Playing House

A BIG Thank You to The Rogers Family!  They gave Gracie this really cute Fisher Price 2-sided House.  She loves opening/closing the door, looking through the window, watching me turn the lights on and off, & listening to the music.  It is such a neat little house.  I know she will get hours and hours of enjoyment playing with this!

Knock-knock!  Whose there?

Nite Nite

Gracie is now 7 months and wakes up 2-3 times at night.  I have always gone into her room for just about every little whimper I've heard over the monitor.  She will eat while she's half asleep for 5-10 minutes and falls right back to sleep for another 2-3 hours.  She's never been the type of baby that we've had to pace the halls with or rock to get her to sleep.  I tell myself we are very lucky because she really is a happy, good baby and only cries when she wants something.  

However, 7 months waking up 2-3 times at night even for just a few minutes each time has taken its toll on me.  So, after searching the internet....I found a wonderful website on teaching your baby to sleep through the night.  It's called Sleep Sense.  I have struggled with and have flat out avoided the theory or philosophy of letting babies/children "cry it out".  After reading through the program, I decided that it was time for Gracie to "learn" how to fall asleep on her own and that we would be there along the way.  

It hasn't been easy!  There have been tears - both from her and me!   But we are making progress.  I haven't been able to fully commit to it because Gracie got a cold last week and I just can't stand to see her upset when she doesn't feel good.  So, I am happy to report that we are both getting several more hours of uninterrupted sleep.  She's not sleeping all the way through the night yet, but I'm sure she will be soon!  Here's pictures from a week ago when we started.  

Gracie hearts her Daddy!  

After falling asleep on her own!

Buddy, Baby, a Bow & Babbling

Gracie is feeling a little better today after her shots from yesterday.  Poor girl has big red knots on both of her hips where she got the shots.  :-(

Tucker (our Buddy) and Gracie in the backyard.

It's kind of ridiculous but I've been waiting and waiting to put a bow in her hair!   I know I'm silly for doing it, but I think she's so cute with it on the top of her head.  Don't worry, I won't put a bow in her hair again until she really has hair!  I just thought you'd get a giggle like I did.

Do you think she'll be mad at me when she grows up?  Wonder if she'll say...."why in the world did you put that bow in the little bit of hair I had?"

Cute video clip:

Nice tights

Hehe!!!  Just tell me how cute are these tights?  

Have I mentioned how much we love Graice?  

Let me just tell you - 

We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this little girl!  

Gracie had her wellness check-up today.  We had to push back her 6 month appt because we were in South Carolina.  She's now almost 7 months old and here are her stats:

19 lbs, 11 oz (95th percentile)

27 3/4 inches long (95th percentile)

Which means..."she's growing like a weed" according to her doctor.  

She got 3 shots and has had a very fussy evening. Poor baby - we hate seeing her so upset.  She's sleeping in Mommy and Daddy's bed tonight for a little extra cuddling!

Just Playin'

I hope you enjoy watching Gracie play.  She's so funny with her screeching and babbling.  I'd love to know what she's thinking about!

Close Crawl?

I think our world is about to change!!!  Miss Gracie will be crawling soon.  She is getting very confident with going from sitting to leaning down onto her hands and moving her legs behind her.  She usually ends up on her belly and is much better about hanging out on her tummy without getting too upset.  I think with just a little more practice she's going to be on the move very soon. 

Are we ready for this???  I guess we don't really have a choice.  It's so bittersweet watching our little baby grow up right before our eyes.  

Crib Cutie

Playing in her crib.   

So much personality!

Gotta love those blue eyes!