Last weekend we "camped" (more like slept in the camper in the middle town) in Lincoln. We had a busy weekend and had lots of fun. Friday night we made a quick visit to Grandma Lea & Papas and did a little flower girl shoe shopping. Saturday we tailgated before the Husker game, then the girls and I hung out at the camper for the afternoon and we all went to the Husker volleyball game Saturday night. Sunday we made another visit to Grandma Lea & Papa and then headed for home.
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Gracie scored a new prized possession...."a briefcase". I love it because when Maggie was in the NICU each time Papa came to
visit he filled that "briefcase" with candy and would carry it around offering it to all the nurses who were willing to take good care
of her. :) |
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Gracie has to be fashionable all the time. She's very particular about her shoes, really likes scarves
(she made this one so it's a favorite) and her "teacher sweater" gets worn most days. |
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| Go Big Red! |
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The girls and I spent some time at the tailgate but they didn't really want to go to the
game (me either) so we saved our energy for volleyball. |
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They loved the volleyball game. The speed, snacks and the fact that it was girls playing (and they all
had cool bows in their hair) helped. |
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| Huskers Win! |
Sunday Gracie did a little reading for Grandma Lea and Papa. She has really figured it out in the last few weeks. We've graduated from a word here and there to whole pages and books. She thought it was fun to put her book on Grandma Lea's magnifier and read it one word at a time.
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| Even Daddy needs a bubby sometimes :) |
Last Thursday Uncle Deem came for dinner. We haven't seen him since he left for school and I didn't realize until he got here how much the girls were missing him. They were all very happy to see each other.
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Gracie and I had to do a little work on some doors from the rental house last week. She was watching iPad while I loaded them
and then looked up and realized she was about to be squished! |
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| Sometimes you just need someplace to sit! |
Arnie has been a Cubs fan forever and we've had this flag a LONG time and never flown it. When they won their Division (or whatever it's called) last week, we decided it was time to final fly the flag! We're going to be in Chicago next week with some friends and are hopeful we'll find a way to see a playoff game in person. For Arnie and the girls sake, I hope they keep winning, it's been a pretty fun ride around here.
And of course we spent some time with our favorite 4 legged girls this week. Breezy has officially moved inside, she has her own "bedroom" and she and Jude get to share an outdoor run. She's staying much cleaner (so thankfully she won't need a bath anytime soon!) and she and Jude seem to be getting along ok. Breezy has a tendency to pick fights with bigger horses (sound at all like her rider?) but Jude seems to let Breezy be the boss, so they get along swimmingly.
We hung a countdown calendar, to give the girls an idea how long it will be until the baby comes. I'm sure to them it feels like forever. Gracie has lots of funny questions about the baby....how does it eat? Does it poop in there? Is there a hole in your back where god put the baby in? (anyone want to take that one?? I'll have her call you!), can the baby hear her? Can the baby feel when she hits my tummy? can the baby sleep in her window seat? (don't worry, when it cries in the night she isn't going to feed it, she's just going to cover it in pillows so she can't hear the crying.)....we should probably start praying for babies safety now!
