Going Private

Unfortunately there are a lot of creepy people out there that like to steal pictures from blogs and do weird things with them.  For that reason, I have decided to make my blog private.  I am not sure how this works, but I think I just have to add your email address to a list if you want to continue to keep up with Miss Marlee Mae.  So, email me at kendra.grady@gmail.com if you would like me to add you to the list.

Smart Girl

Yesterday, Marlee brought me her shoes so I could put them on for her.  Then she went to the laundry room and got her coat off of the coat rack and tried to put it on and then pointed to the door.  The sweet girl loves to be outside.  I just can't make her understand that it is 30 degrees out there!

On Monday, she was reading books with Memaw and when they were finished with one book, Memaw asked her to get "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" and she did.  She also got two other books that Memaw asked for even though she had to search for them on her bookshelf.  She is so smart. ;)

There is a plane in her 100 words book and we point to it all the time.  We saw two planes on our walk last week and she has been obsessed with planes ever since.  She thinks she should see one every time she walks outside.  Haha!  Just yesterday she started saying plane "pane".  James and I are thinking that we might take her out to the airport soon to watch the planes.

Valentine's Day 2013

Here is Marlee digging into her Valentine's present from Momma & Dada

 She got some suckers!

 And a new book that we had to read immediately

 And another new book!

 And a bubble machine!

This is a new face that she has been sporting a lot lately 

Wow, bubbles!

A Few of My Favorite Things

Headstands with Papaw

Mondays with Memaw (Frank loves his Memaw, too)

Hanging out at the park with Ma & Pa

 Swinging!

 Exploring 

 Trying new things with Dada 

 Siestas in Momma & Dada's bed

 Playing dress up 

 Spaghetti!

And of course her monkey and her thumb

She also loves to run around with Dada before her bath

And she has a new love for peek-a-boo

I'm pretty sure that I am one of her favorite things too, but I don't have any recent pictures to show it. ;)

What is New

Below are a few things that Marlee has started doing lately: 

• She has learned several body parts: nose, eyes, ears, mouth, tongue, teeth, and belly button.  She loves to show off her belly button to everyone

• Is saying Momma, Dada, Ma, Pa, cat, dog, bath, bubbles (buhbuh), tree (tee), ball, banana (nana)...(I feel like she says more, but that is all I can think of for now)
• Can put all of her shapes in her shape sorter.  I have to tell her where they go, but she can get them in there.
• Can climb up her toddler slide and slide down all by herself
• Has to "warm up" in the morning.  As soon as she wakes up, we get her milk and then we lay on the couch and watch Good Morning America.  She will lay there anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour before she is ready to start her day.  And she doesn't want anyone to mess with her during that time.  She is just like her Mama and Papaw. 

A Day with Mom

Have I mentioned lately how much I love my new job?  I work most of my hours on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday so Marlee and I have Wednesday and Friday to hang out together.  Since October, we have been spending most of that time playing inside, but now that it is warming up, we are able to do more.  I absolutely love that I get this time with Marlee.  I believe she has the best of both worlds.  She gets to socialize and learn at school and also learn one on one with me at home.  I have absolutely no regrets of leaving my full-time job to spend this quality time with her.  I can already tell that she will be better for it and I also think that I will be better for it.  Besides, no one ever said when looking back on life that they wished they would have worked more.

We went to eat lunch at Chick-fil-A today and then went to the park.  Here is my little munchkin before we left

 Eating her chicken nuggets!  She liked the nuggets and LOVED the cinnamon applesauce.

 Here we are at the park.  Both pictures are of her back because she is usually walking away from me, but I thought this one was precious.  The girl is on a mission!

 And here she is pointing to the tree.  We have been talking about trees in her books and she was all about the trees today.

 We pretty much go out for lunch, to the park, and on wagon rides for now.  I'm sure there will be more to do once she gets a little older, but for now, she is pretty content with just being outside.

Say What?!

I know, I know...it came as a shock to us as well.  After going through fertility treatments to have Marlee, we didn't know it was possible for us to have a baby on our own.  But, God knew.  And He apparently thinks we are doing a pretty good job with Miss Marlee because He is trusting us to be the parents of another little blessing...a little blessing that will only be 20 months younger than his/her sister!  Needless to say, we are pretty nervous about the trials this year will bring with two babies under the age of two, but at the same time, we are in awe of this miracle from God.