November - Grace

Here are some pictures of Grace from the past month...

Grace's First Thanksgiving...and the only pictures I took on Thanksgiving this year!

She was smiling at Daddy today, but quit when I took the camera out...she screamed and then got this cute look on her face when I went to take one more picture. Slightly blurred because the phone rang and I jumped a bit!

Trying out the swing...before it died (did it just wear out, or did the big brothers help it?)

She's just starting to smile...I got this one my cell phone Wednesday to send to Daddy at class

Grace is Two Months Old!

Well, actually now it's two months and one week, but I just haven't had a chance to put pictures up this week...I took these last Saturday. She is now 10 lbs 13 oz...and 22 1/2" - 2 pounds & 2.5 inches since birth.

Halloween...

We had a vampire, a pirate and a pumpkin this year. The pumpkin was not thrilled with the whole thing, and only wore her costume for a short while. Next year will probably be better. The vampire and the pirate were, as usual, very excited for Halloween!

Grace's Blessing Day

Grace received her blessing at church on Sunday, November 1, 2009. She was quiet for the whole thing!

She was blessed by her father and those in the blessing circle with him were her grandfathers, Bruce Hurlbut & Val Lee, and her uncles, Terry Lee, David Matson and Ben Saunders.

She wore the dress specially made for her by her Grandma Lorrayne Hurlbut. Her blanket was knitted by her Great-Grandma Darlene Sheffield.

Our first family photo since Grace's birth...Nathaniel didn't want to look at the camera...

With the grandparents

With Daddy, Uncle Terry and Grandpa Val

Four Generations...Grandma Lorrayne, Great Grandma Darlene, Grace and Mommy

With Grandpa Bruce and Grandma Lorrayne

With Great Grandma Darlene

With Grandpa Val

With Aunt Sarah and Uncle Dave

With Aunt Carrie and Uncle Ben

With Uncle Terry and Aunt Theresa

Grace is 1 month old already!!

One Month Old

Yesterday marked one month for Grace - it's amazing how quickly time is going!! She has gotten quite strong - lifts her head up all the time and turns to find people. Before we know it she'll be turning 1!!

Coming home from the Hospital

October Campout

Joshua has wanted to go camping for simply ages...we went when he was 2 and haven't had time to go since. This past weekend, Brian took him and Nathaniel for a quick overnighter...just outside of town at a some friends' house where they have a little camping/picnic area by their house. It wasn't all that warm (I think it was around 35 degrees Saturday morning). But it was enough for Joshua...he said it was the best. And Nathaniel had a blast, too. They want to go again, but they'll probably have to wait until next summer. Here are a few pictures:

For Aunt Carol...

as per Aunt Carol's request, here are some new pictures of Grace. For some reason, I'm just finding it hard to actually get the pictures off the camera and onto the computer, much less uploading to the blog (wish I didn't need to sleep!)! (There are more on Facebook, as well). Tomorrow I'll post some pictures of the boys camping with Daddy.