Month 17

Hard to believe that my little baby is growing up this fast... going to be one and a half year old next month... WOW. Each week she learns something new and acts just a little bit older. She learns so much so fast its almost scary.

1. Gracee has a big girl bed... we took her crib down and she now has a toddler bed. She really likes it. At nap time I say "time to take a nap go get in bed" and she runs to her room and gets in her bed like a big girl! It is adorable.


2. Gracee loves her brother too much... they play so well together one minute and then the next they are fighting over a toy (Grace likes her brothers toys more then her own). For the most part they are best friends. Jared really wanted Gracee to go to school with him on his first day!

3. Gracee smiles for the camera... she went through a stage where she saw the camera and ran (I have been taking pictures of this little girl since she came out!) and as soon as she could walk there was no more sitting still pics -- when we went to Branson Jared taught her how to stop and smile for the camera!


4. Gracee is a daddy's girl... it seems like each month she gets closer to her daddy. He has always been her favorite person but this month she is really upset when he leaves to go to work, super excited to see him race, and when he comes home she has her hands up ready for him to scoop her up and carry her out to the shop!

5. Gracee has a mullet... the back of her hair is growing so fast but the side and top are still way shorter... we put it up in pig tails but I must say it has turned into a mullet (she looks way better then Joe Dirt)

6. Gracee says moma a lot... usually everything is dada but lately she has been saying moma more often. I LOVE IT!

7. Gracee wants to talk BAD... she gets so frustrated when she wants something and we don't get it right away... Jared used to do the same thing, take your hand and walk you to whatever it is... but Gracee is a whiner, she tries to talk but when we don't understand she just yells.

8. Gracee likes to sit on the potty... but she isn't sure why she has to take off her diaper. Its so funny, every time some one goes to the bathroom she has to go too! Starting to get serious on potty training this month!

9. Gracee doesn't eat much... I guess that is what happens when you go from baby to toddler. She eats like a bird, a little here and a little there but nothing too big.

10. Gracee loves to run... its cute when I say "hurry hurry" she starts to run. Sometime she even puts her hands behind her like a cape on superman flapping in the wind. She is goofy... makes me laugh out loud just to picture it!

She laughs at her dad and brother all the time. She loves to watch cartoons, play with her babies, work on the race car with daddy and bub and brush her teeth. Oh and she LOVES shoes. I feel like I could on for days talking about all the new things Gracee is learning and teaching us... until next month.