Trip to the Ozarks





Gracie made her first trip down to Missouri to see Grandpa and Grandma and Chad and Annie. I have to say that she did great in the car! I should have taken a picture before we left. Who knew that a baby could take up so much room! We could barely get Jasmine down to Nick's mom's for her to dog sit! Gracie slept most of the way down and back. She was appropriately spoiled while seeing the family. Nick and I got to go out for dinner while Grandma and her friends babysat. Nick also got to go out on a boat ride with Chad a bunch of friends. We also went out to celebrate Annie's birthday, which was pretty fun. Gracie did great with everyone and I think she really liked all the attention. We didn't get to take her on a boat ride, so that will probably have to wait until spring. The weather was beautiful there over the weekend and I'm glad we got to enjoy it. Overall, I think our first road trip was a success.
Gracie is doing about the same as far as growing. She still loves her activity gym and will play underneath it for over 30 minutes by herself. She is getting better at hitting the toys under her gym to make them make sound. She's not sleeping through the night yet. We're still working on that :) Gracie has grown out of most of her newborn clothes. They look so small now, and it's only been six weeks! She smiles and has started to laugh a little bit. She is happy most of the time, but has her crabby days. She is also still working on going down for a nap during the day. She sleeps well at night, but hasn't figured out that she has to take naps without mommy during the day, too.

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