Peek-A-Boo

While I was cooking dinner last night, I heard the cutest laugh coming from our bedroom. So, I grabbed my camera and caught the end of Grace & Daddy playing peek-a-boo. Here is a funny little video; her laugh is so cute!!

Grace's Baptism

Sunday, we celebrated Grace's baptism. Ben & I are so excited to raise this little girl and teach her how to live her life for Christ. When she is old enough, we pray that she will make her own decision to be a Christ follower. Ben's parents, my parents, my Grandma Westbury, my brother Andrew & his family and my brother Matthew & his wife all joined us to say that they will join in this commitment. It was a beautiful busy day!

Grace & Grandma Hough at the church brunch.

We weren't able to get many photos of Grace after she was baptized because she was sleeping. I got her this cute little pearl bracelet with a cross for her baptism. I love this picture of Nana, me & Grace.

Pretty baby sleeping - Grandma Hough made the baptism dress & bonnet from Ben's great grandmother's table linens. So sweet.

Pink ballet slippers

This is Grace's baptism cake that I made & decorated. Butter cake with strawberry butter cream frosting covered with fondant. It was yummy!

Happy 4 Months!!

Grace turns 4 months old this week! It has gone by so fast and we've had so much fun watching her grow. She really enjoys her new toys. She can sit in her Bumbo seat; although, she barely fits in it because of her chubby thighs. When I try to take her out of the Bumbo, the seat comes with her. Here are some pictures of Grace at play.

Grace gives her new rattle a taste test.

"I can't help that I'm cute!"

"These are MY toys!"

"Don't you just love my pig-wrist-rattle!"

Merry Christmas 2008!!

We had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas this year with our new baby! We attended a beautiful service at our church on Christmas Eve. On Christmas Day it was so warm outside that Ben and I headed to the tennis courts while Grace watched from her stroller. (Ben has already started teaching Grace how to hold a tennis racket.) Later Christmas afternoon, my parents and brother Andrew's family all came over to open gifts, eat and play games. After everyone left, Ben and I stayed up to play Dominoes. The day after Christmas we headed to Hampton to celebrate with my Dad's side of the family. We created a hilarious video of my Grandpa and posted it on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6jUoR0ywPc . We stayed the night with my Grandparents and then headed to Mt. Pleasant to celebrate with my Mother's side of the family. We sang Christmas carols and ate some more! I was so happy that Grace got to meet most of her extended family. I love my family very much and it was so good to spend time with everyone again. After several days on the go, we were exhausted and took a very long nap today!

The Christmas Photo

We took a Christmas photo of the cousins all dressed up this week. Lindsay and I were exhausted after it was over. Trying to get a four year old, nine month old, and a 3 month old to all look at you and smile was exhausting! We had to resort to marshmallows. We bribed Jude with marshmallows to get him to smile and poor Roman had to hold his cousin Grace (who is over 17 lbs). He kept saying "she's heavy Momma, I can't hold her". We begged him to hold her just a little longer. I thought it turned out great!!


This picture shows what you don't usually get to see in a Christmas photo. You can see Lindsay and I (in the reflection) working so hard to make them smile and not a single one of the kids is paying us any attention! Jude can only think about the marshmallow in her hand. So funny!

Another out-take. Grace is thinking "please don't drop me!"

Grace meets Santa

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here are some photos from our Thanksgiving with Ben's family. We had a wonderful time sharing Grace with Grandma & Grandpa Hough. We are so thankful for our family!

Grace finally got to meet her Aunt Hannah "Fif".

We also enjoyed spending time with our friends the Picolets.

Grandpa Hough is teaching Grace bad habits.