Note from Miss Rhonda...

Eva's Magic Trick!

Eva's so cute. Her latest thing is a magic trick... she takes her hand and pulls it up into the sleeve of her shirt. She then wants you to say, "Where is Eva's hand???" And then w/ a HUGE smile she will pop her hand out! Sometimes she even adds to the act, and while her hand is hidden in the sleeve she will shrug her shoulders and say "where it go?".

But I want a crate too!

Okay so Eva's had to take a bath first b/c she can't be in the same bath water w/ Grace b/c of the skin tag on her leg... have to wait till it falls off. So we've been doing back to back baths which takes forever! At first Eva didn't like it but I think she's starting to enjoy having the entire bathtub to herself. She loves to have control of the faucet... generally they fight over who gets to sit there while the water comes out... but when it's just her she wins:-) And she likes to lay on her belly and stretch out. It's so cute. So when Eva's bath is finished, then it's Grace's turn - but I have to make sure Eva stays out of the bathroom b/c she's in her p.j.'s but she's still tempted w/ the water, so what happens is she reaches in the bathtub and gets her p.j.'s all wet. Sometimes I get Poppy to hold her... b/c Matt's usually working at the house. Well tonight I made the comment that I needed to put Eva in a crate. Grace got SO upset... you would think b/c I was going to put her in a crate - but no she was upset b/c she wanted to be in a crate too! Is that not too funny!

Last day in the office!!!

Today is my last day in the office - yippie!!! I am so loving knowing I'll be off for nearly the next month:-) I feel bad though b/c Grace is dying to stay home w/ me - but in order to work on moving they have to go to Brenda's. It breaks my heart when Grace says, "but I want to stay home w/ you... I never get to see you" I just have to remember it's so we can move in sooner.

Decorating the Christmas tree...

Today Nanni, Grace & Eva decorated the Christmas tree... Grace has been waiting FOREVER to do it. They were so cute! Dancing all around, Grace would hand Nanni ornaments for the taller branches. And when Daddy got home Grace made him shut his eyes, drug him into the living room and yelled SURPRISE! It was soooooo sweet!

Bella's crate...

Okay who would have thought that a dog crate could be so much fun... but BOTH Grace and Eva LOVE to get in Bella's crate... and shut the door! I'm certain Eva only does it b/c Grace does it - and Grace probably does it b/c she loves dogs. At times she thinks she's a dog, and loves to crawl around, yes barking. She'll say she's Riley and Eva is Bella... I have pics of the two of them in Bella's crate - smiling, Rob thinks someone would call CPS if they saw the pics but I swear they beg to get in there - go figure!

Look at the socks!!!

Oh gosh, having someone like Grace around during the holiday makes it all worth it - she gets soooo excited over the littlest things:-) She has been dying for Nanni & Poppy to put up their Christmas tree (Matt is dying to buy her one for the new house - I keep telling him... focus on moving, we'll get a tree once we're moved!) So when Nanni hung the stockings on the mantle, I should have known Grace would come RUNNING. In she comes yelling, "COME LOOK AT ALL THE SOCKS!!!! EVERYONE HAS A SOCK!!! LOOK LOOK LOOK!!!!" It was too cute.

Nanni doesn't have her tree up yet but she put a small fiber optic tree in Grace's room. Grace was in love. She told me, "Nanni loves me a lot - look at my tree." So sweet it breaks my heart!