Happy 16 months!!!

Grace turned 16 months on Tuesday! It feels like she has been here forever. I have to keep reminding myself she has only been with us for 3 1/2 months. Things this week seem so much better with Grace. She isn't crying when I leave the room. She watches me and will either come along or stay put. The "pulling my pants down" routine hasn't happened all week :) Her sleep is better, but not perfect. She wakes every night around 1:30, stands and cries until we go in and lay her back down. She goes right back to sleep in a minute or two. We were given the suggestion by the IA therapist to put her in footed pjs. The first night we did it, she slept through the night! But has still been waking once a night since then. Once is much better than 3 or 4! Grace has also been taking my hand and taking me to what she wants, therefore the whining seems much less. She is doing so well and we are so blessed to have her!

What is Grace up to???
*says dog (more mike dau), hot, hi and mama (more like mom mom).
*She has pointed to me and said "mommom" but then points to a picture of the boys and says "mama". Not quite sure yet what is going on with that yet.
*climbs everything (couches, kitchen chairs, etc)
*learned how to go down a step on her butt
*knows exactly where the popsicles are and tries to open the freezer all day
*loves The Wiggles and Zaboomafoo


Grace loves to bend over and look through her legs. She was cracking up the other day when we were all saying hello.

Grace loves her electronics!!!!

Still loves books, but now we only read about 5-6 books a day as opposed to about 30!


Grace only likes the swing if someone stands in front of her. She kicks us, we pretend to fall, she cracks up!


Caught in the act!!!! Grace loves to climb the edge of the stairs and can go up to at least the 3rd step. We are constantly pulling her off or counting to three until she removes herself. When she is in one of her "I want to make you mad" moods, this is one of the first places she goes (besides the oven).

We headed to the park today to try and burn some of Grace's energy off before nap :) We played by the creek, scootered and played at the playgrounds. It is a gorgeous day out!

This would have been a great picture if Nate didn't have the "school photographer head cock" going on!


Grace loves slides and is very determined to walk herself up any slide she comes across. She worked very hard getting herself up the one at the playground today :)