Wheels on the Bus

We've been teaching Gracie the "Wheels on the Bus" song. The verse she tries to help out on is "The babies on the bus go wah, wah, wah." Here it is. I love how she takes time in the middle of her whining to sing. This makes me laugh so hard!

It's a Zoo Around Here

Yes, I know. You are probably asking yourself, "Is she even doing the blog anymore?" Well, truth be told, this has not been a very easy summer for us. We feel like we have been running non-stop. Between John working 10-hour days and me now teaching 4 nights a week (b/c another teacher got another job so I had to take over his class for the rest of the summer), something had to give....and it was the blog. (Ok, it was also not putting any laundry away for about 3 weeks. Hey, if it makes it out of the dryer and into a basket, it's still clean.) Don't get me wrong, we are still very thankful that we are busy and healthy and employed. However, it's hard to watch everyone else go on vacation when the stress level around our house seems to be growing.

Anyway, I am going to try to sit down this weekend and post some pics from the last month and a half. Until then, I will leave you with one of my favorite pics. We were very fortunate to be able to take Gracie to the Greenville Zoo with some friends. She really enjoyed walking around and exploring. She particularly loved looking at the cages with the exotic birds. Here is one of her trying to climb a fence in front of some bird cages. Man, she is getting so big!

Hello?

Gracie loves to pretend to talk on the phone. She has perfected her "L" sound this week, and I LOVE the way she says "Hello." Enjoy.

I've Got Rhythm

Gracie loves to dance to anything that has a beat. In fact, the funniest thing happened the other day. Our washing machine got off balance during the spin cycle and was making this loud noise. When it started, Gracie started dancing like it was a beat to a song.

Here are some bits and pieces of Gracie dancing to some Jazzercise songs. Sorry it's choppy, but I cut out the boring parts.

Interview with a Toddler

What has happened? My little girl is no longer a baby! She started saying chair yesterday, which was really surprising. She got the "ch" sound pretty quickly.

Here is Gracie doing some of her animal noises. She knows a good bit, but this was all I could get her to do. Her dog impression is actually fairly accurate (due to the fact that our dog doesn't bark but gets really excited and moves her head up and down).

Baby, Baby, Baby

Boy, I'm in the mood to post today! Gracie has a baby doll that she will pat on the back and say, "My baby" because that's what I do to her. I love the way she says "baby." I shot this in the car with my camera really quickly the other day. I just think it's cute.

Falling Down on the Job

Now that Gracie is walking, she is starting to get some "battle scars." She had a pretty nasty fall this morning when she tripped on a toy and did a header into the ottoman. She was so upset; she must have wailed for 10 minutes! She hit her chin and then fell so that her face scraped down the ottoman. She has a big red scrape on her chin and two little ones on her forehead. She even has a little one under her nose. (I have to say, the picture doesn't do them justice. It looks worse in person.)

I know it comes with the territory, but I hate that moment when I see a fall coming and I know that I can't react quick enough to stop it.