Saturday, 9/18

Hi All - Let's see, what's new to report.  Gracie is doing so well. She has everyone doing pretty much as she pleases.  Had our first shower the  other night and that was pretty exciting. Her favorite place is outside and just like the boys, sand falls out of her shoes and clothes when I change her. So much for the cute little outfits staying clean. She typically pitches a bit of a fit when we bring her in.  Yesterday she was chasing the ducks and chickens w/ the chocolate lab, Snickers, as an accomplice.  Right now she is being chased by Josh and Zach and laughing so hard, she can't breath.   She has slept w/o waking me one time the past two nights. We are anxious to get her into the specialist and find out what the plan will be for her palate surgery.  My guess is that they will want to do the surgery sooner rather than later.  I keep hoping that somehow it will close on its own but I don't think that will be the case.  She says a variety of things but not very regularly. She seems to say, "bye", "ow", "mom", and I think she said "more" the other day.  We taught her to sign "more", which was probably a mistake because I'm usually signing "done" and she just keeps pointing to her hand... "more".  She understands almost anything we say, if you just show her once - like "hot" or "put on your socks" or "no, no, no, no, no, no, no!"  She has gained some weight & is filling out with a little of that toddler pudge that she should have.  Like any 2 year old I guess, one day she loves something and the next day gives it the big frown.  The other night I tried sweet potatoes on her (all dressed up w/ butter, sugar, and salt). She took a big bite and out of the corner of my eye I saw this orange glob go flying across the counter.  I had to turn away because it was hilarious. Take care all - Sorry, I can't figure out how to make this blog site send a message out when I post so if anyone knows how to do that, email me!