Time to play blog catch-up . . .

Since we last posted we had Grandma and Grandpa Beetner visit in early November.

  Nana Dawn and Pop Pop came out to visit over the Thanksgiving holiday for the first time since Gracie came home.  

We learned that Gracie must be watched closely when using markers

Gracie learned to ride a trike.

Molly very proud of her little sister.

 Gracie loves wearing her hat and gloves around the house.  

Yes, we still live in Southern California and we do put on the heat when it gets cold here.

Molly started taking a Hip Hop dance class.

Gracie in her forever home for a year today!

Happy Gotcha Day Gracie Girl!

One year ago today we held our Gracie Girl for the first time and we became a family of four.  It hasn't always been easy over the last year but it's amazing to see the transformation Gracie has gone through.
We fondly call her our sweet and sour girl and our family would not be complete without her.
We love you Gracie!

Halloween

This year Molly insisted we have a Halloween party at our place.  Halloween has become Molly's favorite holiday, we start reading Halloween books in September and probably will continue to read them until the Christmas stories come out.  We had a fun pot luck dinner of Apple Squash Soup, Bat, spider and pumpkin shaped pasta and chicken legs.  Then we headed out for some trick-or-treating and the kids came back to our place to hand out candy and to check out their loot.  

Molly's Daphne (from Scooby Doo) costume for her school party.

Gracie's first Halloween and she had a great time and caught on quick!

Our witch and sea princess.

Flu season is here again . . .

Well Molly is the first one in the Beetner home to come down with the stomach flu this fall.  My poor girl couldn't keep a thing down all day. She didn't get much of a nap today and fell asleep at 6:30p.m. - that can't be good.  We brought her mattress into our room and she is sleeping with Mom and Dad tonight.  Eric is putting Gracie to bed now and not sure how she is going to take Molly not sleeping in their bedroom?
I am ready for a long night!

More great photos taken by Dad

Gracie's first dance class

So we headed back to the fall session of dance class today and this time Gracie was registered in a class too!  Molly's class met first and when her class was about to wrap up Gracie started shouting, "Me turn, Me turn"!  Gracie then began to sing (rather loud) and dance, all eyes turned to her and when she was done singing everyone started clapping for her.  She smiled and enjoyed all the attention. Gracie was so excited to start class today, she ran right in and did a great job watching the teacher and did her best to follow along.  This was her first class of any type without me in the room and she did great.   One of the best moments was when Molly and I were watching Gracie through the glass and Molly looked up at me and said," Oh Mama, I am so proud of Gracie."