HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Hoping all the father's out there had a wonderful day!  Father's day started for Chris on Friday.  He took Gracie to daycare for "doughnuts for daddy".  They all had doughnuts together, and Chris and Gracie had a great time.  The picture of Chris in a baseball cap was the one I took on their way there.  Gracie & Thor gave their daddy a Texas Tech under armour shirt and a ball marker for his beloved golf games.  Of course Gracie felt she needed to open the card and presents for her daddy, but Chris loved that too.  We of course tried the shirt on her and she thought that was very fun, she loves her raiders!!!  This weekend has been a very restful father's day weekend for Chris, but boy oh boy has it been eventful for Gracie.  Sometime in the last couple of days she chipped her left front tooth.  It's not extremely noticeable, but none the same we've tried very hard to figure out when this happened, with no result.  It doesn't appear to bother her, but I of course feel horrible.  I of course called Jolene immediately because we were clueless what to do.  OK, I was panic'd and Chris was just shaking his head at me.  Jolene of course calmed me down, as well as busted on me a bit (what are friends for, ha ha).  Also, she busted her face on a bookshelf in the patio room, this weekend.  Oh the joys of learning to walk and the poor dear have the gracefulness of her mother (NOT)!!!  

Just random cuteness!

I take about 10 new pictures a day, nope not kidding, I'm a bit obsessed with photographing our sweet girl!  So, though I'd share a few with me that are just silly and sweet.  The one of her posing makes me laugh.  She will be taking her steps that she is getting so good at, and when she falls, she goes into a different pose each time.  She might do a supermodel pose like the one you see, or she might lay completely down in exhaustion, or pop right back up.  It's just always something new with her.  She makes us laugh constantly, and yes she knows she has us completely whooped.  Also are some sweet pics with Gracie and her Gammy!  Plus, while Gammy was here we went to get our first official foot size and our first official pair of tennis shoes.  We have been a bit slow in the shoe department, because she is like her mom and likes to be barefoot.  She has realized that she can make alot more noise when she has her shoes on though, so she's taking to them better.  Oh, an exciting update.  After the first night of her screaming her guts outs at bedtime, she is doing fabulous.  She may fuss a little when we put her down for night night, but then she goes to sleep and has been sleeping all night (knock on wood)!  She is also adjusting to daycare slowly. She is getting the hang of napping on her nap mat (it's adorable, I'll have to take a pic of her on it) and the new nap time, and doing better with the big people food.  She still rips my heart out when she hollers and cries for me when I drop her off, but everyone tells me this is normal at that age (still makes me feel like a horrible mean mommy)!

Clean my pearly whites!

I had no idea you have to start brushing your child's teeth so early in life, and was very seriously doubting this was feasible.  Call me a liar because Gracie took to it pretty well.  Now she doesn't just open up wide and let me go to town with the toothbrush, but she thinks it's pretty fun.  She especially loves when I get my toothbrush and show her how its done.  She then proceeds to grab mine and try to copy me.  This was our first experience with brushing her teeth and of course we have to document it!  Yes I know you're thinking I could have taken 1 or 2, but how freakin cute is she, I must take multiple shots!!!

I'M ONE!!!!

There were way too many birthday pictures to choose from so thought her birthday needed it's own spot.  She had a fabulous day and fought sleep like a champ.  We had bought an adorable onsie, bloomer and tutu set and she was a show off with her tutu on.  It was very hard to say goodbye to our Childress & Brownwood family and our Nana and Colpa.  We wish we were all closer!  The picture in the crib was the first picture taken of her as soon as she woke up on her birthday.  She was so happy when she woke up and obviously knew it was her birthday!  I cannot believe she is already one, my how time flies when you're having fun!

WE'RE BACK!

We've been out of the world of internet due to changing providers, which meant no blogging.  Sorry, but we're back!  Chris and I decided we should still get yall caught up with the many adventures of Grace Cox, so here we go.  She is standing on her own, walking while holding things, as well as walking some steps on her own.  She is getting her booty a workout though, as she falls often.  She has changed rooms in daycare so she is getting to do more things, such as color, learn songs, etc.  She is not completely sold on daycare like she was in the beginning, but we're hoping and praying she gets on board.  She cries so hard when I leave her and it breaks my heart, but I know that is normal, but doesn't make it hurt any less.  They are also changing her nap time, which is proving to be very difficult for us all.  She is still very passionate about her pacifier, as you'll see it's in many pictures, but hey we'll work on that one at a later date.  Her game is to see how many pacifiers she can find, and then carry them all around with her.  We got scolded by our Pediatrician as we haven't taken her off bottles completely, so we are trying.  She is down to the bedtime one.  Bedtime, we also got scolded for this as we are softies and haven' t been letting her cry it out, which means we have begun that too.  She cried the first night for 1 1/2 hours straight.  OMG, it was so hard to listen and do nothing.  The next night she cried for a few minutes and that was it (we're not so naive to think that's that, but hey we can dream).  She is still babbling and saying her own things.  She is going to be a master manipulator, we're already seeing.  She totally knows the word "no" and when she hears it she smiles and puts on the charm with her precious little laugh.  We try very hard to be strong and not laugh (doesn't always work) and stand our ground.  She is such a player, she knows she has us wrapped!  We are of course now a year old and she had a fabulous party and loved all her friends and family that came to be with her.  She had many celebrations during her birthday month, and it took her four tries to devour a birthday cake.  She has 8 teeth now, four on top and four on bottom, and let me tell you from experience do not get your finger near those chompers, she knows how to use them.  I'm sure I'm missing mounds more, but that's a good start.  If you'd like to see her 1 yr pics our friend Vinda took (she's fabulous) then go to her website www.pictureperfectphotography.smugmug.com and you will see that Gracie's picture and just click on that to see them all.  We'd love to hear what you think our little ham!