twenty four

dear grace,
you are getting so big! you like to look around when you are playing sitting up all by yourself to make sure i'm nearby. you give the biggest ham-cheese smiles and you have figured out how to raise your eyebrows up and down. you are truly a sweetheart. you are content to play with a bag of wipes and make noise sitting in your highchair for hours. you startle easily (sorry that's from me) but you aren't afraid when you fall over or bonk your little head on anything. you like to be tickled, and you are trying to sit up from laying down and desperately want to be on the move. your first tooth is coming in! finally! on the bottom right (your left) and it's makin you crasy! everyone is so excited to see you for christmas this year! santa come early! you like to talk to yourself and make gurgle sounds. you like every food i've given you except spinach. but we'll fix that one of these days! you don't like to be alone and you hate the dark (unless you're asleep) you love walks and we take them almost everyday this week. we have to before it gets too cold! you think "mamamamama" means food. and you can say dadadadada and ba ba ba ba ba. it's tough not being able to just get up and walk around and get all the things you want- so you get frustrated, but i'm trying to be patient and let you learn the hard way to crawl on your own. you love your dad. he makes you smile.

we love you
mom