Grace's 1st bike

15-Mar-08: Grace got her 1st bike today at Bicycle Garage of Indy BGI – an early gift for her 4th birthday! She’s even mastered riding it w/ the training wheels on!

When Grace came home w/ her new bike she road it in the garage, Uncle Rob came put w/ Bella. Uncle Rob was sitting w/ Bella next to him, when Bella – like a frog eating a fly, snapped out and took a bite out of the streamers attached to Grace’s bike! Daddy started laughing b/c Rob’s face went WHITE – Rob said, “didn’t see that coming!” and Grace started yelling, “Bella ripped my bike!” while Bella sat there like a cat who’d just gotten caught eating a canary. Since the bike & Grace were not hurt it was very comical!
We told Grace that she HAD to wear her helmet when she rides her bike so that she doesn’t fall down and hurt her head like Uncle Kyle did (he fell and had to get stitches). If you ask Grace why she has to wear her helmet she will tell you, “I have to wear my helmet so my BRAINS don’t fall out!” I guess it’s sort of the same idea, right? I mean in a 4 year old mind!

Grace and Bubble Gum

Mar-2008: We were sitting @ dinner when Grace said, “oh no Mom, I got gum on my ‘class dance dress’” I look down and she has a HUGE glob of gum on the skirt of her brand new leotard! I was so mad I said, “I have to leave for a minute.” When I returned Grace is dancing around naked in the kitchen while Nanni worked on getting the gum out – luckily she was able to make it look almost like new. I later asked Grace how she got her gum on her skirt, she said, “I was trying – emphases on trying, to blow a bubble”.

Eva's 3rd Tooth

7-Mar-08: Eva got her 3rd tooth! (upper right)

Eva learned to clap

10-Feb-08: Eva learned to clap her hands! She’s been waving since vacation (1/22/08) but just started clapping and she’s to cute!

March 26th

10-Feb-2008: Brenda has been teaching Grace to say her birth date – “March 26th!” I asked her when is her birth day and she looked at me for a moment, and said, “March any-minute!” and had no clue that she said it wrong… she’s a ham!

Eva's doctor visit

7-Feb-08: Eva had a doctor’s appointment… she weighed 19 lbs, 3 oz. (50%), she was 27.5” tall (50%) and her head was 45.1 cm (75%).

Eva's CRAWLING

2-Feb-2008 @ 9am: Eva started crawling – not the best crawling, kind of wobbly but crawling! Oh I’m so proud of her but… I don’t want her to crawl; I want her to stay little forever :-)