Three Birthdays and a Wedding

In the last three weeks my immediate family has celebrated three birthdays and one wedding. Needless to say Grace has been the center of attention and getting a lot of extra loving. A little too much maybe.

Grace has always been such a good baby. That makes her "new personality" a bit of a surprise. She now thinks that she should get constant attention and everyone should be focused on her and hold her all the time. All the extra attention she has received has turned her into a diva.

Before if she woke during the night (for no apparent reason) she would talk to herself and fall back asleep. Now she immediately begins to yell at the top of her lungs. This isn't a cry - it is a demanding little yell. And she has staying power. She has to stop and rest peoriodically, but she can keep it going for a long, long time.

At first I was concerned there was something wrong. But if you move toward the bed she stops crying. Earlier this week she was in her playpen in her room yelling. When the sitter checked in on her, she was sitting there playing with a toy and yelling.

This must be preparation for those teenage years.


Grace with her cousins at one of her first birthday parties.


Grace with newlyweds Joel and Crystal


Kristan, who takes care of Grace while Mom is at work, celebrates a birthday.


Nanny celebrates a birthday!! We got very creative in our quest to have enough candles.


But in her mind...it's all about Gracie.