Crawling!!

Shaking the rattle
Playing with Jasmine

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Snuggled up with Mom
Gracie has finally started making some improvements in her crawling efforts. She is crawling forward, now. She mostly wants to follow Jasmine and play with her. She is not very fast yet, but I'm sure she'll get the hang of it pretty quickly. She hasn't tried to leave the living room yet, which is where most of her toys are. She's also spending more time in her room again, now that it is getting warmer. We had to drop the bottom of her crib because she was able to sit up and reach her mobile, which came off, too. It's crazy how fast she is growing.
Last week was spring break for ISU and Ames. I had a little break and didn't have to meet with quite as many kids. I also had my wisdom teeth pulled on the 13th, so it was kind of nice to have some down time. Having teeth pulled wasn't nearly as bad as I had imagined it would be. Nick's mom came up to help on the Saturday after with her kids. My parents were her on Monday and it was nice to see them. We had dinner at our house and my grandma was able to come up too. We didn't do much for St. Patty's Day. I went over to spend some time with some friends and Nick stayed home with Gracie. Otherwise it has been a pretty quiet week. Saturday was the Big 12 gymnastic meet in Ames, so we went to that and then out to eat afterward. Gracie got to play on the bouncy floor when the meet was done. Today has been a lazy day, with not much going on. the weather has been really nice almost all week. I've been able to take Jasmine on a couple walks.
There aren't many other changes with Gracie. She has started eating more veggies and fruits, along with her cereal. She has also tasted some ice cream, which she seems to really like...Big surprise. She seems to like falling asleep on her own now, as opposed to sitting with us. It takes her about 10 minutes or so to wind down before she falls asleep. She's not a big cuddler with me anymore unless she's really tired, which I kind of miss. She still seems to like falling asleep with Nick once in awhile, though. :) Gracie is a lot of fun right now and it is fun to see her try new things. It seems like every week she is doing something new.




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