Sunday - A Good Day

Gracie had a good night and slept until 7:00 a.m. Then we all went to Jeff's church for Sunday service. Gracie did pretty good. She was content while the music was playing, but as soon as the message was being given, she was ready to depart. So Gracie and I hung out in the back of church for awhile. She was treated to a cookie and that made her smile big time.

After church we came home and took a walk down the street. She loves to walk the sidewalk holding both Jeff and my hand. She gets mad if one of us has to go in the house if she thinks it is family walk time. Then we put her down for a nap. She awoke, had some lunch and was ready to play. We filled her water table on the deck and dressed her in her swimsuit and she had a great time splashing. She has learned to put her face in the water and blow bubbles.

Gracie again told me that her ear hurt today. I may need to have those ears checked again. She had a burst of cognitive skills this weekend. She is signing and now also saying the words "baby" and "tree". She is responding to questions with head nods of "yes" and "no". Today I asked her where mommy's nose is and she pointed to her own. I'll take it...as we have been working with her to identify body parts for months with no success. Other than of course, my belly button, that she is just a little too intrigued with.

Gracie and mommy had a battle of wills at supper tonight. When Gracie didn't get her way, she took her plate of food and batted it to the floor with her hand in anger. Of course she was hungry but had no food. We calmly "talked" about what she had done and she was given another plate of food. Something didn't quite go right and the second plate joined the first. At this point she was in such a state of mind that nothing would have stayed on the table. She is very impatient when she wants to get down from the table, but her punishment was to stay strapped in her booster seat while mommy cleaned up and she couldn't get down until I was done. This was not met with happiness. And we had a pretty rough little while after that. Once we got through that, the night was good.

We played outside and Gracie was in a great mood outdoors, then we let her splash in the tub. Gracie and daddy played on the computer for awhile, then we read books and it was time to go to bed. It was a good day.

Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie