Gracie had a great 2nd birthday party. Certainly the roads are a gamble in Buffalo in January and we were happy that everyone made the trip without having to face terrible conditions (as opposed to Grant's party). Gracie loved playing with her cousins and said after they left, "want cousins to come back". She played a lot with the older girls. At one point the girls wanted to go downstairs and left Gracie's room. Gracie came out of her room a bit sad that they were going downstairs, and being the sweethearts that they are, all the cousins went back in her room to play with her.
Lara made an awesome cake, as usual. The party was a bit princess themed. Gracie loves watching Sofia the First, a show about a princess, and so it seemed appropriate. Usually when Gracie gets up from a nap she says, "Fia on?", in hopes that she can watch the show.
As she was at Christmas, Grace was really into opening her presents.
Grace is a good girl with a bit of sass in her. She is so good at saying please and thank you whenever she asks for anything or you do something for her. Tonight she thanked Lara for cleaning up the carpet after Lily, the cat, threw-up on it. Sometimes she even thanks me for changing her diaper or wiping her face after dinner.
When she gets mad at Grant she yells, "no, you go in time-out".
She can nearly count to 10. She usually only misses 6.
The girl loves to jump. She hops across the room, jumps in her crib, and climbs and jumps off anything she can.
She is still a tough cookie. At her 2 year Dr.'s appointment the nurse had to prick her finger and squeeze it to fill up a vial to test her iron. Gracie didn't fuss at all and just watched the vial fill up with her blood. Then she had to get a shot and that didn't faze her at all. The only thing that bugged her was the band-aid on her finger when the nurse was all done. Lara took and off and she was good. According to the charts, she is tall and light for her age.
I've asked her a few times if I should call her Grace or Gracie. She never hesitates and always says Gracie.
Last night we went to a Daemen basketball game and she loved it. She watched in amazement as the game started and danced to the music during timeouts. Before going, we asked her if she wanted to go to a basketball game and her reply was, "no, football". One night she woke up sick and I got her out of crib and cuddled her while I was watching Monday Night Football. Ever since, she has loved football.
Happy birthday 2 year old! We love you!
