Apple Picking

I feel like we might be trying to stuff all of our favorite fall activies into one long weekend while I'm trying to fight off a cold. Saturday was a beautiful day to go pick apples, and I think we finally found a place we really like: Honey Pot Hill Orchards in Stow.

A Little Catch-Up

We had a great but busy summmer. I can hardly believe it's almost the end of September; some big changes have started and others are coming!

In August Grace had her 3 year old checkup. She grew almost 4 inches this year and is 39 inches tall. I think she was at 36 lbs.

In August, we also had a great week in NH. For all the crappy weather we had earlier in the summer, I was so glad to have a beautiful week in NH. We took Grace up the ski lift on Mt. Sunapee and I think if she had her choice we would have done that every day. (She certainly tried to get us to do it every day.)



She loved the water!



And showed how big a cheese she really is by climbing to the top of the rock wall at the park.



The rest of the pictures I uploaded are here:

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At the beginning of this month Grace started in a new preschool class. It's a much larger class with twice the number of kids. It feels a lot more like a school room than a day care room. She also started dance lessons, doing a little ballet, tap and tumbling. She's still being a little shy, but is happy to show you the things she learned at home. Now she just needs to start doing them in class. :-)

The other big thing we celebrated this month was Spencer's first birthday. How cute is he? Grandma thinks its time for a hair cut, but I think he's perfect just the way he is.

A Fish Named Grace

I don't think you can deny that this has been a bust of a summer for swimming in my pool. The first time I went in it was two weeks ago. I was really looking forward to having Grace in the pool this summer, it seemed like she'd be finally old enough to really start enjoying it so when we finally got in and she was afraid I was pretty bummed. Something changed today, I think it was watching her friend Ian float around in a tube that made Grace decide it was time to let go and swim and swim she did. And Mommy and Daddy were proud. So proud that we made a video.

The Big Cheese Turns 3

Here's some pictures from Grace's Birthday parties here in Worcester and at Ned & Amy's house in Branford. Both parties were lots of fun! I sure would like to thank Amy for all her help with Grace's Abby Cadabby cake! I couldn't have done it without her help!

Cape Cod

Grace and I had a great week in Cape Cod with my Mom, Amy and her boys. The beach couldn't have been more perfect for Grace who loved playing in the surf and digging in the sand. I bought Grace her own little boogie board so she could be like the "big kids" which is really sort of road.

I don't recommend sharing a bed with Grace. She is very wiggly and stuck to me like glue. I was glad when Neil arrived to kick her out of my bed.

I loved watching Spencer play in the sand. He loved crawling all over the beach in attempt to play with the big kids. He would have crawled right into the ocean if we let him.

I know Grace will miss her Gray-Gray, she asked on the drive home if he could come live at our house. When they play together they are truely 2 peas in a pod.

Nolan is a good big cousin. When he's not egg Grace and Gray on he plays really nice with them.

I really enjoyed the Cape. This was my first time there and I sure hope to go back in summers to come.

Ultrasound

I went for another ultrasound yesterday. I had one about 3 weeks ago, but the baby was in a funny position and they didn't get good pictures of the heart so I had to go back. What a difference a few weeks makes in the pictures you get. The baby was in a much better possition this time and we got some good pictures. It was neat to watch! We even watched the baby yawn a bunch of times.

Feet.


What a beautiful profile!


Yawning


I'll let you figure this one out yourself.

Spencer is Cute!

I love how babies smile. They smile with their whole body and Spencer is no exception!



I guess Gray and Grace are pretty cute too!