3 weeks until Christmas!

Wow! Where has the time gone? It really just seems like a few weeks ago that we returned from China with Grace, and now we're looking at celebrating our first Christmas with her in our family! I remember last year around this time feeling sorry for myself, because it was obvious that we were not going to be finding out who our Gracie was before the end of the year. What a difference a year makes. Grace has been a member of our family for 4 months, as of last Friday, and is now 14  months old.

Here are few things that we've learned about her since we brought her home:

*She sleeps through the night. She rarely wakes up with night terrors anymore. Although I know this could be something that comes and goes with her, right now we're enjoying it!

*She crawls and walks with her walker. Her little legs are just not strong enough for her to walk all by herself, but she has no problem controlling the push-behind walker that she got for her birthday in October. And crawling is no problem for her. It's her main mode of transportation. She's all over the house now!

*She answers to her name. she know who Mommy is, who Daddy is, and who DD1 and DD2 are. Whenever we say "Where's xxx?", she'll look for whomever that is and stare right at them. So we know she knows her family.

*She LOVEs to give kisses! First thing in the morning, whomever goes in to get her out of bed will be treated with her version of kisses. She sucks in her bottom lip, leans over with her cheek out and wants you to kiss it! It's too darn cute!!!

*Her favorite vegetable is green beans. She also loves peas, carrots and broccoli - not the babyfood kind, but the pick it up and eat it kind. She likes fruit too, but vegetables are king with her right now!

*She can drink with a straw. We found this out last week. The first time we tried it, she had trouble figuring out what to do, but a couple of tries later, she slurped  the juice right up!

*She's almost weaned off the bottle. She takes one bottle at night and one at naptime. It's amazing to me how easy this has been so far. My other girls just did not want to give up the bottle so easily.

I know I haven't been posting very regularly, but things have been crazy. I just don't see how some of you blog everyday and still have time to work, take care of your family, clean your house, and sleep! I'll try to do better.