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!