13 Months

Gracyn you are 13 months old.

Today at Children's Cottage you move up to the toddler room! We're very anxious about this move, because it will cause a lot of changes to your normal routine. First you will only take one nap. All Day! Second you will eat lunch with your classmates at a table together. I can only imagine how this works! And third, you will take a nap, on a cot. No crib. I'm really curious to see how this turns out! Your teacher's name is Miss Jess and she seems very nice. It's sad to see you move-on, this is a big step I feel like, but I know that they only thing you will being doing for a long time to come is growing. And, although I don't have a baby anymore, you're still my baby, so I'm allowed have a bittersweet moment!

Here's what you're up to these days:

Clothes: 12m / 6-12m

Diapers: Size 4

Naps: Just one! From noon-ish-3pm

Eating: Breakfast, lunch & dinner, plus 2 snacks. And man, for a tiny little gal you can eat!

Right now you enjoy breakfast with daddy and he makes you a waffle or cheese toast and you eat 1/2 a banana. You like cheese-its, nilla wafers, puffs and yogurt melts for snack. Dinner is usually chicken, pork or beef. You still love corn, peas, carrots, green beans and asparagus. You loved sweet potato at Thanksgiving too.

Words: Mama, Dada, oog (Dog)

**I'm really hoping for some growth in this area!

Favorite books: Peter Rabbit lift-the-flap; Moo, Baa, La, La, La; anything with a flap to turn or texture

9 Months

Gracyn you were 9 months old on August 3rd. It's been hard to get a picture of you sitting still, so we are a little late in getting one up!

Stats: 18lbs 6oz

Diapers: Stage 3

Clothes: Size 6-12 months

Food: L-O-V-E McBee Peaches (when your daddy shares!), steamed Sweet Potatoes, Chicken, Grilled Cheese and Chedder Cheese

Teeth: Your 2 bottom teeth are pearly white and that's all you have so far!

Favorite Foods: Strawberry Yogurt Melts

Naps: 2 long naps from 1.5-2 hours in the morning & afternoon. You have started daycare 1 day a week in July, you really seem to like it but you don't nap well while there.

Some of your tricks, You can:

- You started crawling on July 19th and have really gotten good at it. You are slowly getting your tummy off the floor and just using your hands & knees.

- Walk or bunny hop when we hold you up.

- Wave

- Pull up from sitting

- Stick out your tongue