rollin' rollin' rollin'

I'm a little slow lately with blogging, and even if Hazel rolled over for the first time over a month ago (on November 1st to be exact)  I am so excited to finally post these pictures! It was funny watching her get the hang of rolling from her tummy to her back.  Once she caught on she wasted not time, as soon as I placed her on her tummy, she would automatically tilt her head to the side. Once she was back on her back she would give us the biggest smile.  I would say she was almost just as pleased with herself as I was! :)  

As for Gracie, here she was having so much fun frosting cupcakes  with her cousins.

This has got to be my FAVORITE picture to date of this silly girl.  She put my mom's glasses on and was going around the house making sure she get a laugh out of everyone!  I must admit, her messy hair doesn't hurt the 'look' either :)  

Gracie's 2nd Birthday today!

Gracie’s 2^nd Birthday!!

This year we thought it would be fun to get Gracie a cake and have her blow out the candles.  Her expressions were priceless, as usual, and she had a blast getting the fire out.  The only hard part was teaching her not to put the candles out with her fingers!

At first she was pretty scared when we put the cake in front of her…

…but she caught on pretty quick!

That was easier than I thought... 

Now can I eat my cake!?!

 Here she is having fun eating all that Chocolate!!!

It just wouldn't be Grace if she didn't give some of the classic Gracie facial expressions…

Get your own!

“LAY OFF MAN I’M STARVING!!” 

Sugar makes me HAPPY!!!

BYE BYE!!

Getting ready for TERRIBLE TWO's!!

Last night Tamra's youngest sister, Christine, walked into the bathroom but then walked right out again and seemed upset. My first thought... 'did I leave the toilet seat up?' She looked at me and asked "Did you leave the water running in the bathroom?"

I simply answered "no" and didn't think much of it. Then today I caught the perpetrator wet-handed! Until I saw it for myself I wouldn't have believed that 'sweet little Gracie' could even reach the water to play in it, and especially not be able to turn it on by herself. She proved me wrong, and showed me how smart she is becoming...

First she grabbed the stool and put it up to the wall to turn the light on...

Then, she casually moved the stool over to the toilet, closed the lid, and proceeded to climb right up like she had done this a thousand times!

Clearly, she was loving EVERY minute of this, and probably loving it even more seeing that daddy was enjoying water play-time with her instead of quickly putting an end to it like she's used to. :)

Then, like every other kid, she proceeded to take drinks from the seemingly never-ending fountain of goodness and at a great length too! See her on her tippee toes?

After the many, many drinks from the fountain, it started to get her hair wet!! She realized that the fountain was out to get her so of course she beat it at its own game. What a smartie. :)

The End.

Family Reunion

Finally.....Here are a few pictures from our Householder Family reunion in Utah.  Wish I would've gotten more pictures but I guess it's a good sign of all the fun we were busy having catching up.  Can't wait to see you all again!

A group of the cousins taking a break to re-charge.  The movie 'Tangled' was a hit.

Eden was so gentle holding baby Hazel for the first time.  I think we have an excellent future baby sitter in the making!

 Grace showing off her technical skills to Grandma Householder.  

    Tender

Can I just kiss her now please!

We all LOVE Auntie Stacy

 Kelly's oldest Brother with his family - You can tell those kids are A LOT of FUN!!!

 Ethan... growing up so fast!

Watercolors

Watercolors really are a wonderful thing. Even though I wasn't worried about it, Grace's face sure looks concerned.  She seemed to have more on her face then the paper or her paint brush (fingers are the way to go!)

If our little g could have it her way we would be playing outside with bubbles until it was time to get ready for bed.... she got her way :)

As my sister Shaunna would say, 'yummy.'  

This morning we found this baby fawn in our backyard.  Never gets old I tell you! 

Cutie Pies

Gracie is the funniest little 2 year old!  She is always making funny sounds, faces and crazy actions that get us laughing.  She LOVES being the comedian and we sure love the free entertainment!

Oh yeah, and did I mention she has a bit of an attitude at times.. :) 

Somebody pinch me.  My baby cannot already be 3 months old.  She is such a charmer with those cheeks and that HAIR!! Grace was pretty much hair-less until she was 1, so Hazel's hair is such a treat!

I really need to take and post some pictures of the beautiful scenery here in Woodland Park!  We love all the trees and especially the deer!  We all go a little crazy and run outside to greet our neighborhood mother deer and her 2 babies that are regular visitors.  I walked right up to this adorable fawn in our front yard.  The sibling was walking away while this one stayed behind and let Grace say 'heLLLo' (she really likes to emphasis her L's.)  Hope you like the picture Kelly shot of the event, We sure loved it!