A Piece of Dry Bread

This morning me and the kids were doing a morning devotion together and we read Proverbs 17:1, which says, "Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting with strife." Angel asked, what does that mean? I asked him to tell me what he thought it meant. He said, "It means that it's better to eat a dry piece of bread and have peace than to have lots of food and fighting." Precisely. I asked Alliah which one she would rather have. Alliah quickly chose a piece of dry bread and a quiet, peaceful house. Angel, on the otherhand, said, Ooooh...that's a hard one. I want lots of food and sometimes fighting, but not just a piece of dry bread...except if they're biscuits." Oh my child!!!

Made In China

So we were driving to Salinas to get the kids pictures taken at JcPenny yesterday afternoon. On the way there Alliah was looking at Grace's bib and read, "Made In China." She followed it by saying, "Made in China? Why is everything made in China? My pencils, Grace's carseat..." Then Angel, who had been listening intently chimmed in saying, "I'M NOT MADE IN CHINA!" LOL - Only Angel... :D

A New Discovery

Grace is now two months and two weeks old and she has discovered her tongue! We have been enjoyng hours of entertainment as Grace sticks out her tongue and then pulls it in again. She is cracking us up!

"So you want to see my newest trick, ay?"

"Okay...Here' goes..." "And a little sideways action..."
"And now the 'Finale..."
"Tada! "

"Mommy's right...I am SOOOO talented!"

"Now beat THAT!"

As you can tell by the pictures on our blog, Daddy and Gracie like to hang out quite a bit. As you can also tell, Mommy takes all the pictures because I'm never in any of them. Grace LOVES her Daddy (but I know she loves her Mommy more!) LOL

A New Book of the Bible

We went to the Bible Bookstore this afternoon to get Angel and Alliah "big kid bibles." They had the little devotional kiddie bibles we had bought them when they were smaller, but now they are embarrassed to take them to Awana and to church because they are "babyish." They were so excited to get their new bibles! Angel got the Adventure Bible and Alliah got a Veggie Tales bible. On the way home we did "sword drills" (where I say a scripture book, chapter and verse and they had a race to see who can find it first). Needless to say, Alliah whipped Angel every time. We continued this for about an hour more when we got home. Alliah was quick because she knows all of the books of the New Testament by heart. Angel isn't one to lose nicely, so he decided to start working hard on memorizing them, too. He laid on the couch for about a half an hour and then asked Larry if he could say them to him. This is what he said:

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1st & 2nd Corinthians, Galations, Ephesians, Fallopians...

We laughed so hard!! At least he's being "productive". Hee-hee-hee! :D

She's Amazing

Tonight I was competely blown away by my little Alliah. Both Angel and Alliah attend Awana Club on Wednesday nights at the church around the corner from our house. Awana is a bible club for boys and girls, kind of like a christian version of boys or girl scouts. In this club the kids are rewarded for memorizing scripture, attending church, paying their dues, inviting friends, etc. Well Alliah came home last night and asked me if she could tell me the scriptures she's memorized. The girl has memorized over 20 scriptures!!! All I had to do was tell her the first word of the verse and there she went... all 20+ verses. I was SO proud of her! I mean the girl probably can rattle off the scripture verses faster than I can! Not only does she know the verses by heart, but she's memorized the books of the New Testament and can say them ALL in order, by heart, and in about 30 seconds. I told her she needed to take a breath - made me out of breath just listening to her. If you've ever heard Alliah talk, you know what I mean. She talks so fast! The highlight of all of this news is the expression of complete JOY on her little face when I told her how very, very proud of her I was for all the hard work she's done to memorize her scriptures and the books of the Bible. I had no clue she had been working so hard. She almost brought me to tears, I was so proud. The bible says, "Train up a child in the way (she) should go and when she is old she will not depart from it." I'm standing on that promise and am believing Alliah is hiding God's word in her heart and His word will not return void! Alliah has amazed me!!!

Blog Update

My Grace took two four hour naps today. During the first nap I got alot of work done and caught up on alot of paperwork. During the second nap, I got a chance to update our blog! We've all been sleeping better (and longer) so today I felt good and rested. My creative juices were flowing (amazingly enough) so I decided that I'd take advantage of the opportunity and viola! A blog page update. Whatchya'll think?

Grace Was Pierced

So my Gracie got her ears pierced yesterday! She's just about two months now and we went to the doctor for her two month shots. The nurse at her doctor's office asked me if I was going to get Grace's ears pierced. I told her yes, but I needed to wait until she was four months. She said that I could get her ears pierced there in the office and that I just needed to make an appointment and it could be done. I made the appointment that afternoon. She was in such a good mood while we were waiting for the doctor. But boy oh boy did she cry when the piercing gun went off. Actually, I don't know if she was crying more for the piercing or for the fact that I was holding on to her little head and arms trying to keep her still. It's a one shot deal you know? I was scared. But isn't she lovely?

This second pic is Grace getting ready for bed last night. She is such a camera baby. I think she likes her picture taken. She always looks right into the lense. Seems like her hair is growing and growing...and growing! Maybe we should have named her Rumpunzel. She's getting more beautiful each day!

This last picture was taken just this afternoon as Larry was burping Grace after her third lunch :D The girl is eating so good. We can't believe that she had such trouble getting down .5 ounces just two months ago. God has blessed us MUCHO!

Batter Up!

Yesterday was the kickoff to the 2009 baseball/softball season. Larry is coaching Angel's team this year. They are the Padres!! Angel is in the Mustang division now so he'll be playing against other cities, not just Marina teams. They're traveling! He'll be playing against Seaside, Monterey, Pacific Grove, and Carmel teams. Exciting. You should have seen Larry yesterday as he was preparing for practice. He is so excited to be coaching. He's always been an assistant coach for Angel's teams, but this year he has his own team with his own assistant. I had to take Alliah to softball practice at the same time as Angel's practice so I didn't get to watch Larry coach - although I really wanted to! Larry said practice was "very good" and "the boys did well." He's so official. But yeah, both kids were practicing at two different parks with the practices times a half an hour apart. We'll see how we do it when game times are at the same time and at two different parks and possibly two different cities! Yikes!!! Alliah's on a girls softball team, which remains nameless until next practice, but she said it's a toss up between the "Stars" or the "Dolphins". Both are cute names to me. While at Alliah's practice I walked Grace around in her stroller and then would take a break and watch Alliah run her drills. Grace LOVED being outside. There was not one peep out of her, other than a coo every now and then. I was wondering how baseball/softball season was going to go this year now that we have Gracie along with us. We're used to grabbing our gear, jumping in the car and going! If yesterday was a sign showing how things are gonna go...I think I'm gonna be all right. Of course, I'll be posting baseball/softball pics and videos for sure. Now I got to go find a "Padres" outfit for Grace LOL

First Baby Shots

Grace got her first set of shots today. She was in such a good mood while we were waiting for the doctor. She was smiling and cooing away with no clue about what was about to happen to her. She got three shots. The first one kind of surprised her and she looked straight at me! The nurse laughed and I did too, and then Grace let out a little yell - she'd never yelled at me before. The second and third shots were way different. She screamed!! The screams lasted until she was buckled up in her car seat. I also found out my baby girl weighs a whopping 9lb 12oz. Good girl!!Once we started walking down the hall back to the waiting room she was already falling asleep. I had to go into my office today and since she was fast asleep, I headed straight there to do the work I needed to get done. I only stayed a few hours and decided to change her diaper and head home. I set her on the diaper mat and she let out the most painful screaming cry I had ever heard! I immediately started crying along with her, hurrying to change her because her little legs were hurting. After changing her I went straight to my mom's house for comfort. Today I experienced something I had NEVER experienced before. This is my child and I usually know what to do when she cries, be it change the diaper, feed her, rock her to sleep. But today.... there was absolutely nothing I could do. I felt so helpless. Praise God for infant tylenol!!! Now she is out like a light and hopefully all the pain will be gone when she wakes up. What a day!