Sunday - Such a Good Girl

Gracie had a good night, although she was a little congested. She ended up sleeping most of it with her head laying on my stomach. This was fine until my bladder filled up. She was a snuggly girl. She awoke in a great mood and that was the theme for the day. Gracie was good for church and was just a happy girl. Jeff was gone all morning for his church services, so it gave us some good one on one time to work on skills. We did a lot of reading and singing.

Gracie came across three stuffed dogs that I had in a toy box tote downstairs that she hadn't seen before. She is in love with these dogs. She loves to carry them around. They are a good size and it was so comical to watch her this morning trying to carry all three around at once. She was bound and determined to do it. She would get two in her hands and then go for the third one and then one of the first two would fall. She worked at this for a good long time. I thought she would get frustrated over time, but she didn't. She just kept at it til she got all three.

Gracie ate a good lunch and then took her only nap for the day...that was only 45 minutes long. Then we headed to the shoe store as I discovered her toe was at the end of her shoes. So we got some new shoes for Gracie and headed to Best Buy. While daddy was researching technology, Gracie and I roamed the store. She was so proud of her shoes, she would walk down the aisle, then stop and touch her new shoes, then get up and walk some more and then down again to touch her new shoes. She was good as gold in the store and was thrilled to see the piano keyboards. Gracie has a great love of pianos. With all the threat of H1N1 going around and the holidays and a funeral coming up, I didn't want her touching anything so as not to pick up germs on her hands (especially since she is a thumbsucker), I didn't let her touch anything. She was really good with that and enjoyed looking.

Then we headed to Culvers and got a frozen custard treat, but I think we gave her more than her little system should have had and her tummy was bothering her a bit. Gracie has never been able to process cow's milk very well, we don't think it is an all out allergy, we know it's not lactose intollerance, so we're not sure what it is, but we try not to give her too much of that kind of stuff.

Gracie was full of kisses and hugs all day. She is becoming more and more affectionate. It's so much fun to be sitting on the floor and have her come give me a hug and a kiss.

Gracie was overtired tonight and had a hard time falling asleep. Now that she is asleep, she seems peaceful.

Have a great week.

Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie