Christmas 2008

Gracie was sporting a stylish red and black coat with black embroidered poinsettias for the Christmas Eve service. It's probably the only time of year she'll get to wear her coat, so we turned it into a photo op.

Christmas morning started at 7:00 sharp (since our toddler has no snooze alarm). Jonah woke me up singing a Rich Mullins song directly into my right ear, "You gotta get up, you gotta get up, you gotta get up. It's Christmas moooooor-ning!"

We had to wake Gracie up for the gift exchange so she was thoroughly exhausted by her first Christmas morning. When she woke up from her mid-morning nap, Papaw and Meemaw brought over a big, yummy Christmas breakfast.

The day after Christmas, Uncle Jeff and Aunt Angie came to town and more presents were opened. Jonah's favorite gifts so far this year are his Wall-E robot from Daddy and Mama, and the green army men from Marmee. As well as the Texas Tech t-shirt from Nana, which he wore for 3 days in a row. Day and night.

'Cause

Jonah uses the word "because" a lot. It means quite a few things in toddler slang. It could mean "and then" or "instead of" or "so then I". Usually it leads him on a wild-goose-chase-style run on sentence. For example, when Jonah tries to explain why he should not have to go to bed, it sounds like this...

Jonah: "Mama, I not tired, 'cause it's not three zero yet, 'cause I finished my peanut butter sanwich n' my pears, 'cause I needa take a baff, 'cause I NOT TIRED!"



f.y.i. - when Jonah says "it's not three zero yet", he means the clock does not show 7:30 yet. (That's the magic time of day when it's bath and pajama time.)

You know your kid's watching too much Disney if...

...you hear him tell your baby girl, "I'm a Higglytown Hero brave and true..." as he's steamrolling her with the alphabet ball. P.S. Guess who dressed himself yesterday.

5 Months Old

Gracie turned five months old earlier this week. This movie pretty much sums up what she's into lately. Lots of rolling, drooling, fun sounds, and eating her shoes. (She smiles and squeals a lot too, but that didn't make it into the video.)

Decorating Gracie