A Taste of Mexico!

Mom and dad went on a mission trip to Mexico recently and they brought back these presents.

Gracie's new little purse!

Caden in his sombrero!

Too Cute!!! Thanks Mimi and Papa!!

Hmmmm....

I told him to get his shoes on so we could go to the store and this is what he did: Gracie's pink shoes and mommy's purse. Maybe he needs to spend some more time with daddy doing manly things :)

She should be healthy!

Two more lessons learned. The window sill over the kitchen sink is not "out of reach" for Gracie as I previously thought. And, "child resistant" is not the same as "child proof". She got a chair and climbed up on the sink and grabbed her Flintstones vitamins. I'm glad that she likes them and will eat them, but now I know that she will eat them like candy. I heard the bottle of vitamins rattle and went to investigate. I didn't see her at first because she was hiding behind the recliner. Somehow she had gotten the lid off and was eating them as fast as she could. Not sure how many that was, probably less than 10. I did call the Flintstones people and talked to a nurse who told me that she would be fine, maybe just a tummy ache.

Needless to say, the vitamins and the other medicine that were previously on the window sill are now up in a cabinet that she can't get to.....yet.

She's at it again!

OK, I have 2 things to be thankful for about this situation. 1. it was just a ball point pen she used to draw with. If you scrub pretty hard, it will come off. 2. She only got her legs, hands, feet and Caden's arm and not her clothes. Ok, I have a one more. 3. She did this on Jason's watch, so he can't say that I don't watch her as well as he does. :)

I'm just dreading what she will think of to do when she's older!

Wet 'N Wild!!

We have had more fun beating the heat in the kiddie pool this summer! With temps in the 1oo's, this is definitely the best way to keep cool and still play outside! I just wish I fit in the pool, too!

COME SWIM WITH US!!

On this day, 3 years ago .....

Gracie Lynn Gibson was born! We induced a few days early because Dr. Tadvick was going out of town for the 4th of July. I'm so glad we did! She was a chubby 8 lb 10 oz and 21 inches long! We're so lucky to have her- definitely keeps me on my toes! She's a great mix of sweet and sassy!

I can't believe my little girl is 3 years old! Here are a "few" picture from her party!

The cake(s)

Eric and Harrison enjoying cake and Jason's homemade icecream!

Of course the brand new slip 'n slide broke. But that didn't stop the fun!

Haylee got her bottle in the swing!

Sweet Haylee!

London, SO cute!

It's cake time!

Ricky, Lon and Adam

Mandi and Holly - lookin good!

Christy, Wendy, Robyn, Austin and Sherrie (aka GG)

Gracie, Caden, Carter, and Davis on the slip 'n slide!

Get him, Gracie!

Shoot out!

We had a great time and she definitely slept well that night!!!

Thanks for all the goodies!

Potty Time and Friends (but not together :)

When do you consider a kid potty trained? Gracie has been using the potty for 4 days now. 1 accident on the couch. Is that considered potty trained? Anyway, along those lines - Gracie and I went to Sam's the other day in her big girl panties. She went potty about 10 minutes before we left, but in the store she decided she needed to go again. ....Whoever invented the automatic flushing toilet did not have 2 year old potty trainers in mind. We went to the only open stall and as soon as we walked in, it flushed. Loudly. And Gracie started screaming and crying that no, she did NOT want to go potty. I knew by the way she was dancing around and crossing her legs that that was not true. Well, she might not have wanted to, but she needed to. So I spent the next 20 minutes trying to bribe and convince her that she DID need to go potty. A nice lady that worked there came in and showed us the one potty that did not flush automatically, but she was not convinced. I finally tried the "if I can do it, you can do it" method. As soon as I sat to show her the potty was not scary she said "I need to potty NOW!". And she did, right on the floor and my foot which was in a flip flop. She didn't totally let go, thank goodness. I did get her on the potty and then she kept going and going. Then, I had to make good on my bribe of getting her some candy - note to self, Sam's is not the best place to buy candy unless you want to be giving her the stuff every time she goes potty for the next YEAR.

Ok, so make that 2 accidents in 4 days. That's not too bad right? Does that mean she's potty trained?

And now some totally unrelated pictures. (who wants so see my kid on a potty anyway :)

The Thames came by on their way to and from Lubbock not too long ago. We had them over for some fun in the sun. Gracie and Caden really enjoyed playing with Leah and Sarah! Wish it had been a little cooler! Those girls are getting so big. It was really good to see them all.

We miss you guys! Come back and visit anytime!!!