Grace's "Winnie the Pooh" Room

After a year of living here, I finally finished putting Grace's nursery together, and am so happy (1) that I finally finished it, and (2) with how it turned out, that I want to share it! So with that, I introduce to you "Grace's Winnie the Pooh Room":

Wall #1 has Grace's name plate (that I made) and mini picture frames filled with pictures of her:

Grace's crib, complete with Pooh-themed bedding, rests under her name plate and pictures:

Wall #2--Winnie the Pooh. (For the pictures, I printed off coloring pages from online and colored them, then painted the picture frames (garage sale finds) with pink paint).

Wall #2 (cont) & #3. (In the windows (of walls #1 & 2) are pink Winnie the Pooh valances. And on wall #3 is a picture of the Rexburg Temple (which I took) and 2 different pictures of Jesus with a little girl. On top of her dresser is a build-a-bear my mom made for her, a framed ink print of her hand, and a Winnie the Pooh photo album.)

A close-up of the items on Grace's bookshelf. (The picture frame says "Loved from the Start" and in it is a picture of her and I taken at the hospital. The other items are a music box that I got from my cousin Kitty when I was a girl and a charming little candle lamp.)

Wall #4 (with 3 & 1 on the L & R side):

A close-up of wall #4--Winnie the Pooh too. (Again, in the frames are printed coloring pages from online that I colored.)

Hope you enjoyed the tour! =)

We've got a walker people!

Grace took her first steps a little over a month ago, but hasn't been too keen about making a habit of it since. Well, for the past week, she's done a lot of standing on her own, and for the last 2 days, she's done LOTS of walking between Trav and I (and even a couple times un-prompted to one of her toys). Anyways, we finally got some video of it tonight, and so here are a few videos of Grace walking!

We couldn't be more proud of our little walker! We love you Grace!!

Summer

Here are some pictures of what we've been up to so far this summer.


We went to a kiddie park with Grace and her cousins. She thought the horse was fun until it started moving. Then we decided just to sit on a bench for the rest of the carousel ride.

Jenny and Grace on a train ride at the kiddie park.

We recently found a great deal on a HUGE tent. Here it is.

I'm not sure the pictures really show how big this tent is, but if you come visit us in Cleveland you can see it for yourself.

Here are some pictures of Grace at a park that she and Jenny often walk to.

The last few pics are of Grace hanging out at home.

Grace's Birthday

We celebrated Grace's first birthday about a month ago. Here are some pictures of the occasion. We love our sweet Grace and can't believe she's already a year old. She's growing way too fast but we love watching her as she learns new things every day. Enjoy the pictures.

The Zoo

Last week I had the week off of school so we took advantage of it by doing fun things like going to the zoo. It was the first sunny day we had in a while and it is prime field trip season so it was pretty busy but we had a good time. Here are some pictures of our day at the zoo.

New Furniture

We found a nice couch on craigslist for a nice price...so we got it. The guy was also selling a chair that Jenny couldn't resist, so we got that too. Here are pics of our recent furniture upgrade.

Playdate

(Note: This is the 3rd post I've done in the last couple of days, so keep on scrolling if you want to catch up!)

Last Friday, Grace and I went on a playdate with the other podiatry student's wives and kids to Preston's Hope Playground in Beachwood. It was one fabulous playground! There were tons of fun things for the kids to do: themed kid-sized houses, swings, rocking toys, big play structures with slides, and even a big sandbox. This is definitely a playground we'll be coming back to!

Grace was all over the rocker toys, and promptly started rocking herself before I even showed her how to move on them. Rockin' baby, rockin' baby! =) It was too cute!

Taking a ride on the zebra:

The car rockers were her favorite though.

Watch out Cleveland! Grace is behind the wheel!

Silly face!


And a sweet smile. =)

Grace has been really into pointing lately (which is a huge help sometimes in communicating what she wants, especially at meal times).

Hanging out with a dinosaur. She sure loves to stand!


Swinging is something that she's starting to like more and more:

After a morning of playing and having a picnic lunch at the playground, several of us went to the White Flower Cake Shoppe for dessert.

It was cool to go here, because a few of their decorators had been featured in some cake challenges on the Food Network (which we love to watch).

Plus, their cakes were amazing! I got a chocolate cheesecake to share with Travis, and it was divine!

Thanks for the fun morning everyone! Let's do it again soon!