Gracie
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Potty Training, Step Two
Gracie has been showing signs of being ready for potty training for about a month now. She can hold it for a while, sometimes even all night. She tells us when she has…
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Big Girl Room
A few weeks ago, Chris and I started moving Gracie from her nursery into her big girl room. It’s been a process. We bought her a toddler bed that we initially intended to…
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Gracie Sings the Blessing
By popular demand, here is the cutest video in the world of Gracie saying the blessing at the dinner table. For those who are interested, here is a transcript of the blessing. I…
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Hang in There, Momma
Bean was sick all weekend. He’s had a fever since Friday, which peaked on Sunday at 103 degrees (taken under his arm, so add about a degree to that reading… wowza). We just…
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The Unspeakable
This week and next I’m sharing some changes Chris and I have made in the past couple months to how we parent Gracie. On Tuesday, I talked about our new public time out.…
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The Public Time Out
Several weeks ago, I blogged asking you all for some help with my tiny spitfire, Gracie. She was becoming more than Chris and I could handle, and we were out of ideas for…
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Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
Bean and Gracie are 22 months apart in age, which has brought us both blessings and challenges. One of the pleasant surprises has been how great the kids get along. We were really…
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Gracie Update: Age 22 Months
Gracie Girl is 22 months old this week. In some ways, I can’t believe she is almost two-years-old, but in other ways it is hard to believe she’s ONLY two-years-old. Gracie Girl is…
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Ebay Bound
First, let me start this post off by showing you this super adorable video of Gracie dancing to some freaky Asian cartoon video from YouTube. I submit this as evidence that, at times,…
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Apple. Tree.
Let’s talk about what happened at my house during dinner a few nights ago. Because it was the single most fabulous act of stubbornness I have ever laid eyes on. When the kids…