And She's Off...

In the past month Gracie has started turning into a little girl. It is so hard to believe how much she has learned since gracing us with her presence in October!

We recently bought her a "big girl" rocking chair for the living room. The first time she sat it in, she just rocked away... right out of the seat. It was hard not to laugh! Thankfully I think the crying was more from fright because she got right back in it and started rocking again.

Grace has learned to crawl in her own special way: one knee on the ground and the other in the air with her foot on the ground. Even though it's not as fast as traditional crawling, she's learned to get around pretty quickly like this! It is so fun to watch her crawl throughout the room to explore. She now loves to crawl under the barstools and play. So far she hasn't gotten into any cabinets, but I am sure that is only a matter of time. Which means...we are behind on baby-proofing!

This is one of my new favorite picture of Grace

Grace is also learning to pull herself up. So far she's only done it completely on her own a few times, but she is getting better at it every day. Grace can also take baby steps along our coffee table while she's standing. She walked from one side all the way to the other and back the other day, which makes me wonder how long we have before she's walking or running all over the place.

Playing with a ball is one of Grace's new tricks. One evening Trinity was tossing a plush toy block to her while she was in her exersaucer, and she kept dropping it on the ground next to him. He figured it would be a good time to start playing toss, so he kept tossing it her way, and she kept dropping it back down. I think she would have played forever if he hadn't quit after a while! Then a week later, Trinity was on the ground with Grace and rolled a ball to her. After a few tries, she finally rolled it back to him!



This month we also bought Grace a rocking giraffe. So far she hasn't decided whether or not she likes to sit on it, but I can only imagine that she's learn to love it as her balance while standing up improves. As well as rocking, it also plays four songs about the alphabet, counting, shapes and colors.