Gracie's First Christmas

Jacob and I were grateful to celebrate our first Christmas as an official "family." Grace made the day complete for us and even though she was a little fussy throughout she still blessed us with so much joy. We spent the day at Grandma and Grandpa Aldrich's and Aunt Becky and Uncle Ben joined us for Christmas dinner (thanks for changing the horrific diaper). She can be seen here donning her Christmas cap, as well as discovering the toys on her rocking chair. She's starting to really get into different shapes, lights, and sounds. She especially likes to punch at the birdie and lady bug attached to her Baby Einstein jungle gym. Everyday she does something new and exciting that makes us laugh and fills our home with so much life and fun!

West Coast Swing

Just a couple of shots of Gracie in her new swing lovingly passed on by a family in our church. She wasn't down with it at first but by the second go around she was groovin' . As Christmas fast approaches Gracie's even racking up gifts from my students. Our Christmas is already complete. She's more than we could have ever asked for. Gracie would also like to personally take a moment on her blog to welcome her cousin, William Cash Gaines into the world. She wishes him nothing but the best and wants him to know it's okay to cry for an hour or so in the middle of the night for no reason, just to let his parents know who now runs the house. She also wishes to make his acquaintance in the near future and invites him to come West and experience a SoCal winter where they can play at the Finkbiner playground. She realizes this winter will be tough, and she'll try to make it out to see his Fort by Spring, but will send her dad in the meantime.