A Week with Mimi and J-pa

What an amazing week we have had here in Atlanta with Mimi and J-pa. There were actually over 350 pictures from this week so I have done my best to try and capture the week in only 60! Do believe me when I tell you it was so hard to decide which pictures to include. Maybe because Grace is absolutely adorable in all her pictures?? While at Mimi and J-pa's house we found Mommy's little rocking chair from when I was a little girl. It was actually given to me by my Grandmom, Grace's great-Grandmom. It was so cool to see Grace sitting in the chair the same way I used to. However, Grace kept trying to lean forward which tipped the whole chair up and I kept pushing her back... eventually we had to stop because she decided she was no longer having fun being my model, but I love her crying face too, so we still took a couple more shots! 

 

The next set of photos are just around the house. I tried to show how active she is now. She crawls around everywhere and pulls up and everything! She is definitely cruising now. She will cruise down the couch, over to the ottomans and on to another chair. She still needs to hold on to things for support but often her feet are her chosen form of transportation. We actually got a chance to take her to an actual shoe store this week and have them measure her tiny feet. She now wears size 3.5!! She didn't wear shoes a whole bunch prior to getting her new shoes this week, which she only wears out at stores or restaurants... but I swear she will still wearing size 1 comfortable just a few weeks ago! I feel like she grew over night. She looks and behaves much more like a toddler now then like a baby. She is such a big girl!

 

 

 

Flowers Daddy sent Mommy and Grace. Do you think he is missing us??? We will get to see him tomorrow!

Mimi and J-pa took Grace to a really cool children's museum while Mommy got some much needed rest. Apparently it is much harder being a single parent, especially when the child is teething and up multiple times each night! Good news is the tooth finally broke through, Grace LOVED the museum, and Mommy had an awesome nap.

 

 

Mimi and Mommy also had another great find at a really cool kid consignment store here in Atlanta called Go Green. We got this awesome play structure for $25! Grace LOVES it. It is in that next phase were there is some really interactive things like a little garden to plant with vegetables and a mailbox with mail, she still loves just standing and peeking through the mailbox and spinning the little birds, but she will be able to use this for a LONG time and her play with become more elaborate with the different activities.

 

 

Swinging! Grace still loves the feel of the air rushing through her hair in the baby swings! Now she actually fits into them comfortably and Mommy doesn't have to worry the whole time about Grace sitting back and sliding down into the swing. Some things are less stressful when you are bigger! At least for your Mommy. hehe

 

 

Last but not least we had one more photo shoot here in Atlanta. This girl is just getting so big so fast! We took her to a park near Mimi and J-pa's house called "Gary Pirkle Park" for the bridge photos and then over to one of the many parks on Lake Lanier for the others. Grace is certainly learning how to smile and as we call it "ham it up" for the photos. It has been so wonderful to spend this time with Mimi and J-pa and to just relax and be spoiled. Thank you for having us, Grace and I love you both so much.

 

 

 

My sweet Grace,
I think my favorite memory from this week was watching you intentionally kiss your Mimi. You took your little hands and pulled her face the way you wanted it and then opened up wide and went in for a big, wet, mouth to mouth kiss. I hope you know how much your Mimi and J-pa love you and of course how much I do. I love you all the fish in Lake Lanier times all the puffs you ate this week times all the polka dots on your blue dress. You are loved.
xoxo
Mommy & Daddy