New meaning for old words...

Grace has her own special way of asking us to pick her up these days. Instead of saying 'up' like any other kid would...Grace comes over to us, raises her arms and says 'Come here'. We figure it's because of the many times a day that we tell her to come here and then we pick her up. For the longest time she would only say those words to the dog, but now she's learned to whistle at Millie (no actual whistling sound is involved..she just blows air in Millie's general direction) so she uses 'Come here' for us now! Silly girl :) I just love her!

Uncle Josh

Just in case Grace reads this blog someday...I want to post what her Uncle Josh said about her on Facebook yesterday!

Josh Thebirdman Crum
"I love my niece

She mimics me when I say "come here""

And it is absolutely true! She does repeat "come here" whenever he says it. Whether he knows it or not, he is a role model to my baby girl. I pray that he will live a Godly life, and that she will mimic that as well!

Rainy Days

With all the rain we've been having lately, half of Fort Wayne is under water. Ok, I exaggerate a little...but it's pretty soggy up here! As we were driving home yesterday, Grace was being pretty quiet...which is unusual. She normally talks our ears off or cries since she hates the carseat. Then Seth drove through a pretty decent sized puddle that splashed a whole lot of water on the right side of the car and Grace immediately says "Whoa!"!

This made me remember how much I used to love it when my dad would drive through puddles and spray water!

Feed the Baby...

Grace is fascinated these days by pictures of herself. She carries them around and talks to it as if it can actually understand what she's saying! She hates the camera these days...I know this because she immediately stops what she's doing when I pull it out and starts running away...but I was able to get this video anyways since she was trapped in her high chair! I love this little girl!

Tooth

Grace has a new tooth! She's only had two teeth on the bottom for the longest time and six on the top...I wondered if she would ever get more bottom teeth! I thought she would get her back teeth on the bottom before she got any more front teeth because her gums are so swollen in the back, but then I looked last night and there was a little tooth poking through :) Now I'm just praying that it doesn't go back into the gums again like several of her others have!
She's a pretty decent teether...no uncontrollable crying or anything like that. She just sleeps a LOT, doesn't eat as much and is a bit more clingy than normal. The clingy part is when I know the tooth is coming soon...because if you know my daughter, you know that she's the most independent little toddler ever! Sitting calmly on someones lap just isn't her style. She'd rather run around telling others what to do :)

Easter 2013

It's a bit of a struggle (as you can tell) to get this little girl
to look at the camera!

 

Trying to talk Gramps into sharing his lunch...

We had such a fun time in Kentucky for Easter with the Kilty's this year! It's so fun to see Grace and Harrison play together. They're both growing up way too fast!

Happy Monday!

We're really looking forward to summer days where we can play outside!!
Picture courtesy of Grammy 3.31.13