Gracie bug turned 9 months old at the end of September! And I will say it again, WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?!! My friend said someone told her the other day, at this stage in life with little ones, the days are long, but the years are so short! That pretty much sums up the way my life feels right now! Some Most days bedtime can't get here fast enough, but then all of a sudden I have a 2 year old and a 9 month old!! WHAT? So I am doing my best to soak it up! Because before I know it they will be in kindergarden!
Gracie is just our little joy bug! We are loving getting to know her sweet little personality! At 9 months old she is weighing in at 18.9 lbs and I can't remember how long she is, somewhere in the 75th% for length. The day of my birthday, VK was in school so I had Gracie all to myself! I took this rare moment to take her to the park and snap some pictures of her! She is at one of my favorite stages in life right now and I don't want to forget these moments!
And she's off! On the move! No stopping this sweet girl!
This picture just makes me laugh!
Wrinkle nose...
She is loving table food. Some of her favorites are blueberries, peas, corn, cherrios, turkey, quinoa, and well pretty much anything! She is not a picky eater (yet). She still won't touch baby food, and that is fine with me! Table food is so much easier! She still takes two, 8 ounce bottles and two, 6 ounce bottles a day! She gets very impatient when she sees me making her bottle!
Sam calls her his little gum ball because she still only has two bottom teeth, so she still has that sweet gummy smile! And she is still our bald little cue ball!
Well I have given up, this girl wont take a paci to save her life, but right when we walk into a room to put her down for a nap, this little fist goes right to her mouth. She isn't a thumb sucked, she just likes to gnaw on her fist. And she loves to snuggle up to the bumper pads!! Melts my heart.
Gracie has gotten to the age now that she can actually play with Virginia Kate! I love this! They really do have so much fun with each other! VK loves her sister! And Gracie just loves the attention VK gives her!
We have loved getting to go watch Uncle Buck play football this fall! Typically my girls go to sleep at 7, but not on game nights! We go to the game at 7 and get home around 10, and so far both girls have made it through the whole game awake! They love the atmosphere! Gracie gets so excited when everyone starts cheering... she claps herself! Uncle Buck is one proud uncle! And we are proud of him and the chargers! They are 8-0 so far this season!! Go Oxford Chargers!!
Love those little toes and that little ruffle bottom! =)
Here is Gracie at her 9 month check up with Dr. Catherine. She was playing dress up in her sisters head band! I can't wait till I can put a bow on this girls head!!! =) This will be the last time I take both of them to the doc by myself at this stage in life. VK is deathly afraid of the doc right now, and they are both just BUSY! I think I looked like a train had hit me when I left this appointment with my 2 screaming babies! It was exhausting!!
On another note, Gracie is growing perfectly and meeting all her milestones! We are so thankful! We go back to the cardiologist with her at the beginning of next month for another echo of her heart. From looking at her, you would never know there is anything wrong with her heart! More frequently than I would like to admit, fear creeps in when I think about the thought of her having to have surgery and the risks involved. I know God made her perfectly the way he wanted her and he is using this as a means to draw us nearer to him. I wish I didn't worry as much as I do about her. But I do. I am so thankful for the encourager Sam has been to me through my times of worry. He is constantly reminding me of the perfectly, sovereign God we serve. The one who created Gracie just the way she is and holds all of us in the palm of his hand. I know I posted a list of prayer requests when I first posted about Gracie's ASD, but as I have been praying for her since we discovered her heart defect I have been convicted by my lack of faith through all of this. The doctors have told us that the hole is very big and will need to be surgically fixed at some point. They haven't given us any hope of it closing on its own, so it didn't cross my mind to begin to pray that God would close the hole, despite what the doctors have said. So will you please pray that God would close the hole and that she wouldn't have to have any procedure done! I am so thankful for modern medicine and the doctors the Lord has blessed us with, and if he chooses to close the hole through surgical intervention, then so be it! But I know we serve a powerful God who can do anything! So I am praying for a miracle! Like I said in a previous post, this could be so much worse! We are dealing with a fixable problem!! So thankful for that! So thankful for the hope we have in Christ. And I so appreciate all the prayers and concerns for Gracie. Thankful for a community of believers.
We have been so blessed and even in the hard times God is good!
