Random Pictures

Here are just some random pictures we have taken in the last week.

Gracie seems to like to play in Willie's bed... poor dog he has to share EVERYTHING!


Willie has finally found someone to give him treats!
and Gracie has discovered Willie likes to eat whatever she drops.

I no longer worm around... I crawl everywhere I go.

Sweet baby Grace ready for bed!

I like to read Mommy's newspaper. (Mommy gets kinda upset at me when I read it... I don't really know why. I take real good care of it, and return it just how I found it.)

9 months old

Gracelyn is 9 months old as of January 6th, 2008.

In the last couple of weeks we have hit some new milestones as far as development goes...

She can now bring herself to the standing positions.

If it is something she can grab onto... she will...

such as chairs...

highchairs...

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her grocery cart walker she got for Christmas... she can make it move too
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and this standing thing can also really get her in trouble...

Marty and I thought we better put this screen in front of the fireplace so she doesn't get burnt accidentally... well it took her about 1 minute to outsmart us on that one!

By 9 months she has also learned to really play with her toys... she pulls them all out of the nice little basket I bought and then goes on to play with something else! The little stinker!

She can also crawl and dance. I can't quite capture the dancing with a photo.... but let me tell you it is the cutest thing ever. She hears the music and then her little legs and bottom start to wiggle and bounce! It is the most adorable thing ever.

Also she has learned her name. When we say it she now turns and looks at us! She can wave bye-bye and clap her hands (she has been doing that for awhile). And lastly, she has gotten Tooth #3, which is a one of her top front teeth! It sure was a bugger to get out.. it causes so much pain and unhappiness for that little gum.

We had our 9 month doctor check-up on Friday. She is only 15lbs 11 oz!!! She is in the 3rd percentile (out of a hundred babies she ranks # 3)... We knew she was petite, but we didn't know she was that petite... So our goal for the next visit (12 months) is to gain some weight.

We can't wait to see what else she learns to do in the next three months... or maybe we can?

Get-togethers with Friends

Marty is part of a Fantasy Football group with 2 of his buddies Nick and Huey. They have been friends since elementry school and have been doing this for years and years. In August the 3 men get together to hold their preseason "draft" and then in January they get together again to hold the "superbowl" and to distribute the earnings to the winning team. Each person has 2 teams (total of 6 teams playing throughout the season) and the entry fee in $20 a team. This year the champain was Huey.... so he also bought the pizza for the superbowl party. The superbowl was hosted at Marty and I's home this year.

Besides eating pizza, playing a little Texa Hold'em, and talking about the great season of FANTASY FOOTBALL we got to meet Nick and Tracy's 2 1/2 month old little boy Sean. After seeing him and holding him I have given Gracie permission to have her first boyfriend! Sean is soo cute! He about matches her with the amount of hair on his head.

(from left to right) Nick, Huey, Gracie, Tracy, and Sean -

Gracie is showing them all how to play with her toys!

The day after Christmas we also got the joy of visiting one of my college friends, Jina, and meeting her little girl, Keala who is about 3 months old. Jina lives in California and was home to see her family for Christmas.

It was lots of fun getting to see her, as I don't get to see her very often =(

Most of the babies we know are boys... so it was a treat to see a baby girl! To think the two are only 6 months apart... boy they sure do change alot this first year... they grow up so fast! Seems like so long ago that Gracie was that small.