Princess Grace!

Miss Gracey is almost 20 months old! My sweet bit of love is turning into quite a spitfire! She is a true joy to have around and makes me smile! Grace LOVES to STRIP! (there is no nice way to put it!) If she can get her pants off then it's time to remove the diaper! Everytime I find her diaper-less she looks up at me with the biggest smile, as if to say, 'Look what I did! I'm a big girl!'. So, I lay her down and try to put another one on. I do one side and start the next, but wait, Grace has already undone the first side. This goes on for quite some time, till I grab both of her hands and do both sides. Then quickly I put pants or shorts or better yet a shirt with snaps at the bum.
It is funny for me to compare Grace and Caleb. They are so different (as they should be, individuals and all), Caleb never would have done that diaper fun! Grace loves to be dirty, Caleb often washes his hands during a meal! He hates to be dirty, or sandy, or messy! Here is Grace swinging , to keep her out of the dirt! At this point in the day she has eaten lots of dirt and rocks. Her face and hands are very dirty, not to mention her clothes!
Caleb would get into a drawer or cupboard he wasn't suppose to once, be told no and leave it alone. Grace continually gets into what she is not suppose to! I know you say get child locks, I have them on all but one cupboard and that is her favorite place to ransack! Also, drawers that use to be safe, (Caleb would pull items out and then put them back in like a game) are no longer safe. She takes the things out and uses them. Here is Gracey after finding my make-up. She did a pretty good job, Huh?!!
She is a busy little girl, and we love her! She is really starting to talk. The other day I was counting one of the boys and she started counting with me! (Maybe that tells me we count too often!)
Independent is one word that describes Grace. Here she is putting on Emily's shorts!

Spencer's shoes just make Grace's outfit, don't ya think?!
And here is Grace, fascinated with the table, and anything to do with it! Is she passing napkins out?
Or wiping the table?

Grace loves to climb in to her high chair and do what it takes to get food! Buckle Up!Twice this month Grace has discovered colored markers! She likes to eat them and then color her body . . . clothes . . . what ever she can color! (picture to be downloaded)
Here is Grace exploring the water park in Bellevue while we visited my Mom and Becky this summer. Inquiring minds want to know , what is up with the frog's nose?
Gracey enjoying the water spraying down on her!!!
As you can tell, we love our Princess Grace! She is a joy in our lives! She makes us smile and crazy all at the same time!