Putt-Putt Princess

Gracie got her first putt-putt experience this weekend. Her presence definitely made the game more, um, interesting. She did look adorable holding her club, which she held for about 30 seconds. She really loved playing with the golf balls. (That's her Uncle Patrick helping her get her ball out of the hole. I think she is so cute when she squats and pokes her little butt out.)

By the way, if you notice she is wearing (GASP) a UGA outfit, it was in honor of her uncle Michael's graduation from UGA earlier that day.

Sittin' Pretty

We came across this ADORABLE armchair for Gracie at Target. She loved it! People walking by even stopped and commented on how cute she looked in it. I had John snap a quick pic with his phone. We wanted to get it, but it cost $80!!

Monkeying Around

Gracie loves taking a bath, and she loves her monkey towel.

She's Walking!!

Finally, Gracie took her first steps this week! She is still very cautious, but she is already starting to become more confident with her walking. She will walk from John to me and vice versa or from the furniture to one of us. Gracie is definitely getting excited about her new-found independence. She pitched a fit for us to let her walk around Wal-Mart holding our hands instead of sitting in the cart. (The crazy thing is that after the joy of seeing her take her first steps wore off, I got really sad because she's growing up entirely too quickly. Seeing your children grow up seems so bittersweet sometimes.) Anyway, here is some footage of our (it's official) "toddler."

Grin and Bear It

Ok, this is one of my favorite pieces of video from our Charleston trip. We went to Charles Towne Landing and they had a small animal park there. We were really lucky that a bear came right up to the fence where we were. Listen for Gracie (with her Southern twang) saying hey to the bear. Also, I like her response when I ask her what a bear says.

Chocolate!!!!

The result of Gracie's first chocolate Easter bunny...

Down in the Low Country

We were so blessed to have an awesome vacation to Charleston this past week. We saw tons of stuff and I took over 400 pictures!!! Gracie got to experience the beach for the first time, and we got to go to places like Fort Sumter and Patriots Point (where we got to get on a submarine and aircraft carrier).

I have so many pictures from last week. Here are some of my favorites.