This was before our outdoor picture session was cancelled, doesn't she look cute? She is 100% girl, She wakes up every morning and points to her hairbows on the wall, and says "bow?" like put it in my hair mommy :) When it falls out she picks it up and trys to stick it back on her head. Tonight her hairbow fell out and she took it over to daddy and said "bow?" He told her "baby, daddy can't do bows, Daddy can't braid your hair either :)" She giggles infront of the mirror the whole time I fix her hair. What would I have done with a Tomboy?? :)
I can not believe how much Grace has changed.. My little baby is getting so big :) She is walking so well, and really starting to show more interest in talking. I can't believe it's been a year already!
I know the video is dark, but it is so hard to get her to do something on camera instead of FOCUS on the camera. She is giggling and growling in the beginning but about 2minutes in she starts to listen to us and follow some cute directions! Our big girl!
She can point to other peoples eyes, nose, and "hairbows", she can point to her own toes, shoes, bellybutton, teeth, and her OWN hairbow, She can "bark" like the puppies, and "Vroom" like the truck. She can bring me a diaper, binky, shoe, book, cup, and blanket, all by word request, and she can go "put something in the trash" She can point at the fan, outside, Willie, and the one I'm most PROUD of, her name!! She has big letters of GRACE on her wall in her room, and every day we point to G R A C E. She started noticing other big signs or big letters this week. We were walking into TARGET from the parking lot and she started doing her little finger bounce, like "thats G R A CE" at the Target sign! I was so proud!! What an accomplishment to recognize words and letters! In one of her books, she can point to the dog, truck, and banana and make the appropriate sound to go with it! banana = yummmm noise :)
She is saying "Uh oh", Dad, Mommy, something kinda like Willie, outside, snack, down, and "hereago" translated to "Here you go". Odd bit of language, something she REPEATEDLY says and we cant for the life of us figure it out, We swear she is saying Mahjong... But it might be alldone? or allgone? Who knows, but she says "mahjong" all the time :) She'll be one next Wednesday!
Looking back on the last 2 years, puts me in such a state of shock. I can not believe that this time two years ago,we were living in Kyle, not expecting to move or change jobs. This time last year I was walking around my new neighborhood trying to start labor, and now I'm taking a few quiet moments to blog about my incredibly beautiful, bright eyed little girl.
Mike and I laugh at her all day long, the "jibberish" that she speaks, the way her hair sticks out all over the place, how she dances at music we didn't even notice, how she laughs after she kisses you, how she plays with Willie... My list goes on!
I know every parent thinks their kid is a genius, and I definitely fall into that mold! Everything she does amazes us!! We started Whole Language reading skills and she can now pick out her name and the word "mommy" out of different words. My degree is Early Childhood Development, I KNOW kids are capable of so many different things, but when you actually "See" their little minds working, It really is one of God's gifts. Why would anyone not want to give their child the tools they need to succeed just blows my mind!
Thank you Lord for blessing me today with a beautiful family
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She loves swimming lessons! We are taking them in the evenings with our neighbors and buddies Keagen and his Mommy Loren :) They are having so much fun! I would post more pictures but blogger upload is starting to irritate me!!
Climbing on everything. Pushing her stroller around the yard. She can get on and off of her little truck Pretty Girl!
We have seen such a huge change in Grace over the last 2 weeks or so. She was 11 months old on the 4th. She is into everything (as usual) but with greater curiousity. She is walking everywhere, and doing much better walking in her shoes, and she wants to get down! I am on the HUNT for better baby shoes. We have tennis shoes, and an athletic sandal, but we "need" cuter shoes!! HA, daddy would disagree.
She is doing great with object recognition and word meaning. She points the remote at the TV. Puts the phone to her eat and says "hello". Pats the baby doll "night night" on the back. Puts the purse or necklace over her head :) She can point to her eye and nose :) If we ask her if she wants "Milk" she starts to look around and say "mmmlick". When someone knocks on the door, she immediatly says "Daddy" really loud. When Willie barks or gets loud, she points at him and tells him "no no". She can say "ssshhhhh". When she sees something yummy, she says "snack" or "mmmmmm". And if she is sleepy I can ask her if she wants to go "night night" she will crawl over to me and put her head down on my shoulder, like "I'm ready mom". You can ask her where the "Fan" is and she'll point to the celing. Funny story, we were waiting on a playdate to show up at chic-fil-a and I asked Grace "where are your friends?" She immediatly pointed up, I said "no silly, not the Fan, your Friends!" The guy at the next table must have been listening and watching and he started cracking up.
We are 100% off of the bottle, starting to ease into Whole Milk, and about 98% real food she loves turkey and chicken, cheese sticks, crackers, little oranges,bananas, pancakes are her FAVORITE, cereal bars, yogurt, macaroni and cheese, potatoes, green beans, fish, rice, and any kind of noodle. She still only has 2 teeth, but she isn't letting that stop her. My dad and I were both really slow teethers, I don't think I had any teeth at 11 months, and I think my dad didn't get teeth until 13 months. I think the "lack" of teething pain has really given her a head start with language development, and a better grasp of what objects are used for, instead all things=teether. Who knows? I hope she continues to teeth slow, so that we don't have to deal with alot of teething pain at once. My friends little girl is teething hard, and poor baby, is always dealing with teething pain :(.
Celebrate BIG!! Eat, Drink, and be MERRY! We had a great time out at the lake watching fireworks tonight! Grace did great, and LOVED the fireworks. Watched in awe throught the whole thing, fell asleep just as they finished! My little firecracker!
She's on the move! She's walking the length of the room now, She met Daddy at the door today, he handed her a stack of mail, and She brought it (walking) to me in the living room! We are really encouraging her when she walks by herself without prodding, "big girl", "yay!" and clapping. She seems to be enjoying herself. :)
Oh and our new word tonight is "milk", Super cute! she says "mmmmlick"
I can not believe how much Grace has changed.. My little baby is getting so big :) She is walking so well, and really starting to show more interest in talking. I can't believe it's been a year already! 
