I forgot to tell Gracie that she could sleep in this morning, so she was up bright and early at 6:00 a.m. We got up and started the day with cinnamon rolls and juice. This is Gracie's ultimate favorite breakfast. Then after baths and showers, daddy went to band practice and Gracie and I headed to the bridal store to try on her flowergirl dress that had just arrived. Gracie was at her social best. By the time we left, she had the owner and three sales staff treating her to hot pink bangle bracelets, letting her type on their computers behind the counter, and holding onto the store keys.
From there we headed to the mall, where Gracie did an awesome job. We didn't even take the wheelchair in, she walked herself and did great. She is in love with almost all of the mannequins, but specifically the one with blue hair and the other one with purple hair. She loved holding their hands too. She informed me that these big colorful hanging lights in one store were "balloons". After we were all done shopping, we decided to share a non-dairy Raspberry crush smoothie. Gracie is getting great at drinking out of a straw and pretty much decided this smoothie was hers. Once in a while if I begged, I got a drink out of it.
We headed home to have a late lunch, but Gracie was almost too tired to do more than nibble. We declared it nap time and Gracie fell asleep almost instantly. She slept for 2-1/2 hours. I joined her for part of that time. She awoke in the best mood and after a snack we headed outside for a walk. She notices EVERYTHING. She loves the birds and trees. Tonight she stopped at a house and as I was trying to urge her along she said "kitty". Sure enough there was a kitty lounging in front of the house. I asked her what the kitty said and she answered "Meow". We had to stand and watch the kitty for a long time. I noticed tonight as we walked Gracie was jabbering as she usually does, but tonight most of her jabber were actual words, I just had to listen close to catch them all.
Gracie is getting so good at understanding what we say and she is starting to love looking out our front window and observing everything outside. She's getting quite good at following directions too...when she wants to that is.
Gracie ate a good supper and was happy all evening long. She also got to watch a Barney DVD, which is her new favorite and she fusses and cries when it is over. She loves the song "silly hats" and when I put a silly hat on her head, she loves it even more. She also got to watch "Sid the Science Kid". At the beginning of the show, each of the four kids do some dance moves. She now imitates their dance moves.
The other thing that Gracie has started doing is winking. She can't do it with just one eye...but she initiates it. This morning she was sitting on my lap and we were in the rocking chair just snuggling. All of a sudden she sat up, looked at me and winked. It was priceless.
The day started out with Gracie being daddy's girl and turned into her being mommy's girl. She is very opinionated about who she wants and when.
Gracie got to stay up later tonight and was such a good girl for the whole evening. It was a rewarding and fun day.
Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie
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