i am on pg 557... Almost there! I am kinda sad tho :( I have really enjoyed kicking back while Gracie is at school, Acen is asleep (thank goodness) and reading these books! If you have not read them you should!

FuN At ThE BaRN!

Last night we went up to Shad's parents and Gracie wanted to ride Kia, and of course Acen wanted to do whatever his sister was doing! Gracie got this horse from Nick and Alicia last summer. Nick is one of the guys Shad rides for and he is super good to Gracie! (and Shad) They had so much fun riding her!

Then she had the idea to ride in buckets on the horse walker! So Shad got it all hooked up for them and they had a blast! I didn't really think Acen would want to do this too, but....

Of course he did! I know he looks really uncomfortable, but he thought he was big stuff with his sister! lol We had a fun time!

LeTs CaTCh Up.....

Lets start with little miss going on 20.... Gracie. Well as you can see she has lost her first tooth, and has another not to far behind from falling out! She is doing well in school, and busy as ever! Even if i had the time, and my fingers could take all the typing.. I don't know that i could catch you up on all that she has been doing! She has had a few 'boyfriends' so far i lost track, she gets the directions to their homes thinking we will take her there, ummm.. no! O.o One of her most recent funny stories, she has a book that she has to bring home to read to us and then take back to pass off.. Well the one book said 'FAT CAT' well we don't say 'fat' in our house and so she was hesitant to read it... I told her that if its in a book and for school and she is not directing it towards someone its ok.. so she did and she passed it off. Well about a week later she had a workbook she was doing for class and she was supposed to write the first letter of the picture beside it. Well i was checking her work as she finished and there was a picture of a umpire, and to the side she wrote 'fat' .. i said 'Gracie, why did you write the word fat out to the side of the umpire?' she said ' Well.. cuz he is fat..' now i was trying so hard not to laugh but omg! how could i not! lol! So we fixed it and she changed it to a 'U'... :/ Besides all the silly school stuff.. she has been going with her dad to call in coyotes, looking for drop horns, and went to a few chariot races here n there. She has really got into reading tho and loves to do it! She is looking forward to this summer and the horse races, I am too... I am so sick of being in this house! The highlight of our day is taking her to the bus! Although Acen does miss her and hates for her to go he does enjoy the car ride! She is such a good helper with her brother and loves to take care of him! Which brings us to the little monster himself... Acen banana goober (as we call him)

My little man is now 18 months old, and FULL OF SPUNK! What a go getter! I thought when he was a baby he would be more layed back n easy goin.. as he is BUT... almost toooooo much! He thinks he is INVISIBLE! And he is so into everything! I mean I know this might sound 'white trash' but i have yet to find anything better.. so if you have any ideas, please tell! His ALL TIME FAV thing to do is open my oven door and stand on it, well jump actually! Now my oven is fairly new and i am not about to have him break it, well i have a lock latch but on my oven when i flip it over it does the self cleaning, plus he is smart enough and tall enough to flip it back, well I just kept dealing with it thinking he would get bored of it, until one day i was getting dinner together and turned on the oven to pre-heat and after a few min. i could smell this yucky smell.... so i open the oven and.... dun dun dun MY CORDLESS PHONE ON THE RED HOT WIRE! the antenna melted and smoking! O.O So now i was like mk.... what do i have that i could like KEEP HIM OUT! So i see a shoe lace, and that gave me the 'white trash' idea to tie the handle of the oven to the handle of my cupboard above my stove.. I am sure there are some sort of child proof contraptions out there, but hey this was free and it has worked so far! lol!And that is just the tip of the iceburg of all his 'monsterness' he is such a good little boy tho! and so sweet! he LOVES Gracie and omg, when we go get her off the bus he gets so excited jumping up and down screaming "GRACIE GRACIE!" and as she gets to the car door he tries to open it for her, so sweet! He goes 100 miles an hr and i cant let him out of my site! Shad had him up to his parents the other day, and he said he was RIGHT by him and he said Acen in a split second got over by the horse and as Shad went to get him away the horse stepped on poor Acens little hand! :( But it could have been way worse, and he was just fine, barley a scratch! I could go on and on trying to catch up, but i am not going to, i will start from here, and try so very hard to keep up! But yes we are all well, happy, healthy, and loving life!

Happy Birthday Payden!!

Payden Shad Holdaway

3lbs 17 inches

December 13, 2001

Our story...

As most of you all know Shad and I lost a son, his name is Payden and he would be 7 yrs old..

I found out i was pregnant on June 13th 2001, we had been trying to get pregnant for 1 1/2 yrs, so this was so exciting for us!! Shad had always wanted a boy, so at my 17 week appt. we had a ultrasound and in fact we were getting a BOY!! Shad was so so excited!! I spent many weeks shopping and getting things ready for this little guy to come home with us! My pregnancy went perfectly.. nothing to cause any concern.. When i was 33 weeks I had gone into work and I was a little side tracked because a few days before my grandpa had passed away, and we were all preparing for the funeral so the night before we had been out late shopping for dresses n stuff, so i had a lot on my mind and i was a little tired.. I got home that night and thought to myself, i have not felt him move today... I said something to Shad about it and he like any guy told me i worry to much and he was fine prolly just sleeping.. but I still felt a little different... I told myself if I had not felt him by morning I would call the doctor.. So morning came I drank a HUGE glass of OJ and sat in my rocking chair, waiting, waiting, hoping, praying I would feel something anything a flutter just SOMETHING!! I finally called the doctor's office and they told me he was over to the hospital and i could just go over there.. So i drove myself in to the hospital and Ronda Merryweather was there she took me back and hooked me up to the monitors and to my surprise a heartbeat!! By this time my mother in law had come to sit with me and since there was a heartbeat she decided to go back to work... I still wasnt convinced everything was ok.. Then the doctor came in and he checked my pulse and looked at the monitor and said well lets just go get a ultrasound just to see whats going on.. We walked down the hall to the ultrasound room and the tech started to do the ultrasound. Ronda was holding my hand and as the tech got to the heart I remember Ronda squeezing my hand.. I knew... and the doctor said "I am so sorry there is no heartbeat.." those words ring loud and clear to me even now, i will never forget those words... The monitor had picked up MY heartbeat not Payden's.. I covered my face and broke into tears...I heard someone ask me "who can we call for you?" I couldnt even think, let alone speak.. I just said "my mom" and gave them the number and then i gave them Shad's work number... It seemed like my mom got there so so fast, and she wrapped her arms around me so so tight, and man did i need that hug!! They were still doing the ultrasound trying to see if the cord was around his neck or what they could see...I didnt care, he was gone, and finding out why at that point seemed pointless.. Then we went back to the labor and delivery room where they asked me a few questions and explained to me what would happen next... I couldnt even hear them or what they were saying it was all such a blur.. My dad gave me a blessing and i am so sad because i dont really remember what he said, but I heard it was AMAZING, I do remember him telling me "you will be a mother" and thinking to myself.. how can he say that, how does he know, why would he promise me that after all it did take us a long time to get pregnant and whose to say i would ever be again! After the blessing i felt so calm.. Then i heard someone say "Shad's here.." the room cleared and he walked in, he looked so sad... my heart ached for him, but we both knew that no matter what we said nothing would make us feel better. We just hugged.. I was in labor for 12 hours.. I was so drugged up that I dont remember much of it, but i had told my doctor I wanted to remember holding my baby, so towards the end they stopped giving me so many drugs, it was awful! I have had two kids since and that was nothing compared to the pain I had during this delivery! Payden finally arrived.. the room was so quiet, and even if i had the words to explain the spirit and the warmth in that room at that moment, i couldnt.. He was PERFECT in every way, and at that moment looking down at him, I remembered something Sadie had said to me earlier... How does it feel to be the mother of a perfect child..? And in all honesty, and this might sound cruel.. I was angry! How could God do this to me? what had I ever done? I looked down at this little tiny boy, all his black hair, tiny toes, tiny fingers, little button nose.... How could God take him away from me!!!! I was so so mad! I felt cheated! This wasnt fair! I think in the back of my mind i was hoping for a miracle... That didnt happen tho.. There was no first cry, no movement, his lips were blue.. he was in fact gone. They wrapped him up and brought him to me, he was so tiny! We spent some time with him, then they took him to the funeral home.. I was in the hospital without my baby.. hoping that noone came in to deliver while i was there, i didnt want to see or hear any baby! I know that sounds mean, but I knew it would make it that much harder! We left the hospital with empty arms, came home to a empty nursery.. I had my ups and downs, i didnt know what i wanted.. i wanted to be left alone.. then i was mad that i was alone.. my poor family had no idea what to do for me! I think after all of that the hardest thing for me was closing the casket, not knowing when i would be able to see him again. I know things happen for a reason, and one day I will know why this happened to me. For now, I will enjoy what i have and cherish every crazy minute with my kids, because I am so thankful I have them, and I cant wait to fill this hole in my heart one day when i am with my Payden! I love you see you soon! Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Acen!

Okay, so i am a little upset.... for some reason i cannot upload any photos!!!! But last Thursday was Acen's birthday!! and i have some dang cute pics of him.... so i have been messing around with this trying to get them on here but no luck so i will just type a post and hopefully get to figuring out whats wrong and get some pics up sometime..

I am in shock at how fast the past year has gone! Acen has grown so much! I mean it seems like just yesterday we were at the hospital with him... I still remember being so scared during the delivery because his heart rate dipped very low and wasnt recovering.. I thought he was going to die, and most of you know we had already lost our little Payden, so this was a little scary for me, but he did fine and it was because his cord was around his neck.. He has been such a blessing to us and i am so thankful he is ours. He is the happiest little boy! he is walking all over and really starting to catch on to things!

He had his well child checkup today also and is growing well. He had to get shots and that was like honestly the hardest i have ever heard him cry, since he hardly ever really crys much! i am so thankful to have him here and healthy.. i cant wait to watch him grow and see what kind of person he will be! WE LOVE YOU ACEN!

Time flies........

So Gracie has officially become a Kindergartner!!! I cannot believe it! The saying is true time sure flies when your having fun!! She has been so excited....but just to ride the bus!! :) So since Monday we have missed the bus twice.. talk about devastation!

The first time we missed it was the first day, this was not our fault believe me she got ready and was waiting, but we were not sure on the time that the bus would be here... and I guess we only missed it by like 5 min. So i drove her to school and she was a little upset. Then we got there and she told me she didn't want me to take her in, she wanted to do this on her own. And it didn't surprise me that while all the other (well most) kids were clinging to their moms legs for dear life, Gracie ran to the door and never even looked back!! Then she got on the bus to go home all on her own also, I have her bus number written on a piece of paper inside her backpack, and i was soooo super worried she wouldn't get on the right one! So Acen and I anxiously waited for her to get off the bus.... Just as I was starting to panic I saw the bus!! She got off with the biggest smile on her face! She loved it and she loved school too!! Even tho she says all the kids are shy!lol So the next day I kinda had a better idea as to the bus schedule and we made the bus to go that day, but then I got a phone call from her teacher at school.... I thought to myself "seriously.. already?" But she was just calling to tell me that Gracie had "got distracted" and missed the bus!!! So I left and went to get her, she tells me that she went out the wrong door and got lost.. I am not sure what really happened, but we made it home.. So I thought ok now we kinda know whats going on tomorrow will be a better day! It has to be! The day started out great it was early Wednesday so we left early to meet the bus and we made it on time!! I set my alarm on my phone so that i wouldn't forget to meet her earlier this time... well a few hours later i hear the door open, I look and its Gracie!!! sweating and panting!!!! For those of you who don't know we live a little ways off the main road so this is why meeting the bus is a little stressful, i cant see it from the house so it has to be somewhat timed.... So yes i had my phone upstairs and never heard the alarm and she had to walk home!!! I felt terrible!! As she walked in she said "MAN! that's one long dirt road!" My heart melted! So I got her a drink and a treat, she had to tell me all about her day, and I think she actually thought it was kinda cool to walk home!!! So lets just hope we get the hang of this soon!! I mean how hard can it be!! Wish us luck!

What the walking??....

Ok sooo.... yes Acen is walking!! Slowly but surely... I cannot beleive it either and then to think next month he will be 1, its killing me! He is also starting to make out words, like mama, dada, baba and his newest one is when he claps he goes.. yyyyyaaaaaaa in his cute little boy voice!! Aside from this news not a whole lot has been going on, just trying to get Gracie all ready for school and get through this racing season hopefull with my husband not injured lol.... everyone cross your fingers! So yes this is short but sweet and i will update more as i get to it !!

a lil behind....

Seriously don't give up on us! I am sooo bad! I promise we will catch up some time...maybe.. but I will try LOL. Things are going good, Shad is busy as ever and well that means I am too! (being a "single" parent most of the time!) Man I cant wait for summer to end.... not so much summer just horse races!! He is doing good he just got home from Montana where he ran 2nd in the futurity and WON the Derby!! YAY SHAD!! lol he was excited, its just hard to have him gone all the time... Gracie is Gracie, and its nice to have her home too! Shad's sister Tasha was here visiting for the past 3 weeks and I swear in those 3 weeks I think Gracie stayed home maybe in total 1 week!! She had a blast and I am so glad they all have fun together. I think Acen actually enjoyed her being gone (don't tell her that!) He didn't have to worry about being ran around with because see Gracie LOVES to play horse races and she makes him be the jockey so she carries him and runs around the circle... he likes it the first 5 times after that I think he gets a little sick of it!! He is growing up sooooo much and way tooo fast! he is standing on his own and starting to really really understand things! He is mimicking our words and loves loves his daddy! It kills me because I am home with him ALL the time and Shad isn't :( Its ok tho, i just tell myself he loves him so much because i am home with him and maybe he gets sick of me!! Well I know this isn't much of a update, but its all I have for now!! more to come....

Memories....

I saw this on Lisa'a blog and thought it sounded like a good laugh! You know when you feel just sooo down in the dumps and almost anything that will make you laugh is worth a try?? Well I thought maybe this would be worth a try!!! here's what you do....

1. Leave a comment on my blog about a memory we might have had together. Big or small, funny or sad, whatever just any memory.
2. Then re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory. I think its a fun idea, and hey if anything worth a good laugh!! :)

lets catch up!

So its been a while since I posted and believe me it's not because nothing has been going on! It's more that ALOT has been going on! I will start here.. We went fishing again this time we all got to go! Acen loved it, although we didn't catch anything we had a fun time! The pic above is of me working on this horrendous farmers tan of mine, and Acen drinking his new fav a capri sun!!

This is Gracie playing in the lake. She was collecting all sorts of things mainly rocks. Which by the way we "accidentally" left behind!!!

This is Acen just enjoying the time outside, he loves to be outside!

This is me and Acen playing in the water! He was so excited! He loved the sand in his toes, and I would swirl him around in the water and he would scream and laugh so loud! He wanted to get all the way in like his sissy, but i didn't have any extra clothes...oops.

Moving on.. Acen decided he would eat my stamp pad out of my scrapbook stuff. So that is why he has pink lips! He is into everything! As you might remember a while ago I told you all he has figured out how to take off his diaper.... well on Friday morning he woke up with no diaper, I have no idea how long he had gone without one. Shad was in Wyoming and when he called I told him that I was just glad he hadn't done his morning ritual (poop) and he agreed. Well later on I layed him down for his morning nap so he would be all rested for the fun water party my mom had planned for all the grandkids at her house for the 4th. Well I heard him wake up and I was in the middle of packing all our stuff, so I decided to let him play in his crib for a min. Well I went in to get him and I could smell this awful stench....... I am sure you have all guessed it I spoke to soon.... Yup POOP EVERYWHERE! I mean everywhere head to toe! As much as I would love for you all to see the pics Gracie took, none of them really turned out. The one that did turn out didn't do any justice and it was mainly a pic of his you know what, so anyways just take my word for it!! NASTY! I was gagging so bad I could hardly stand it! Acen was so proud, he thought he had done something wonderful.... not so much. Yet again moving on....

We were lucky to spend the night of the 4th in Wyoming, with the most spectacular fireworks! I forgot my camera tho! DANG! Trust me they were awesome! The following day we went to watch Shad ride at the races. Which by the way last weekend he got his very expensive jockey saddle stolen.... So if any of you have seen a very small black jockey saddle, run them down kick them and take it from them! Anyways that is a whole other post which I won't go into right now. But at the races they had body/face painting so this is Gracie with her zebra. They also had kid stick horse races out on the track! She had done this last year and she was so excited to do it again, because she has been practicing. And since playing horse races at our house is a daily ritual, I figured that she would do well. So she gets out there with the stick horse and i think she could have won it, but she was actually pretending to be the horse instead of the rider... she was raring up, and when she ran she was more like galloping instead of running, she ran a close 4th! Way to go Gracie!!

Acen wasn't able to participate in the activities, but he sure enjoyed eating Bev's racing licence. In fact that is what he did almost all day!

And last but not least this is Acen after he ate a powdered donut for breakfast. He loved it! He was so good all weekend, and even tho he slept through the fireworks, we had a good time! So now you are pretty well caught up, sorta.. It seems like we always have something going on, but this is the gist of it all.

9 months!

Today Acen had his 9 month check-up! Man how time flies! He didn't' need any immunizations, but he did have to get his flu shot booster so he will be ready for winter. He had to get it in his arm, which i have never had to have my kids get shots in their arm only the leg, so it was kinda sad!! He did pretty good tho. Dr. Lloyd said he is doing terrific! When he was checking him out he was having a hard time holding him down, he asked how I hold him down for diaper changes, which by the way are getting very hard! I told him Gracie has to help me! He said he is very strong, and that he will be a handful when he starts walking because he will probably run run run!..I can't wait.... He weighed 17lbs 12 oz (10%) which he said it is normal for their weight to taper off once they get more mobile, and since he is very mobile, I totally understand. He is crawling almost at a run, pulling up to everything and getting into everything, walking along the furniture, and at times he stands alone or barley holding on with one hand. His height is 28 1/2 inches which puts him at 61% and head circ. is 45.6 which is 58%... He is doing so good and learning new things daily. He is waving and makes a noise that sounds a lot like "Hi!" and he will wave bye bye and nite nite. When he is tired and wants to go to bed, or for a nap he will start waving, until I pull out the camera, and then he avoids me!! That is another thing he isn't as much of a camera ham as he used to be, I have to work pretty hard to get a smile or even for him to look at me! He likes to share his binki with us, he holds it to your mouth so you can pretend to suck! One day Gracie was crying for who knows what reason, and he went and got his binki and held it up to her, it got her to laugh tho! Gracie thinks this is so fun! He will hold his foot out for you to play "this little piggy" and he love loves "I'm gonna get you!" he will scream and crawl away as fast as he can to the nearest piece of furniture and pull up and try to get away.. He is so fun, and such a happy little guy, we love him so much, and we are so thankful he is healthy and accomplishing all these things.

It's a.........

GIRL!!

We have had quite a busy week, but the most exciting thing that has happened is my sis Kalli had her baby, and even tho she didn't beleive me that it was a girl I was right! In fact I even guessed the correct weight!! I am so good! LOL! we are so excited for them and I am so sure Kalli will have so much fun dressing her up and doing her hair, which by the was Sadie and I stocked up on some VERY cute headbands!! They have decided (after much thought) to name her Mayce Ann (adorable) she weighed in at 7lbs 5oz and 20 1/2 inches long. She is beautiful, as you can see in the slide show, and she is so very loved, especially by her three big brothers!! We are so glad to have her here, and that everything went good.

Acen is growing faster than ever! I will give more of an update on his stats and accomplishments after his well child visit that is coming up. ( 9 months!!) I just had to post this picture, I couldn't for the life of me get him to look at the camera, but he woke up and when I went to get him out of his crib this is what I saw.. somehow he managed to get his arm out of his pj's, the wrong way!! He is so silly, he has also learned how to get his diaper off!! I cannot let him out of my sight for a min. He is into everything!!

Gracie has been taking some swim lessons, and she is doing well! She loves to swim, but hates to get her face wet... I tell her that she won't be much of a swimmer if she can't get her face wet, we are working on it! I think it's mostly that she forgets to hold her breath when she goes under, but she is getting better!

This is Gracie with her best buds, Robbie and Katelyn. They had a mini cheer camp today. She did really well. I think she likes cheer more than dance, but she told me she just gets too sweaty... I love that she is so willing to try everything, and she does her best every time! I hope she finds something that she loves and sticks with it!!