Can you see the resemblance?

Looks like Grace and her baby sister already share a bad habit. For those of you who don't know yet we are having another girl! We'll post more in a few days, once we recover from the move.

Packing 2008

Grace helped me pack a little bit the other night. It reminded me of when we were packing to come out here two years ago. I posted a video below that shows her packing in our house. She was only two and half and she wanted to help so bad. She finally drove us nuts so we got a giant box and told her to pack all the shoes in it. We didn't care about how they were packed, we just wanted to keep her busy. The video is a weird color, but you get the point. We are slowly starting to get things packed up here. I'm having a harder time getting big boxes this time. My friend told me to go to the recycling place to get good boxes. The only catch is you have to go early in the morning before they crush all of them. You know what a morning person I am! Hopefully we can get some big boxes and really get this place packed up. Only 12 more days!!!!

Packing 2006

Last Part of Our Trip

We spent the last part of our trip in Indiana with Scottie's parents. This was taken outside of Joe's apartment in Indianapolis. Every time we go up there it just makes me miss living in Indy. Maybe we will live there again some day, but it will be at least 10 more years. :(

Grace loves her Uncle Joe. We have a hard time getting her to leave every time. She just grabs onto him and won't let go. We like that Uncle Joe always gives good gifts. :) If she has a name brand outfit, it usually came from him!

Here's Gracie with Ma maw (I don't know how to spell it) and her Grandma Conner. Don't they look great together?!

Aunt Joy is another favorite of Gracie's. She loves Gracie to pieces and has the sweetest heart. She's also another one that gives good gifts, even to mom and dad!! Thanks for the shirt Joy, I've worn it twice already!

We were able to get a picture of Grace with Granny and her cousins Dakota and Dalton. She had blast playing with them. Of course Granny always has us laughing! Can you see the little black dog in the kitchen? (the one Kingsley is staring down?) That's Jeff and Penny's dog Rascal. I'm sad to say that Rascal passed away the other day. He was getting really old. He was such a cute dog. Gracie wanted to make sure that her Papaw made a sign for Rascal to show where he is buried. She didn't seem too sad, she just acted like it's a natural part of life. I guess that's good, but I thought she would be a little bit sad. I know we are sad to see him go. :(

Grace in Heaven - part 2

Grace practically lived in Mom's pool while we were there visiting. The only day she didn't get in was when it rained all day. Other than that she was swimming her little heart out. I thought I took more pictures of her swimming, but this is about it. She had a blast jumping off the deck and she practiced her "diving" skills. Like the video shows she does more of a belly flop, but she's learning! We may get one of these pools when we move to Illinois. Our duplex has a patio big enough for this size of pool. Grace loves swimming so much, I hope we can get a big pool for her some day. So far her obessions right now are kitties and pools. It will be interesting to see if these will be lifelong loves.

Diving

Scottie and Penny took Grace swimming at their neighbors house in Hagerstown. It was the perfect size for her to dive in and swim to the other side. She does more of a belly flop than a dive, but she isn't afraid to go in head first. I was impressed with her swimming skills.

Our New Place

View from the street - Just in case you didn't know, we haven't moved yet. Scottie still has three more weeks of classes and then we will move to Illinois!

Front Entrance - We forgot to take pictures of the backyard, but it's pretty nice. It has a little deck off of the kitchen and a small patio below. There is also a shed in the back that the landlords use to store their lawnmower. You should have seen Scottie's eyes light up when she said that her husband does all of the yard work. So he is looking forward to two years without mowing!!!

Garage

Living Room (This is a weird picture. The insert is the view from inside the room, the rest is just to give you an idea of the size - and the walls are all the same color, it just looks strange because they are merged pictures)

KitchenBasement- This picture doesn't make the basement look like much, but it's pretty nice. The landlord said that the last tenants used it as a toy room for their child. I think we will buy a couple of rugs and put Gracie's activity table and toys down here. Actually we don't have much of a choice. Since her and the baby will be sharing a room there won't be any room for her toys. Plus if she makes a mess nobody has to see it. That's the real bonus for me! :) I almost forgot the biggest blessing of this place... it's only $50 more than what we pay now! We couldn't believe we found something nice for this price. Everything else we saw was a lot more expensive and to be honest a bunch of trash holes. I was in the process of crying when we pulled up to this place. I thought for sure we had gotten the address wrong, because this couldn't be the right place. (Oh yea of little faith.) God really provided for us with this place and we are so thankful!