I've not updated the blog for a long time and boy is there a lot to catch yall up on!  Chris and I celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary and had such a great time.  We went to a songwriter showcase with another couple, Cyd & Val, and it was such a cool event.  We've also begun a remodel on our hall bathroom, had many trees and stumps cleared from the backyard, and just gave the go ahead for the bamboo to be dug up and cement slab to be poured in the backyard.  Work is crazy as ever, Thor is still the protector of us all, Chris's mom, sister and brother visited since the last post, and Gracie has begun to stand and trying to walk.  She has finally gotten her front two teeth, she has 8 teeth in all now, her hair is finally growing, and she has become so expressive.  She loves to give kisses, wrinkle her nose at pucker her lips at you, say mama and dada and some other things we've yet to figure out, as well as terrorize Thor.  Her sleeping is either or bad, but Chris is so helpful with that now that she is on a bottle full time.  We're gearing up for her first birthday party.    I cannot believe she is 11 months old, where has this year gone?