8 months old today!!!

One of the MANY car rides from Mississippi to Louisiana!
This was taken at dinner on Saturday night. It was about 2 hours past her bedtime. Look at how red her eyes are...but she's still smiling!!

Grace is officially 8 months old today! She is growing like crazy! She wants to be down on the floor all the time. She can crawl pretty fast too. For the past three weeks she has been pulling herself up to a standing position. She grabs hold of anything she can and just pops right up like a pro.

She is now eating small pieces of bread, hard cheese, fruits, veggies, and those ever delicious "meat sticks"! Her favorite things to play with are magazines. She can rip and tear them apart at her heart's content. Gracie also loves to be read to. Her favorite books are Brown bear, brown bear what do you see? and Polar bear, polar bear what do you hear? I think the likes the repetitiveness!!

Bryan and I are getting a little taste of her temper as well. She will cry dramatically when you take a toy away from her. Her nickname is DQ...Drama Queen!!

This past weekend, we flew to Gulfport, Mississippi to celebrate Grandma Fox's 98th birthday. It was a whirlwind trip. We got to visit with Grandma Ellie, Aunt Caroline, Sarah, and Aunt Kathy for just a few hours and the only time we were able to spend with Grandma Fox was at her dinner.

The trip was exhausting for all of us. We did a TON of driving and our schedules were way off. Gracie was a little trooper though. She was really good considering she was out of her element. It certainly wasn't a relaxing trip, but we were very glad we got to see at least some of the family!!