Grace is 18 months!

Oh Grace. She sure has us all wrapped around her little finger. With three siblings 3 years and more older than her, she has lots of attention and admirers.

Grace is really growing up lately. She is communicating more and more, though still not saying very much. She does say "Mama", "Dada", "baby", "all done", and lots of other things we can't understand. She also does signs for more, all done, birdie, and eat.

Grace has been loving all the baby dolls lately. She snuggles them and holds them and it's totally adorable. Occasionally she'll bring one with her to bed too. It's very sweet.

Grace is slowly getting out of the destructive phase. She doesn't empty cupboards and drawers just for fun as often as she used to (although she still does, and she loves the dishwasher contents), so we are enjoying that.

Grace loves to eat but has recently become very picky, which is frustrating. She still wants to eat a lot, but she often doesn't want what we offer her, so it's a fun little guessing game!

She is a total ham and knows to smile whenever we pull the camera out! She also loves to run and be chased. One of her favorite things is to line up with the other kids and have me say, "1,2,3, Go!" and have them all race. She thinks that's the best.

Grace's hair is finally growing! I can put it in one or two little piggies now (although she often pulls one out if I do two) and she looks so much older with her hair done! She's not sure how she feels about flower clips in her hair, but we're getting there.

Grace is also quite the fashionista. She is often wearing someone else's shoes and finds great enjoyment in that, along with trying on sunglasses. Here she is wearing both Anna's shoes and sunglasses.

Grace went to nursery all by herself for the full time on Sunday and it was awesome! She ran right in and was excited to go play. I'd taken her in a couple time before with me staying, so I wasn't sure how she'd do, but she was fine! As you can see, Grace is a happy girl most of the time. She loves her siblings and they all love her. We love you Gracie!