Month 10

It’s so fun watching your child grow. They are born so tiny and fragile then in less then 10 months they are fearless… ready to get into anything, put everything into their mouth, and make as much noise as possible. Gracee is 10 months old and these are the lessons:

1.Miss Gracee started army crawling 2-1-08 then in less then a week was on all fours as slow as a turtle… now she is fast! I logged on the computer and then turned around and she was gone, it was quite and honestly my heart sank. I didn’t see her anywhere… in less then a minute she crawled from the living room, through the hallway and made it into the kitchen by the back door. She has really gotten quick in the past few weeks!!!

2.Gracee loves to chew on shoes… I really hate it but she seems to find the shoes no matter if they are put up or just laying by the door. Shoestrings are her favorite.

3.Gracee laughs all the time. She just giggles at her Memaw Donna. Daddy has the power too! When either one of them walk into the room, and don’t immediately pick her up, she starts to whale! It’s fake of course and they both give in and pick her up then she starts to laugh!!!

4.Baby Bootial waves bye-bye! It is so sweet… she smiles really big and waves you cant help but close the door and then open in again and say peek-a-boo, then bye-bye one more time!

5.Gracee goes to bed around 10 pm, she takes a bath in the tubby with her bubba at about 8 then drinks a 6oz bottle and plays ‘til she is flopping around and rubbing her face on you. Then it’s off to bed, she still likes to lay in our bed and drink another 4 oz bottle. She holds the bottle with her right hand and uses her left hand to grab across her face and ‘soph’ on the pillow on her right side. I put her in her bed around 11pm then she wakes up at 4ish with a full diaper… 4.5 oz bottle then back to sleep until 7am.

6.Gracee has her own language. Its sorta like this “gaga lagle daboo diddle ga mabma dadada”

7.Gracee loves the old cartoons. She will just sit in front of the TV and stare at it. She likes Tom and Jerry, Mickey Mouse, Flinstones, The Jetsons, etc.

8.Sissy (that is what we call her sometimes, that or Bootail) loves to play with her brother, she likes his monster trucks, Gracee can make them go! Bubba doesn’t always like it, ‘cause sometimes she takes his stuff, but for the most part they play well together!

9.Gracee still is eating Gerber #2’s, we try table foods but she really isn’t that interested, mash potatoes and mac-n-cheese just ended up on the floor, she did squash the green beans and figure out how to eat them right up but for the most part its just cheese curls, crackers, and gold fish (the snack)! She did eat a few french fries the other day with her bubba!

10.Gracee loves American Idol… she plays and crawls around while they are talking or during a commercial but just as soon as someone starts singing she stops what she is going and stares at the T.V. then starts to dance… it is the funniest thing. If it is a slow song she rocks real slow but if it is fast she bucks her entire body and makes her head bang all around (of course I have this on tape!!!)

11.Gracee likes to crawl, then pull herself up, look around and let go for up to 20 secs now… she started this on my birthday (2-13-08). She is such a big lady… hard to believe that in 2 months my little baby will be ONE!

I could go on and on… she is so fun and learning new stuff all the time! Gracee still only has 8 teeth and is starting to get more hair on the top of her head (right now she has a ton on the sides and in the back) We are so lucky to have such a sweet little girl. She is too smart for words to explain – such a little copycat! She is always watching and learning, as all kids are. 10 months flew by so quickly, once you become a mama life is too special, thank you all for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers… and reading about Gracee’s life lessons.