What a year for little Grace!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY
TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR GRACIE,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!
We ended the year with Grace's 1st birthday free from cake, ice cream or anything normally eaten at these celebrations. It turned out to be O.K. though as protein allergies are the only thing we are dealing with as a result from her early birth. She did have a birthday cupcake balloon with one candle on top...perfect for this little girl.
Blessings come forth in so many ways. The day was a good one. We celebrated by having her open her present, wrapped in easy to rip tissue paper and a bow.
She loves ripping paper so this was not a challenging task for her little fingers.
She quickly tore open the paper, kept looking around, uncertain, as siblings were rooting her on, and found her rattle ball.
By the way, tissue paper sticks to the top of babies' mouths. Reminiscing happened for this momma all day. The growth which has occurred, milestones passed, weight gained, smiles came, rolling over happened, sitting up by herself, grabbing toys, and all the joys which happen in the first year filled the months.
Not sleeping through the night for very long has been a tough challenge but even that, in the big picture, isn't much.
She grew tall, according to the doctor, and has stayed that way keeping up with average kids her age. He says she will be tall. That will be fun to watch. Weight wise she has been as steady as a gentle wind. On the smaller side but at least she is on the growth scale for term babies; 3rd percent for her weight at her 1 year check up, 5th percent for height.
This girl has traveled through 14 states in her first year on our family's "Across America" homeschool trip. If only babies could remember what they saw, she would be a scholar in American History by now.
She has been such a joy and we are so blessed to have her here with us and doing so well.
