All Good things happening...

Grace was in a new walker at PT this week..

here's the video..

 

you can actually see her pushing herself in it..& taking steps :)

we're so proud of her!

 

 

this is the type we would get at home, I think we'll put in a request next week

to get that started.  It'll be a little tougher for her on carpet..but I think

she'll do great.

(Now to finish getting the house ready for one more 'new' thing.. arghhh...

never enough room!)

 

 

Grace also ate some cheeseballs the other night..

3 to be exact, & this is the proof I have that she ate them:

 

 

And another milestone this week.. Grace can now sit up straight

in store carts! 



 

 

She's such a big girl!  Started Music Together again on Friday mornings & another session of swim classes on Saturday mornings.

 

 

 

Thanks for keeping up!

love,

pattie & gary, Gracie & maxwell

Thankful Thursday!

I'm sure they'll be many many more times..

when Grace is NOT crying during PT or her 'gait trainer' days..

& Mama will be crying for her!!

 

 

I'm soo happy..and proud of our little peanut!!

This video says it all!!

 

 

 

Thank you!

My prayers are being answered!

 

 

Love,

mama!

Milestone Monday!

Grace is getting big fast.. it's amazing what no leaky g-tube will do..

(it's frustrating as well.. because her skin around the area is still red & irritated)..

we'll head to the doctor's this afternoon.

 

Grace is weighing in this morning at

 

20 lbs. 12 oz!!!

YEA!! 

 

She has consistently gaining weight..and her nutritionist is very happy,

as we are!!

 



  In her car at Vevo's..she's actually too tall for it,

but sits in it very well.

This is her Milestone Monday picture..

Grace is standing up on her own (with little support from Daddy) ..

her legs have gotten alot stronger..

 

 

  And after years of needing a new one, we got a new shower head this weekend!  Grace was not very excited last night about it..

she had her first "code brown" in the shower & wasn't liking the water on her.

hopefully she'll like it next time!  Me, I love it!  Like a rain forest..

 

 

 

 

Thanks for keeping up with us!

Love,

pattie & gary, Grace & max

We have a biter!

And a pincher!! And she is not biting food..

Grace has left two bite marks on Daddy, and many

bruises of pinching on Mommy!

(arghhhh!!)

We "sign" no..but not sure that's working..

so 2 minute time outs are going to start!

A pointed finger waved in front of her face as well..

(my mother used to poke us with the same finger.ouch!)

 

 

  And if she totally gets upset..this is the

new boo boo lip we get.. (she usually smiles within seconds)..or cries like in this picture (but that's because Uncle Ross made her cry or sometimes Vevo!)

Finally sits up straight in this very old (at least 16 years old) fisher price chair

that my nephew used to use.. She's still tiny/thin..but she sat in it

pretty good!

 

 

 

 

We see the nutritionist on Monday (next week).. I can't wait

to get her weighed again!

 

 

 

All is well..

We are sure her 2 year molars are still trying to break through..

poor thing..has been a wreck in the early morning sometimes waking

up from sleep.. & in puddles of drool!

 

 

 

 

Thanks for keeping up with us!

love,

pattie & gary, Gracie & maxwell



out of the teens!

Grace has had a wonderful weight increase in the past two weeks..

 

It's official..

she's.... (Drumroll please!)

 

20 lbs. 2 oz!!!

 

 

31" long!!

So that blue/white dress she has on, had to be a shirt.. because it

didn't cover her to her legs.. lol

 

 

 

She had a great eye appointment this week..

she is on the curve for vision.  We go every six months to get checked..

just to make sure everything is okay! (there was never a question,

just because she was premature had some nstagymus & her left

eye turns in a little.. but we'll keep patching & it's getting stronger!!)

 

 

 

And then yesterday, he had an appointment with her pedi surgeon..

still a little red around the gtube area (no leakage though!)

The redness around the tube, is probably because of the stuture

from the old site (that old site is still giving us trouble!)

But.. we are putting steroid cream on it, twice a day!

And back in 6 weeks!

This is the appointment she weighed in at 20 lbs. 2oz!!

 

 

 

Grace is already 25 months old!!  Big girl!

 

 

 

 

Love,

pattie & gary, Grace & maxwell

 



Milestone Monday!

Grace is starting to mimick everything!! My cousins from Canada were down for the weekend, and one of them did 3 claps, and put his arms in the air.. Grace followed suit, almost immediately!!


Today was a special day.. We have a small "feast" (festival) that happens in Town.  It's all weekend long, but today there is a spiritual procession that happens down one of the main streets.  My sister came down with her two kids, who are 3 & 5; and they absolutely LOVE playing with Grace..and she them!  We walked up to the feast for a little bit, and then watched the procession from the street corner.  I remember doing that as a child.. it's a Labor Day weekend tradition.

 Clapping!!

 Emily & Grace!!

Em also played 'ring around the rosie' with Grace.. soo cute!!

 

 

 

 

A shout out to Mr. & Mrs. Foley..

who have been reading about Grace from the very beginning..

and got to meet Grace today in person!!!

I'm happy they finally met her, and her them!

Both retired educators.. they are both wonderful & beautiful people!!

Thank you!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love,

pattie & gary, Gracie & Maxwell



Happy Labor Day Weekend!

I thought you weren't suppossed to work on Labor day! (weekend)

But everyone I talk too is busy getting the house clean, and organized &

the kids ready for school..

Me.. It's almost fall..so I did some cooking!

(much easier to cook when it's not too hot)

Pea soup & grapenut custard pudding!

And it was delicious!

 

 

 

Here are some pictures of the week/weekend..

 We know where Grace got her curls.. Auntie Dalila :) .. This was from last week's visit, when she helped comb out her knots!!

Abby spent the day with us.. she dressed her lil 'sister'..

 

 It's not just about Grace getting big (the picture on the left is this past week with Abby.. & the picture on the right is a year ago!!) BIG GIRLS!!

 

 

Thanks to Auntie Heather & Uncle Ross..this is our new yard swing & slide..

Grace LOVES it!

  Breakfast with mama & dada! She's smiling now for the camera!

And then today we had frozen yogurt for a snack (new place just opened up the street from us).. Grace didn't want any..but she was sitting on dada's lap with her purple

block.. & then plunk! she threw it in dada's ice cream..

It was very FUNNY!!! LOL..

 

 

 

It's been a busy but quiet weekend as well.

Alot of appointments for Grace this week..

first of the month! Hope they all go smoothly!!

Keep us in prayer, please!

 

 

 

Thanks for reading!

love,

pattie & gary, Gracie & max