Cousins

We made a quick trip to Lethbridge for a hockey tournament at the end of March and Kale and Gracie got a little more cousin time.

Future hockey stars:





And matching His and Hers pjs:



It always looks like Kale is going to hurt Gracie, but he's really the sweetest little guy around her.





What a couple of sweeties.

As a side note, Brad won his hockey tournament quite handily.

More catching up

Happy Easter! Hope you all enjoyed the holidays. We headed to my parent's farm for a few days and got to see all kinds of family. Very nice and relaxing.

Gracie got her first tooth last Wednesday, which just happened to be my birthday. Happy Birthday mom! It's still too tiny to get a picture of, but when it comes up a bit more, I'll show it off.

For now, this is what I woke up to on my birthday:



What a great start to the day! Happy girl, crazy hair, ridiculously cute.

Brad's sister Tara had her baby on Good Friday! That just makes Good a little better, doesn't it?? Paige Dawn is her name and she's a little beauty. We'll be down to see her next week. Can't wait.

This is a picture of our SalsaBabies group. Unfortunately, some missed the last class so not everyone is in the picture, but a good portion of the group was there. Such a fun class for both moms and babes.



Notice there are a few sleepers in the group? Too cute.

And my tiny dancer:



And a picture of Gracie and my mom sizing each other up when she came for a visit a few weeks ago.



Now we have a few days at home to get back on a schedule. Can't wait!

Vancouver

We had such a great trip to Vancouver in the middle of March. We got to see so many people and sights and really had a nice time. What a great way to celebrate Gracie's 6 month birthday.

Thought I'd show a few pictures of the trip while I have a minute:

Great Grandma Malacko playing with Gracie. It was their first time meeting and there were a lot of smiles from both of them.







Cousin Rob hunting for crabs and other creepy crawlies.



Gracie waking up from a little nap while walking with dad.



Brad and Gracie, Uncle Richard, Cousin Rob, Aunt Lynn, and Grandma posing with the Globe.



Richard and Grandpa enjoying some kettle corn.



Grandpa and Lynn enjoying the sites.



Richard playing with Gracie.
Sizing each other up....



Completely winning her over.



The Olympic Torch





Not sure exactly why Brad wanted this one.... Gracie sitting on an eagle's head?? Apparently I was supposed to cut him out of the picture, but I think this is funnier.



And a few snowshoeing pictures. Cousin Caylee and her boyfriend, Cam, Rob, Brad and Grandpa all went out for a quick, wet snowshoe.

Long Time Gone

We've been gone on the road for the past two weeks, so I'll try and play catch up.

First, we were sick, we're over it. Everyone is healthy in our household for the time being. Fingers crossed.

Then, our trips.... Since I posted last we flew to Vancouver for a visit with some of Brad's family, drove to Lethbridge for a hockey tournament and a visit and made a quick stopover in Hanna for a visit with my folks.

Whew!

No, we're home and trying to get a routine of some sort back under our belts so we can get some sleep!

The highlights of the past few weeks:

-Gracie flies really well! Yippee! She slept the whole way to Vancouver and back.

-G got to meet her Great Grandparents and a ton of family in Vancouver ( I even met a few new ones!)

-Brad won his hockey tournament

-there are a few baby calves at the farm, so we got to see them and my parents quick (will be seeing more of them soon)

- G is 6 months old, can you believe it?? She got her shots (somewhere in between our travels) and got weighed and measured. She weighs 15 pounds, 14 and a half ounces and is 26 and a quarter inches long!

-We had our last Salsa Babies class on Wednesday, wrapping up three months of dancing with a bunch of babes

-my mom came for a quick visit

-Bailey got a new haircut and had his first stay at a kennel in Edmonton

That's all I can think of now, but I"m sure more will come to me later. It's been an action packed couple of weeks. I'll post some pictures soon.

Gracie's New Bike

Great Grandma and Grandpa Sackett always find the best gifts for Gracie.

They got her the chair that she sat in for hours when she was little, that she still likes to play in now.

They got her the great toy that we use on her carseat which has saved us on quite a few car trips.

Last time we saw them, they got her this cute little pink bike.



We were playing with it the other night and she loves it.



That looks like a little pout, but it was just shortly before bedtime and she was still a little sick (hence the red eyes and pathetic little look - if this had sound, you'd probably hear a fake cough or two as well).





She likes to be pushed around on it and loves to press the buttons, which make sound effects and make the headlights light up.



In no time, she'll be pushing herself around. Yikes!

And, in order to limber up her muscles for that day, she's been stretching her glutes. Here's a little clip of her playing with her toes. Holy flexibility!

Back to Gracie...

Whew, two whole days with hardly a mention of the little one.... must be a record. Of course, all of the layouts I make are about her.... still, it counts.

I thought I'd share some pics of what it looks like when it's Dad's turn to feed Miss Gracie:



Her forehead? Really? Impressive.





I'm told she did get some cereal in her mouth, but I can't be sure. She eats about a Tbsp. and a half.... looks like there's a good portion of that on her face and bib.

Since everyone is surely going through a little withdrawal, here's a video of Gracie and her dad, too. Just because it makes me laugh.



Have a good St. Patrick's Day!

A few favourites

I love these two layouts.

I love the picture in the first one. This picture of my brother playing with Jada and Gracie is so cute and really captures the fun these three were having!



Most of these stickers and chipboard pieces are from Scenic Route. They're from a Valentine's pack that worked well with this photo of the two girls in pink. The title sticker and the butterfly are from We R Memory Keepers. I believe the paper is all K & Company.







Curtis will love that I chose to capture the moment with a pink scrapbook page :)

This one, I love. These papers are favourites of mine and are perfect for a sweet, little girl layout. Plus, the saying is super cute and it's a sweet photo of Gracie playing with her toes. I just had fun with this one.



These papers are from Cosmo Cricket. I used them before on an acryllic album class that I taught and had some leftover. I still love them. There's also one sheet of Dreamstreet Papers used in this layout.









And, I do love, love, love her!

Some Scrapbooking

This scrapbooking blog sure has turned into a Gracie blog......

Thought I'd post a few layouts just to make it seem like it's still my focus here.

I made this one really quick and simple. I usually start my layouts with photos and add stickers and papers and what not from there. This time, had a packet of stickers that I thought were really cute, but I was having trouble just adding them to random layouts, so I decided to make a layout, starting with stickers.



Like I said, simple, but kinda cute.

This only uses one sheet of cardstock and one sheet of Sassafras Lass paper and a package of their stickers. The neat thing about their paper is they use the skinny strip of paper along the bottom (where most companies label the paper and have their logo) to create a cute edge. It'slike a little bonus. See the cute border strip (blue and orange)? That's the piece of paper that you usually just trim off and discard.

Here's the paper I used, so you can see what I'm talking about. You may notice, the green pleated border is a strip of the back side of the polka dot paper.

This was just a layout I did, piecing together little squares in the background to look like a quilt:



Love these pictures of Gracie stretching. She used to stretch out every little muscle in her body when she woke up. So cute. Now, she wakes up with a fake cough, a fart, a few leg drops on the mattress, and a raspberry. But, this post isn't about her... right....



The funny thing about this is I was determined to use my Cricut on this layout. I saw these birds and thought they were cute, and if I changed the title to 'Stretch your wings', instead of just 'stretch' it would work. So, I cut out two bird silhouettes and glued them down, had the title all lined up and ready to go and thought, "She doesn't have wings. She's not flying away. Why should she stretch her wings?" So, I canned the title but the birds were all ready apart of the layout, so they had to stay...



Also, my friend Lacey came over for a pre-birthday supper last night, but since today's the actual day...
Happy birthday Lacey! Hope you have a good day.

Some Cousin Shots

We were so busy last weekend Kale and Gracie didn't get much time to just lay on the floor and play, but they did get a few chances to get to know each other.







Gracie really likes to watch him play and gets a little frustrated that she can't follow him all over, but they were pretty good together.

This is Gracie hanging on to his sock, trying to get him to tow her along when he takes off next.



Kale is such a good little boy, he comes crawling over to her super fast, and then slows right down and gently touches her hand. How cute.



Oops, that was an eye, but he was still very gentle about it :)

It was great to let them play together. We'll be back again, soon.