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!