Our little girl is becoming so much fun! Each month becomes more entertaining. She’s still a happy and easy going baby. Carson cries way more than she does, ha! (He is currently going though the “terrible twos.”) We have been enjoying hearing her express herself. She has many stories to tell us throughout the day. She also talks to herself a lot in her crib when she wakes up. Gracie is so close to being a crawler! She gets up on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth. Sometimes she gets a few scoots in, especially if she sees an iphone within reach.

All she wanted to do was play/eat the paper when we tried to get her 7 month shots. It was difficult but we were able to get a few.

Gracie turned 6 months yesterday. She is a lot of fun right now! She’s sitting on her own and discovering new things to play with everyday. One of her favorite things is her jumper. The girl has strong legs! It’s been a lot of fun to see her and Carson play together. They crack each other up and both get excited when they see each other.

Gracie is learning how to wave.

These photo shoots are getting a little more difficult.

We introduced solids to her. She loved her rice cereal. Carson wanted to help feed her and would say, “She likes it!” after every bite.

We are excited for Gracie’s 1st Christmas. I’m sure we’ll have tons of pictures to share in the new year. Hope you all have a Merry Christmas!

Gracie turned 5 months last Saturday. Teething has begun and she is not a fan. I can feel the very top of her front bottom tooth cutting through. She is chewing on anything she can get her hands on. On a brighter note, she is sitting up! It’s only for a few minutes, but she loves it. It’s fun watching her take interest in different things.

Our smiley girl.

This is how she spends her tummy time. Super baby!

After running around Target to get some of our energy out, this is how we spent our rainy Wednesday.

Carson helped me out by helping me put the clean dishes away. He loves to sort out the silverware.

Carson and I baked Halloween cupcakes to decorate after dinner while Gracie seemed quite entertained watching us.

Carson stirring in the candy bits.

While the cupcakes were baking, Carson entertained himself by building towers.

After dinner, it was time to decorate!

Our cupcakes. Good luck guessing the different cupcake designs.

After we decorated (and ate) our yummy cupcakes I got a glow in the dark bathtub ready for Carson. It was awesome! The pictures didn’t turn out great. In person, it was really cool. The idea came from Play At Home Mom. Find her on facebook! She has lots of cute ideas.

Jordan finished the night snuggling with his little Gracie girl.

Gracie is 3 months today! She weighs almost 15 lbs and is a little over 25 inches. I love listening to her “talk” to herself in her crib in the mornings. Carson tries to have conversations with her. It’s pretty hilarious watching the two speak gibberish to each other. I really need to video tape it. She is starting to sit up on her own. Her record is one whole second! Impressive, I know.

Carson helped me with the set up for Gracie’s 3 month pictures. And he couldn’t wait to be in the picture with her.

Our happy girl!

Gracie turned 2 months yesterday. We have a doctor’s appointment next week so I’ll have an update on her weight and length then. I keep forgetting she is only 2 months, she seems older to me. She is continuing to sleep through the night. I know this is something that probably won’t last, but I’m enjoying it for now. There have been times where I have to wake her up around 6:30 to feed her. She loves her sleep! Her personality is starting to shine through and she has a smile that melts my heart.

Gracie is one month already. According to our home scale, she weighs about 13lbs. She is already wearing her 3 month outfits!

Things are going well. I’m able to run errands with both kids, Gracie still sleeps a lot and Carson is enjoying being a big brother.

Carson turned 2 the day after we brought Gracie home from the hospital. It was great timing to have a whole day and weekend to celebrate him as he adjusts to their being a new baby in our home. Our morning started off with donuts and presents.

Carson got a look and find Elmo book from his sister.

Mommy and Daddy got him a basket ball hoop. Or, a “shoot ball,” as he calls it.

Daddy took Carson to Chuck E. Cheese for lunch where he got a basket ball to shoot with. They almost didn’t go out to lunch because Carson wanted to stay at home to play with his shoot ball. Every morning it’s the first thing he wants to do. He must spend hours playing.

On Saturday we had a family party to celebrate Carson’s Birthday. It was so much fun hanging out and watching Carson and his cousin, Aidan, play together. Those two have a blast together! We ate pizza and cake and Carson got to open lots of presents. Thanks to our families for all being here!

On June 19th we woke up to get ready to spoil Jordan for Father’s day. We had cinnamon rolls for breakfast and presents for him to open. For lunch we went to Red Lobster, yum! Around 2:30 we decided to pop some popcorn and watch Toy Story 3 with Carson. About 5 minutes into the movie I started feeling some pretty strong contractions. An hour later we turned the movie off, called Jordan’s parents to pick up Carson and headed to the hospital. Gracie arrived just in time for Father’s Day at 11:47pm. Not sure how I’m going to top this present next year.

Gracie Michelle Lyall – 9lbs 6oz, 20.5in

Carson is adjusting really well. He loves his little sister. He is always asking for her and wanting to give her kisses. Such a great big brother already!

One week has gone by and we are adjusting well. Gracie has been a great sleeper so far and we feel so blessed that she has joined our family.

Gracie’s due date is just around the corner, June 16th. Mama is praying she comes much sooner than that. We’ve been busy getting ready for our sweet baby girl and we’ve been enjoying doing as much as we can as a family of three. We’re excited to see how Carson is going to react to his little sister. May was a super busy month filled with Mother’s Day, my birthday, a babymoon weekend get away for Jordan and I, Disneyland trips and time with family and friends.

My friends Jessi and Stacie threw me a beautiful shower. It was nice and relaxing and just what I needed. We feel so grateful to have such wonderful people in our lives. Gracie got spoiled and we got everything we needed off our registries. We are so blessed!
Here are a few pictures from the shower.

Gracie’s room is ready and waiting for her. Thanks to Ken for helping Jordan paint and to Katey for helping me organize everything. Here are some pictures of her room.

Hopefully the next post we make will be all about Gracie’s arrival!!!