Happy Birthday!

Cody was right, I did need to post again about your birthday.  It was a fun relaxing day followed by a busy weekend celebrating.  For your birthday, I stayed home with you and then we traveled to Kewanee.  On Saturday we had your birthday party.  All of our family was there in addition to a few of your great aunts and uncles.  You enjoyed your cake (but not too much).  Then on Sunday we had a baby shower for Bella and Aunt Rebecca.  You slept through most of it after greeting everyone.

Some things you are doing:
*you weigh 20 lb. 6 oz.
*you receieved 4 shots at your 1 year check up.  you got a high fever due to those but are over that now.
*you say dada consistently and sometimes mom.
*you have started to wave Hi
*you have also started standing next to things without assistance
*you can get on all fours but haven't figured out how to move
*you can "army" crawl across the room
*you have started to get from your tummy to sitting
*you continue to eat well, are willing to try anything we give you
*you are drinking actual milk, no more formula
*you are wearing 12-18 month clothing
* you are working on getting your 6th tooth
*you love to study your toys
*you LOVE story time, you cry when we stop reading each night
*you also LOVE anything that has to do with the computer

We love you tons!

Happy birthday Grace!

Well your 1 year old birthday has come and gone. We already had one party for you and we are planning another one on Thanksgiving with Mom's side of the family. You have been going through different phases either saying mama or dada. You are now saying daddy every once in awhile too. I got down to play with you a couple of days ago. I was looking into your eyes and you said "dada." My heart almost melted when that happened. Your mom and I have been packing boxes and getting ready to move. I had foot surgery a little over a month ago so I'm getting back to daddy's normal self again. We are also starting to feed you normal milk now too instead of baby formula. Well I know mom will be posting on here soon so I better let her have something to talk about. Daddy & Mom love you so much. We can't wait till we move into OUR house.

12 months (early)

(This post is a day early but I feel inspired to write it now.)

Grace,
I can't believe that I will be telling you "Happy Birthday!" in a day.  I can remember the day you were born so clearly, it certainly doesn't seem possible that it has been a year already.  The day you were born I received the best gift ever!  I also received the best job ever!  I became your mom and have felt so blessed each and every day.  There is not a day that goes by that I am not so grateful to have you.  You are a true blessing to us and we love you more than you can imagine!  You are so sweet, curious, easy going, fun, just plain perfect.  Each day you learn something new or discover something new to explore.

Some things that you are now doing:
* You say "dad" all the time.  It was for the longest time "ma" but now I rarely hear it.  We also think that you say "baby", "Hi", "Hey".  I also think that you make a noise to sounds like an elephant and kitty.
*You survived another ear infection.  Thank goodness we took you to the dr. when we did so that you didn't end up with a double infection.  Once you had medicine, you started to get so much better right away.
*You eat anything that we give you.  We are trying to get you to use a sippy cup.  I think that you are being stubborn and don't want to give it a try.  This is the third time that we have tried it, you'll get it eventually.
*After lots of working with you, you can now scoot across the room on your belly and stand with assistance.  You also get on all fours and will stay there a few seconds.  All of these things started happening within a few days and we are so excited to see you develop these skills.
*You can wave but only when it is you and me.  You don't do it on command but again, I know that you will eventually do it to everyone!