New Words of the Week: I'm just gonna jump right in. Some of them were "rock" (wwwwok!), "couch" (towps--she makes it much harder than it needs to be), "Roo" (as in, Kanga's
baby), "Eeyore" (i-ore), and all the other characters from her Winnie the Pooh phone. On Saturday, since it was her 21-month "birthday," I decided to make a list of all her words and phrases as of 21 months, and I stopped after writing about 120. I know she has a lot more, though, 'cause I keep hearing her say things and I think, "Oh yeah, I forgot that one!" Crazy, huh? I guess what she lacks in stature, she makes up for in vocabulary!
Funny story: We were out taking a stroll and she found some big rocks that intrigued her. I said, "rock" and she repeated "rock" and bent down to touch one of them. When she stood up, she started rocking back and forth and saying, "rock!" I was impressed that she made that connection! :)
New Food of the Week (and Grace's reaction): Popcorn. A couple weeks ago we sang "Popcorn Popping" for the opening song in FHE, and we realized we had never sung it to her before. (And we call ourselves good Latter-day Saints!) Anyway, she loved it and made us sing it over and over again, while she did the actions (well, mostly the "popping" gesture). Then, a couple days later, we gave her some popcorn and she loved that too. She kept asking for more and opening and closing her hands, and I couldn't figure out why she was saying popcorn and signing "milk," but then I remembered singing that song to her, and it all made sense.
Warning: Bare baby midriff!
New Injury of the Week: I took Grace to an ophthalmologist last week to get her eyes checked. We weren't concerned about anything--her doctor just had us take her to make sure there weren't any problems, since we have some family history of various eye troubles. She checked out fine, and the doctor said her eyes look great! Anyway, while we were there they dilated her eyes, and the doc said sometimes it throws off balance/coordination a bit. We went to the waiting room to allow her eyes to dilate, and as she was playing with some toys she turned around kind of quickly and fell. Unfortunately, as she fell her head hit the side of the metal toy basket. So sad! She cried for a few minutes, but then noticed the other people watching her, and she stopped crying so she could continue entertaining them. The show must go on, after all! :)
Dilated pupils!
Fun Times of the Week: We got to have Gracie's friend, Jenna, over one morning this week, and we had TONS of fun with her. She's such a cute little girl, although I think Gracie came on a little strong for her tastes. I tried to find toys for Jenna to play with, and as I showed each one to Jenna, Gracie would come over and take it from me. It wasn't even jealousy--it was more like, "Oh yeah, I forgot about that toy--I'll take that one!" Finally, about the 4th or 5th toy, Gracie let Jenna play with it. Here are some pictures of the 2 cuties:
May we help you?
Drinking their "wawa" together
What a cutie!
Author's Note: Have I ever mentioned that I absolutely LOVE Gracie? Probably not. Anyway, I do. And lately she's becoming so much more affectionate, and I'm just soaking it up. She'll just put her arms up and say, "Up, up!" and when I pick her up she gives me a kiss and a hug (complete with pats on the back). She is the sweetest baby, and I'm so glad we got her even though she teaches us WAY more than we teach her! Here are a couple of my favorite pictures of her and me from this week.
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