Grace's Latest Tricks

• Awesome little Grace is now toddling away. She loves to walk, and she walks more often than she crawls.
• She walks on her knees sometimes.
• She has increased her vocabulary and says: ball, bottle (sounds more like bah'le), hat, clock (though she has trouble with the "l" sound), cheese (sounds like "eeze" most times), uh-oh, bye (sounds like ba), hi, and 'lo for "hello"...and today she copied mama when she went "bac bac bac" like a chicken. She likes to buzz like a bee, too.
• She twisted a Snapple lid onto a Snapple bottle the other day.
• She can stack up to five blocks (and knock 'em down).
• She waves hello/goodbye.
• She claps.
• She dances...on beat. She has done that since she was born really.
• She likes to play "mirror"-with mama imitating her moves or vice versa.
• She loves kisses...getting them from mom and dad, from her "lambie"--from just about anyone. One day Grace even took my face in her hands, adjusted the position of my head, and leaned her forehead in for a kiss.
• She is really good at remembering things and making connections. I was wearing a shirt with a monkey on it the other day. She pointed to the monkey on my shirt, then to a stuffed animal monkey in her room. When we read "Where's Baby's Belly Button," there is an interior page with the same illustration as the cover page. When we read the book the first time, Grace stopped at that spot in the book, then flipped back to the cover to see the same image.
• She likes to place objects inside containers (e.g., bags, tupperware, boxes).
• She shares. When she is playing, whether with me or another little one, she is far more interactive than I would expect at this age. And she is always willing to share--handing one drum mallet over as she bangs her instrument with the other, for example.
• She loves to read. And reread. Over. And over. She will sit in my lap and have me read a book 5 times in a row.

Grace is an awesome little kiddo...and I love watching her grow and develop...and surprise me with new achievements!