Twelve months old!!! One year! Happy Birthday, Miss Grace! Instead of being woken up by our traditional, “Good Morning to You”, Grace woke to “Happy Birthday to You”! It was a mixture of both surreal and joyous feelings to be seeing her as a 1 year old. This past year has been full of joy and learning, not to mention thankfulness for family, support, and Grace herself. From the shaky starts to the child who darts, it has been an amazing year!
We celebrated Grace’s birthday this past weekend (in addition to our anniversary and Mother’s Day) with loads of family and friends here at the house. She had no qualms about playing in her cake (her Mom is a lovin’-messy-hands OT, after all) and had it in shambles in no time. When her Father leaned over from behind to steal a nibble, she got him in the hair and forehead with a hand full of gummy cake and frosting. Looks like our table will someday seat 3 who will all fight mercilessly for their equal share of dessert!
Grace also had her baptism this past weekend. Our beloved relative, Fr. Dennis, was able to come and perform the rites and it seemed as it so many things had come full circle. Fr. Dennis celebrated our wedding and blessed Grace in utero when no one else in the family knew of her. His presence was a gift to all of us.
This month Grace “welcomed“ her first 2 teeth. She handled them well with a bit of Tylenol and seems to be working on more. She is eating more soft foods (peas, carrots, breads, mango, but still hates pureed liver) and most recently came to be great friends with the sippy juice cup. As for her other developmental skills, she is doing beautifully. Crawling everywhere with objects in hand, climbing the stairs, learning to descend feet first, and cruising everywhere. As for walking, we’re not in a big rush and she seems to be content with briefly taking two hands off the furniture. I know, I know…. It won’t be long. She loves to watch Mom and Dad pick things up off the floor repeatedly after she declares the start of the “uh-oh” game and laughs while playing Peek-a-boo with her Father and chase with both parents.
A few more additions have come onto the Lake household as well as a few omissions. Outlet covers, cabinet locks, and gates are all around. With the onslaught of birthday gifts, Grace has dozens of new toys, bangs, and sounds. As far as things departing, Grace has firmly given up the pacifier and throws it across the room when attempted to use it in calming her. And sadly, our wonderful Truman has left us to live permanently in Kansas with the Rome clan. Grace pulled his fur one day and he growled and snapped at her. She’s too young to train to stay away from him, and he’s too old to train to move away; so while hard, the change is no doubt for the better. I’m sure Truman is relieved to be with my parents and Sophie. He gets lots of lovin’ there!
Thank you to all who have been a support in the past year. There are so many of you and we couldn’t have done it without you!
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Grace has such a beautiful journal to go back and read as she gets older. Nicely done, Maleia!
ReplyDeleteGrace: I can't blame you one bit on the liver...really, why does your Mother do that to you? You're coming to my house in less than a month...we can have some serious fun with your diet then. Shhhh.... :) It has been so much fun watching you grow over the past year. You have come a long way in your growth, and we are so blessed to have you in our lives! Happy birthday, big girl!
By the way, have you heard Braden singing you and Talynn "Happy Birthday?" He insists on singing to both of his girl cousins at the same time! We love you!