Blessings of 2006

I think that instead of making a New Years resolution that I already know I won't keep (kind of like finishing this post-in-progress), I will instead reflect on the blessings that God poured out on us in the past year.

1. Grace continues to grow and be healthy, of which I can think of no greater blessing.
2. Erik has continued to be blessed by a good job in a good company with good co-workers.
3. I have been blessed to be able to stay home with Grace to teach, train, and enjoy being her mother.
4. We have a nice roof over our heads, food on the table (usually good, although there are the blunders every now and then) and live in safety and comfort, which is more than can be said for most of the world.
5. We are surrounded by friends who love us enough to laugh with us and yet help us grow.
6. Our parents are healthy, and one set can even be called without a country code being needed!
7. And selfishly, because I was nursing, I could eat more than normal and still loose baby weight. Not a very couth blessing, but it was good for me! :) If only a diet was always this easy.

Houston, we have lift off...

I think it is safe to say that we have a walker now! She took her first steps when Aunt Sara was here before Christmas. She didn't attempt much more. Last week Grace decided to try a few steps a day, and realized we thought that was pretty cool. So then she thought she was hot stuff, and she should keep walking. She still prefers crawling because it is faster, but I can tell she is excited about this newest trick she has learned!

Check out this short video...

A very sticky situation

I am sure that everyone has either seen this or at least heard about this already. But I ran across this link when I was cleaning out my old emails and thought that I should share it just in case you live under a rock like me and miss those big news items. :) This video is an example of people with too much time on their hands! But the entertainment value is worth a minute of your time. It is patterned off of the fountains at the Bellagio hotel. (Sound makes the video even catchier, so turn up your volume.)

http://eepybird.com/dcm1.html

January Baby Boom

I have five friends who have had, should have already had, or will have a baby this month. I must admit that I am really happy right now with just Grace and am enjoying her immensely. And I am still mystified by the concept of grocery shopping with two kids. But with all this baby activity around me, it does make me want another baby (I think I hear Erik shrieking in the background!). I think this baby stuff must be contagious. Repeat after me- we are not ready to have another one yet. I think. I'm pretty sure. Why don't we get back to you on that....

Grace, 3 days old

That's my daughter

While I was on the computer this afternoon, Grace wondered off into our bathroom. She loves to play with her bath toys even when it's not bathtime. I assumed this is what she was doing, but when I walked in, she was using a sponge to "clean" the inside of the tub, something she must have seen me do yesterday while cleaning. I know two things-
1) she is soaking up information now like a sponge (ha, ha) and
2) I know what her chore is going to be on cleaning day now!