Nothing Small About Grace!

6/8/2010
Gracie,
Oh my goodness sweet Grace – you are so wonderful! As Daddy said the other day, there is nothing small about our little Gracie – she is big on the height charts and she has a big personality! You are so naturally happy and joyful and it is a blessing to everyone around you! You have bouncing ringlet curls that look too perfect and adorable to be natural, but they are all yours babe! You have the most beautiful eyes, and little round cherry cheeks that bounce when you laugh. You are so adorable!!! Your personality is so incredibly engaging, you are already so savvy at manipulation (which is a skill mommy hopes you learn to use for good in the world).

You are most definitely in the toddler stage. You are fearless and sometimes defiant. You like to run away from us, or generally in any direction we don’t want you to. You are into hitting and sometimes biting – ouch.

A funny story, the other day you and I were in a fancy baby store, and you were running away from me and I kept catching you and bringing you back next to me. One of the times you ran away you ran into a woman – and then you started whacking her with your hitting – she looked at you in shock, and rather than shy away when you discovered it wasn’t me – you just gave her a little smirk grin that said “ha ha lady, you don’t scare me!” Too funny baby girl.

You are just my wild little angel. You definitely worry me. I have had to put baby locks on all of the outdoor doors, as you and Clayton try to tag team open the doors and escape our home. You also have some sort of natural honing device inside you (it is hereditary, as your brother did this too) that sends you running straight for the street whenever you get a chance – if we are at a park, for example. We will harness and bridle some of that wild spirit and wrangle it and use it for the greater good! That is my hope and prayer for you, sweet child.

You are still my sweet baby girl, and sometimes still seem like a baby to me when you suck your thumb and say “hold you” when you want me to hold you, and say “night night” when you want me to take you upstairs and rock you to sleep.


We recently went on a trip to Uncle Dan and Aunt Jenna’s wedding. On the way down we stayed at a few hotels, and you and Daddy snuggled in one bed while Mommy and Clayton snuggled in the other. Little Emma slept in her co-sleeper right beside Mommy. You and Daddy looked so sweet cuddled up together!