I love Aunt Hannah.

This is Aunt Hannah.
















I like her.

The Salt Lick

We went to the Salt Lick last week, which is about the best barbecue place ever.






This is me studying the menu. It's pretty basic: you pick what kind of barbecue you want.














This is what I ordered.

I love my grandpa.

My grandpa and I had a great time together. He likes babies in general, and I think he likes me in particular. Here's some of the things we did together:








....we had a few cuddles and he's a good baby transport...











...we read books...


















...and perhaps best of all, he let me play in the dirt. A lot.

another park picture.

The formatting was getting hairy with all those park pictures... when I'm 2 I'll probably be able to handle it, but for now I just decided to make a new post. It's another park picture.

Welcome to Texas!

I have a lot of catching up to do on my blog! I had visitors last week, so there's lots and lots of pictures to put up...

I took my grandma and grandpa and Aunt Leah and Aunt Hannah to my favorite park, and they took pictures of me and we all played. Here's some park pictures:





Aunt Leah is a pretty good swing pusher.














Aunt Hannah played buckets with me.





















My grandma helped me get to the slide.
















I found what looked like a very comfy seat...











...but staying on was more difficult than you might expect.

Too cute?

All the time when my mama and I are out complete strangers tell how cute I am. Sometimes even in front of their own kids. See what you think...

I love the park

My mama and I go to the park all the time. Here's some park pictures from today.

Breakfast with Daddy

Breakfast with Daddy is one of my very favorite times of the day. I get to sit with him while he eats cereal.














I extra like it because he shares.

I love this game!!

Mama has a big exercise ball, but we don't really use it for exercising, whatever that is. We mainly use it for pounding on. It makes a cool noise and the pounding is funnest when I'm standing right next to it and it makes me jiggle and giggle.

Little pink riding hood

It's difficult for my 'rents to take pictures of me these days because I'm so fast. But they do their best. Here's me in my after-bath little pink riding hood dress. Well, part of me.

Austin Children's Museum

This weekend Mama and Daddy and I went to the Austin Children's Museum. It was neat. They have a lot of things to touch and do. I especially dug the slide -- they have a slide even though it's inside! I also liked everything.

Backyard Photo Shoot

How Big?

This is a game I play with mama and daddy....








They say: "Gracie, how big are you?"
















I do this, and they say "SOOOOOO Big!!". It's fun.

New trick at the park

I found a whole new way to slide!!! It's awesome!!! Here's how I do it (don't try this at home unless you have a spotter): I climb up the stairs, just like always. Then when I get to the top, I back up to the top of the slide. After that I lie down and let go and ZOOM -- down I go! It's pretty great.



















As soon as I get to the bottom I'm ready to go again! Can you see my bracelets in this picture?

Bracelets

I love bracelets! They're the best and I find them most fun in quantities of 3 or more. I pretty much wear them all day long, except my mama takes them for nap time. Here's some pictures of me and my bracelets.

Circus

My mom and dad and I went to the circus! My favorite was the tigers, because they're just like Wilma, only bigger. These aren't tigers. They're elephants. We had lots of fun.

I slide!

Mama and I were at the park again the other day, and I found out about the slide! It's pretty much a riot. I like it a lot.







First I climb up the steps.













When I get to the top, I head for the slide.













Then I get situated.


















Wow. That was fun.

Let us out!

Kitty and I are hoping someone will open this door for us... she doesn't have opposable thumbs and I'm too short.

New World Record!

I made a new world record for Grace steps today! It's at least five or six now. One of these days my 'rents will get a picture of me walking and then you'll all be able to clap for me. You can, anyway, if you want.

I'm a pro straw operator.

Sippy cups are the pits, but I'm pretty much totally awesome with the straw cups.

Backyard Fun

We got a pool! It's huge!









At first, I wasn't too sure what to think... the water wasn't warm and nice like my bathtub. In fact, it was pretty much the same as ice.
















After a while, I couldn't feel my legs anymore and so it was funner. Come on down and swim with me!

















I also picked out a picnic table at the garage sale across the street. Options include eating or playing at it, but I mainly like climbing on it.

Texas Two-step

Woo woo! I did my first Texas two-step today! I was standing up over by the futon and took two or three freestyle steps over to my mama. Then we all clapped. So even though I still prefer the four-legged method of transportation, I'm getting closer and closer to being bi-pedal. Next week I'll probably run a 5k.

Birthday Bash

Today's my birthday!! Can you believe that business?

We had a big party on Saturday, because people who aren't babies have to work on Mondays. So a bunch of my friends came over and we had balloons and streamers and everything. And people brought presents! Like books and toys and clothes and duckies. Everyone had a great time.



My mama and my gram made a million birthday cupcakes, but I wasn't really interested. Everyone else liked them. They had sprinkles on top. Very festive, yes?

I'm just hangin' with my 'rents after the party here.

My gram came all the way from Illinois to party with me! Cool, huh?















This is one of the cool toys I got for my birthday! You can ride around on this thing and it plays songs - sort of like the ice cream truck. And you can put stuff in the trunk! That's my best part.