Ahhhh, our sweet Gracie girl. She really is very sweet. She throws herself at you when she wants a hug and opens her mouth to give big juicy kisses.
She has seven teeth.
Top: Three in the center and two molars.
Bottom: Two in the center.
She loves books. If I haven't heard from her in awhile and she's being really quiet you can almost guarantee she is shuffling through books. I even make her a little book nook in the play room with a pillow and books all set up for her at night so it's ready in the morning. And all day long she's grabbing a book and bringing it to you. She loves to turn around and sit on your lap while she's handing you the book. She really loves books more than Caiden did at this age.
She loves her little blankie as much as Caiden does. She even "requires" having it most of the time when she's walking around right after her nap or in the morning. She won't leave it in her bed like Caiden does. After she's been up for a bit I'll need to somehow swipe it from her when she's not paying attention and take it back up to her bed.
She sleeps pretty well. We are still switching between one and two naps a day depending on how she's feeling and/or what our plans are. At night she's sleeping from 7:30pm to anywhere from 5:30 to 6:30am...it's totally a crap shoot on what time she gets up. I can tell you 5:30am comes way too early every morning.
She says mama, more, eye, flower 'fowaa', water 'wawa', puppy, moon 'moo', bye 'baa' and ball. She's talking more and more everyday -most of which I have no idea what she's saying. She is very selective in trying out new words and won't just repeat anything you ask her to like Caiden did. The cutest is when she tries her voice at singing. She sways from side to side and sings, 'lalamamamememwawawa'.
She hates being in her carseat. She doesn't cry she is just constantly thrusting her pelvis forward like she's trying to get out and looks so uncomfortable doing it. She's been doing this for three or four months now and we thought she'd get over it by now. You can hear her grunting the entire car ride and you'd think she'd get tired.
She is a pretty good eater. She definitely is particular, sometimes she'll eat anything and then the next day she won't touch it. Some of her favorites are strawberries, cheese and goldfish. She's still only drinking breastmilk but my pumped stash is almost running out and I think we'll be introducing dairy milk in about a month.
She loves to give hugs and kisses. It's very different from when Caiden was this age. She will almost always give you kisses if you ask and she gives unsolicited hugs all the time. She loves to give kisses when we FaceTime with our parents or cousin Theo and will rub her cheek on the phone as a hug. And when Marc leaves in the morning she gives him three kisses and always waves goodbye. He says it's his favorite part of the morning.
She can run like lightening. She is so fast. Everyone is so surprised when they see how fast she is because she's pretty tiny but also she's been walking for four months so she's got it down.
She does NOT like it when you tell her 'no'. She will cry and throw a mini-fit for a few seconds. I call it a mini-fit because I'm sure it's nothing in comparison to what will come in a few years.
She loves to put shoes on and if she sees you putting shoes on she runs over and grabs hers and hands them to you. Then she'll walk around and look at them and then look at you to make sure you are acknowledging that you see her pretty shoes.
She can be such a girly girl but also follows in Caiden's footsteps and pushes cars and trucks around the house. She's pretty great!
This is how she signs 'more' -so dainty.
So let me tell you about this photo. It's so wrong, but I think she needs to see it one day just for fun. I was getting ready one morning and she was running in and out of our closet to our room. I come from the bathroom to see a pair of my underwear (from my laundry basket) around her neck. I was laughing so hard and just couldn't resist taking a picture.
