Sunday, November 13, 2011

Halloween 2011

 We had a really low-key Halloween this year.  Since Grace wasn't walking yet, we decided to forgo Trick-or-Treating and just hand out candy at home.  And since we went to Subway for dinner around 7, we only had like 15 visitors!  Which was good, since I discovered that I have a strange phobia of Trick-or-Treaters and refused to answer the door!  I decided it must have something to do with the fact that, growing up in the country, we never had T-or-T'ers and it weirded me out that so many people were coming to the door.  (Let's be honest...I regularly hide from people at the door.  I wonder what that says about me?) 

Grace "dressed up" as a Scaredy-Cat.  Too cute!

Happy Birthday!

We celebrated Grace's first brithday October 29th.  Both of our families were able to make it and we had a wonderful time!  Thanks for making her day extra special, everyone!

Snuggles with Grandma K.

 Opening presents with Mom.

 Cupcakes! I was SO pleased with how they turned out!

"Hey Mikey, I think she likes it!"


Sunday, November 6, 2011

One Year Old!!


Grace is one year old! 
I can not believe how much she has grown and changed this past year. 
Kurt and I were talking about how she's not really our baby anymore;
she's looking and acting more and more like a little girl!

GRACE at 12 months:

~Is talking...sort of...!  Her first word with real meaning seems to be "kitty."  Everytime Mo comes into the room, Grace gets really excited and says some version of kitty.  Really cute...although I am a little bummed that I haven't heard her call for Momma yet.

~Is incredibly silly!  She cracks me up with all the silly things she does and the noises she makes as she plays.

~Has started rolling again...mostly during diaper changes.  (See above picture!)  I realize I've been really lucky to have a baby that was mostly stationary when placed on her back, but I've been having a heck of a time trying to figure out how to diaper a baby on the move!  I finally resorted to pinning her down with my leg so I can have a fighting chance to get a diaper on her!

~ Isn't walking yet, but is so incredibly close!  She'll stand by herself, walk holding onto our fingers, but as soon as you take even one hand away, Plop!  Down she goes!  We got her a little stroll-along walker for her birthday and its incredibly cute to watch her walk around the room on her own.

~Is drinking from a sippy cup.  One day she just decided she was ready to do it herself.  I LOVE that she can hydrate all on her own, especially since she's only nursing twice a day now.

~Loves her finger foods.  While she'll still let us feed her baby food, she gets fussy if she doesn't have plenty of chances to do it herself!

~Likes to sit on my lap as she plays.  It doesn't even matter if I'm playing with her, so long as she can sit in my lap!

~Dances! Anytime music starts playing, Grace starts grooving!  She has a really good steady beat, too.

What a year its been!  Love you, Grace.