grace anne kepley

Just another marvelous MONDAY..

So we should be working on getting Grace Anne to bed, but she is already asleep. I've been reading up on how to establish a schedule, how to get her to sleep in the crib and adjust her natural clock. I started this new process yesterday... the bedtime rituals went well, but she didn't sleep much last night.. neither did I! But, the schedule isn't on track tonight at all-- which is probably bad news. Although, I felt better after talking to another new mom today in a children's boutique. Her little boy is two days younger that Grace Anne and he is sleeping no more than 5 hours.. and that is in the bed with her. I don't let Grace Anne sleep with us because it is not a habit I want to have to break... He also isn't rolling over or pushing off the way Grace Anne is. He is also almost 12 pounds! Ultimately I've decided, everyone has their own style.. maybe mine will pay off, if not I'll make alterations to make it work!

We had a good weekend with a visit Saturday from Poppy. Poppy came up to see us and to open Grace Anne her first savings account. We have to teach the little one good saving and money habits. She also got a really cool Valentine's Day present. It's a doll with a rattle. Its the perfect colors and its so stinkin' cute (Mommy helped pick it out.. can you tell by the rave review I'm giving it?!) We are calling her "Dollie."

As you can see, Grace Anne and Daddy enjoyed dancing to The Who during the halftime show. We weren't overly thrilled with the results from the Super Bowl. For one, we have to support Peyton.. he was a VOL! He is still very loyal and generous to the university and as a fellow alum I feel we should root for him. Secondly, as Kris said... that "WHO DAT" crap is very annoying! I'm sick of hearing ESPN report that New Orleans "needed" this win and we are humored by the facebook status updates of those loyal Colts fans such as.. "i hope katrina hits new orleans again." or "if one more person says that the city of New Orleans badly needed that superbowl win last night because of hurricane Katrina, someone's going to have to come get be from the county jail tomorrow." even though we shouldn't wish harm on Louisiana... or anyone for that matter!!

Other updates, Daddy has a lead on a job he is really interested in. It is with a company a friend of mine's husband works for and seems to have advancement potential, so we are hoping to hear more about that. We are also really hoping that the lead goes somewhere. I hate to even mention it because we don't want to jinx ourselves!

Oh yeah, based on this chart... we have a little genius! (This picture makes her look super cute but, super old! she is still less than 10 1/2 pounds! and I love her blabla... Daddy wants her to get the panda and Mommy can't decide if she wants her to have the owl or piggy next-- she needs them all I guess.) She has mastered the 3 AND 4 months "mastered skills" ... She also turns toward loud sounds, bats at toys, does a mini push ups, recognizes our voice (we tried it with Daddy on the phone when he called today), she squeals, gargles, yells, blows bubbles, and of course rolls over from tummy to back. She's a smart cookie I tell ya.