Saturday, March 17, 2012

A vacationing we go....

Todays the day.
Hooray.  Hooray.

We are off to CALIFORNIA from March 17th-22nd.
And one of those days will be spent at DISNEYLAND!  Courtesy of my incredibly generous mommy.  

Speaking of generous, we'll be staying at a friends house the entire time. A friend I have never met in real life but one I have grown to know and love by way of an online mom's group.  Our girlies are the same age and that is how we found each other originally on a birth club within the Baby Whisperer web site back in 2006.  We can not wait to meet you Dee and Lauren.  Thank you for your hospitality.

Not much time to write as we are off to the airport but we promise to come back with tons of photos and lots of details in a week.

Prayers:
Safe Travels
No anxiety for Grace
Good weather (right now it's suppose to be rainy and cold. I would LOVE sunny and 70's!  Praying for a weather miracle).
For our house sitter, Amy (THANK YOU!!) as she watches over our house and takes care of our pets.
Lots of R&R.

Thanks.

See ya real soon!


Don't forget to check out my facebook page and see the video we posted of us telling Grace our surprise.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

A little catch up


We've been busy bees, to say the least.
Lots of getting things done.
We leave for our trip in just 2 day and a few hours.  Yippee!
The next two days are going to be swamped and I can't wait to finalize everything.
I do so much better under pressure. Waiting to the last minute is key.  It's how I've always been.  Although by now I'd usually have out suitcases and pack things a little at a time. But, since Grace doesn't know about our trip I'm having to wait until Friday night late, after she falls asleep.  Praying I don't forget anything.  It's all so worth it.

Before we head out I wanted to send out a little catch up.  

Here are a few things we've been up to.


Cracking open Geode's 

One of Gracie's passions.
Stones, gems, rocks, etc.

Littlest Pet Shop Fun

I love these little guys

The bed time "camp outs" have started up again.
We sit and wait for the night light to heat up and the glitter to start going crazy.
Thank you Aunt Arlene.  


Date morning with daddy

Adventuring 

and some rock climbing

Fearless (when it comes to rock climbing).

Bath time fun.
Grace has a "store" and I have to ask for things that I want.
Today I chose Disney items for the taking

and a Dino, surf board and floaty

Playing a mean game of UNO.
I adore that she is loving on her baby while playing.
Already a multi-tasker


GRACIE'S LEPRECHAUN HOUSE



And, thus the projects begin

Focus


Her color design makes me smile

The entrance and Legend

The inside.  4 beds and a car, just in case.

The pot of gold (aka gold curled streamer) and a trail of gold to entice the the leprechaun to enter

One of the hidden four leaf clovers

The house/trap


More bath time fun.
Making a tent with her necklaces.
I want her imagination and creativeness 

Grace wanted to play with my hair tonight.
This is her version of "alien" hair.

And, there you have it.
Our last week.
I must run.  To-do list is loooooong.
And, I'm snoozy woozy. Must get some sleep.
See you on Saturday to reveal our trip plans.
Any guesses??

Sunday, March 11, 2012

5 days 12 hours......

.....until we leave for our trip.  


Holy Smokes.  Time got here fast.  Spring break is just around the corner and we'll be off on a family vacation.  A much needed time of family bonding and relaxation.  


And, we still have not blabbed a word to Grace. She has no idea.  Shocking??  Especially since I have a hard time keeping something like this to myself.   There have been so many days where I've wanted to share it with her.  But alas, I was steadfast. 
  
I do have a huge to do list to go through this week. 
Lot's of house cleaning and organizing.  And, a little of this and a little of that.
This weekend we got a ton of outside work done.  Feels good to get a jump start on spring cleaning.  And, I love knowing that we will come home to a clean & organized house.  


A sweet friend will be house sitting for us so the pets are all taken care of.  Pretty sure they are going to be spoiled rotten. 


The only thing I'm fretting about for our upcoming trip is the weather.  It is suppose to be chilly & rainy.   Oh sadness.  I am leaving this place to get away from the cold so here's hoping and praying that a miracle occurs and it's mid 70's and the sun is ablaze.  


Some people have been asking for clues.
Here you go:
1.  It's not Florida (sorry family!).  
2.  Grace is the only one of us that's never been to this location before.  


Saturday morning I will post a video of us telling Grace the secret onto Facebook.
It'll be posted before 9:30am.  Be sure to take a peek.
We can't wait to share our surprise and how God did something so cool. 


Now go have a productive week.


Spring Cleaning Week #2-It's On!