Sunday - A Few of Her Favorite Things

Gracie had a great night and also had a great day. It was a day of favorite things:

• Gracie got to go for a couple of walks outside with mommy & daddy. She loves to play "stop" and "go" when we are walking. Today she unexpectedly announced "go"!
• Snuggling with mommy. Gracie took a 30 minute nap this morning and when she awoke was cranky. So I picked her up and we half sat up in bed snuggling. She fell back to sleep for another hour with mommy holding her.
• Piggyback rides with daddy. She got many of those today. She marches up to Jeff's back and climbs on.
• A wheelchair ride. Gracie loves going for strolls with her wheelchair. Many of the sidewalks are torn up on our regular route, so we have to "off road" on the bumpy lawns and grass. Gracie loves the thrill of the bumpy ride.
• Ketchup. Gracie ate a huge supper of a chicken patty-dipped in lots of ketchup. She also had tater tots with lots of ketchup. I do think she ate her veggies without ketchup though.
• Bananas, as long as mommy doesn't cut them up. Gracie loves bananas and loves it when she gets a whole half to eat by herself. Tonight her face lit up when I asked her if she wanted a banana while her supper was cooling. She was getting anxious as I was unpeeling it and said "nana".
• Walking mommy & daddy around the house. She loves to take mommy and daddy for walks around the house. She has to be holding both of our hands.
• Ring around the rosie. Introduced to Gracie by Auntie Sheila, Gracie has become quite the pro at this. She even falls down at the appropriate times.
• Rootbeer. Mom and Dad split a rootbeer at supper time. Gracie felt left out and insisted she get some too. Yummy!!!
• Gymbo. Gracie loves her VHS videotape of Gymbo going to the zoo. Great music and sometimes does some of the hand movements. Please don't let our VCR die.
• Helping mommy with laundry. Gracie opens and shuts the dryer door between handfuls of laundry that mommy is throwing in from the washer.
• Reading books. We read many of them today.
• Smiles. Gracie had lots of them today. :)

We have many more favorite things, but this about captures today's fun. Gracie is sleeping - she needs her rest for the week ahead.

Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie