The Roper Adventure

Saturday, March 31, 2007

More pictures

See my toothies! 2 on top and 2 on bottom! (p.s. the scratch on her cheek came from one of Theresa's cats.) I was gonna get her Easter pictures done this weekend...but not now :-)

Random Pics

I found these in the camera this morning. The date on them is February. I'm thinking that they were taken one sunday before church.

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

So usually my wife is the one that gets all nostalgic and everything. Especially now that she is pregnant. I was looking through old pictures today and it is amazing how a persons life can change in a short period of time. I know I know I was always told that the older you get the faster time moves. I didn't believe it until recently. It seems like yesterday we were bringing Gracie home from the hospital now we get to bring another one home in a few months. I can't wait. God has blessed me so much.

Sunday, March 11, 2007

"Snacktime"

Yes, she has her Daddy's sweet tooth!

Justa Swangin' - Part II

Gracie at the local park. She liked it so much, when she got out she had hiccups from laughing.

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Gracie Update - January/February

I realize that we haven't really done much with the blog since Gracie's birthday so I am gonna catch everyone up as much as possible with this post. Of course, Gracie turned a year old on January 14th and Mommy went into deep depression!! ;) She had her 12M check-up with Dr. Kovacs on the 26th. She weighed (at that time) 20.3 lbs and was 29 3/4 inches long! We got the OK to turn her around in the car so she can see everything (of course she still hates the carseat!). She also had some shots...MMR (1st one) and Chickenpox vaccine (more on that in a minute). She hated the check-up, it took both Alex and I to hold her so Dr. Kovacs could examine her. And she was miserable after the shots! Not only did she get a needle in her thigh but they did her TB test, which involved injecting some kind of liquid under the skin on her forearm. Not a happy camper!! So not only was she kinda out of sorts because her shots, she had some sort of bug or something on Saturday and had an upset tummy. Mommy needs a vacation!! But she is certainly resilient and was back to her bubbly self on Monday. The picture was taken at our friend's Jimmy and Allison's house this past Saturday night. They babysat for us so we could go to a concert for my Mom's birthday. Gracie and Stella had a good time. Allison said Gracie got so sleepy that she sat on the sofa and rocked herself to sleep. One minute she was rocking back and forth, the next face down in the cushions!! I wish Alli had gotten a picture of that. Saturday morning was very exciting for another reason...Gracie decided she was going to walk!!! She was playing with her Intellitainer and I was sitting in the floor about 3 feet from her and she let go of the toy and took 3 or 4 steps to get to me before falling!!! Alex was very upset that he missed it but Gracie, being the wonderful daughter that she is, committed to a repeat performance later that afternoon for Daddy. Now her problem is whether to exercise her new found skill or just crawl from point A to point B because she can get there faster!!

Now back to the shots...as I said earlier she got her chickenpox vaccine the other week. So guess what we are fighting now...poor baby is running a fever, has an extremely runny nose (which she hates for Mommy or Daddy to wipe) and is just generally unhappy. We are now waiting for the spots. According to Grammy (Mom) they should be showing up any day now. Luckily, Alex has a very understanding boss and he is able to be home with her until I get off work at 2. And if Gracie does have chickenpox now, there is hardly any chance at all that she could get them later and possibly miss an important party at school!! (If you need explanation, ask Alex.) So I think that's about it for now, we are in packing mode and getting ready to move at the end of the month so hopefully we'll have pictures to Gracie to post of her first move and of her in the new apartment. Love to All!!

Monday, January 15, 2007

Birthday Party - continued

Yes we stripped her down to her onesie. Tuesday was convinced that she would be wearing both her dinner and the cake. Funny thing is...Tuesday was right!!!

Gracie's Birthday Party

Playing in the Moon Bounce with Mommy & Taylor

Bittersweet (Charity's rant)

So I was looking through some files I had saved in my email when I found these pictures of Gracie as a newborn. My baby turned a year old yesterday. I cried in Alex's arms last night after we got home from church. This year has gone by so fast, it seems like it was just yesterday that we brought her home from the hospital and had NO idea what to do with her. Dr. Kovacs, her pediatrician, told me every time I saw him to love her and enjoy her, that she was gonna be grown up before we knew it. I guess I didn't believe him. I'm very conflicted, I'm sad because I am losing my little baby, but I am so excited everyday at every new accomplishment, every new smile, every time her eyes light up when she figures out how to do something on her own. Pray for me, at this rate I'll be crazy by the time she starts school. :-) Anyway, on to the future, but between you and me...every time she comes running up to me or Alex to show us some new skill or to tell us what great thing is going on in her world, I'm gonna look back at these pictures and be a little sad and miss that time when Alex and I was her whole world.

Stella's 2nd Birthday Party

Ok. So the story behind these pictures are as follows: Gracie & I went to my girlfriend's house for her daughter, Stella's birthday party. Gracie was her usual charming self as the

pictures show. And then it was time to go home to take a nap...the second two pictures are evidence that even non-verbal children can plot against parental control.