Our littlest girl has had another month pass by- and this is the month that Gracie decided to be on the move! She started army crawling April 24 and continues to get better each day! Though she isn't moving super fast yet, she quickly flips down to her belly when she is sitting so she can be on the go. This has been good for her, but her sister is not a huge fan as her toys have now been invaded. :)
I took lots of pictures of Grace this month as I was experimenting with a different camera setting- and obviously she cooperates much more than my other subject. :) Not sure what I'm going to do now since she wants to take off all the time!
We adore those legs so much. :)
And I love a ruffly bottom on a little baby. :)
Gracie did several other new things this month in addition to her crawling. She started to wave, first with her fingers, then with her whole hand. However, she doesn't like to do it on command, particularly in front of other people. :) She also has started to clap a little bit, which happened more as the result of her waving her hands together wildly!
Her smile resembles her sisters more and more the older she gets, especially since she has now started to do a cheesy smile like Bella! She scrunches up her noses and makes a little sniffing sound just like Bella did when she was a baby. :) So sweet!
Grace is still quite a vocal baby and can be very loud in her jabberings. She hasn't said any new syllables, just dadada, babababa, and yayaya. No mamama yet. :( She also makes a high pitched scream and growls! We noticed this month as well that she recognizes her name and will turn to us when we say Grace.
Such beautiful blue eyes. :)
Here is little missy on her seven month birthday!
A big giant smile!
However, not many people get to see Grace's big smiles. Gracie is very aware of when she is around somebody new- ie anybody other than Mommy, Daddy, or Bella. She STARES people down and will not crack a smile! This was something everybody remembered of Bella when she was a baby, but we think that Grace stares even more. It's pretty funny, but too bad that not many people get to see her beautiful smile!
The thing that helped Grace decide to crawl the most was being enticed by Bella's toys. Grace absolutely LOVES Bella's stuff- of course. So every day during Bella's nap, we practiced crawling by setting up Bella's dolls all around. And it worked! However, that led to some problems since Grace then wanted those toys when Bella was up. :) But Gracie loves whatever big sister has! She is also obsessed with laying on Bella's bed. No idea why, but she is crazy up there- rolling all over and smiling and giggling.
This was one of my favorite outfits from when Bella was a baby. Gracie didn't get to wear it as it was still too big for her during the winter season- but I had to take a picture of her in it. :)
Gracie has always been very good at playing with her toys by herself for quite some time. I can definitely see how the second child is more content just because they have to be! However, she is now entering the stage of crying whenever I leave the room or go out of her sight. Darn. :(
I think I have mentioned before that Grace is a very content little girl. She still definitely is, but she also has been showing a very fierce little temper- as in she will totally flip out if she has something taken from her or while getting her clothes changed. She doesn't calm down easily either as she wants you to know that she is good and mad! Like her sister (and possibly her mommy...) she is very persistent in what she wants and will not be told otherwise.
Mmmm, chewing on her favorite favorite things. :) Apparently we'll need to buy her own princess dolls for her birthday.
And maybe some of Bella's shoes?
Here she is exhibiting the army scoot and crawl outside. :)
One of my favorite times with Grace is when I nurse and rock her to sleep at night- she is so sweet and snuggly then, so I wanted Daddy to take a picture of that. However, missy spied Daddy during snuggle time and gave him some big smiles. :)
But she settled back down into love mode- she plays with my face and "talks" to me. I love it. :) Nothing better than snuggling a little baby! The baby stage may be how Derek gets me to have lots of kids. :)
We introduced Grace to puffs this month- don't know why we hadn't done that sooner! She did very well with them and was actually able to put them in her mouth by herself.
However, in the past few weeks, feeding Grace has been a big pain. She spits out nearly every bite of food- and not because she doesn't like it. Rather, it is just a little game for her. Not one Mommy is a fan of as food gets EVERYWHERE. Hopefully this phase will end sooner rather than later!
Yes, this is typical- a plethora of baby toys lying around her, and she is chewing on the mermaids tail. Sigh.
Another absolute favorite of Grace's is Tommy. She seriously adores that cat. Whenever she spies him, she gets the BIGGEST smile on her face- and now she starts to take off after him to pull on his fur! Bella wasn't around Tommy too much when she was a baby, so we'll see if Tommy likes Grace like he does Bella- may not since he may be the recipient of some fur yanking. :)
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