Happy 4th and 10 months old!

Helping with laundry

Mowing with dad

Eating breakfast at the campground

This is where we stayed.

Floating in the lake.
It has been a couple weeks since I posted anything. Gracie and I got through our week without Nick. It was so nice to have him back!!! That weekend was Nick's birthday. Mary and one of her friends came up to spend the night and go to the Keith Urban concert with us. That was really fun. The concert was better than I expected it to be! We didn't do much else for Nick's birthday, but that's what he wanted.
For the 4th of July, we spent the weekend camping at Lake of the Ozarks State Park. Nick and I haven't gotten to camp for a really long time and it was great to do it again. We also got to see my family again. So we took Gracie, Jasmine and a truck full of gear down to Missouri. Gracie did really well and I was really impressed with Jasmine. She is so much better than when we first got her. The weather wasn't the best, but at least it wasn't uncomfortably hot. We got out on the boat a couple times and Gracie got to go swimming again. She loves being outside. We took walks every morning and we brought her packnplay outside the tent so she could sit with us and play. We can't leave her in the grass yet because she eats it. Our campsite was in a really nice area right next to the lake.
Gracie is walking everywhere. She is still a little wobbly and it is so fun to watch. My family was very entertained by her. She has grown so much in just the last month. She is a big girl. She is able to crawl all the way up our stairs. She did it three times the other morning while I was getting ready for work. She just needs to learn to get down, now, too.
I go back to work tomorrow. It is nice to catch up a little with an extra day off. This coming weekend, Nick and I are going canoeing with his family. Gracie doesn't get to go this time. I don't think she would like sitting in a canoe all day. She gets to stay home with the babysitter. But Nick and I are looking forward to it!





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