Friday Night Leftovers

• I think we have a little animal lover! We took Grace to Oaklawn Farm Zoo on Wednesday. She loved it! She stayed awake the entire way there (almost 1.5 hours) talking to Auntie M in the backseat. She got really excited looking at the lions and the other big cats, and at the snakes in the reptile house. She was so happy the whole time we were there; we all had a lot of fun. Needless to say, she slept the whole way home. 
• We finally got to do our photo shoot with Grace in her tutu! (We had to postpone it several times due to rain). We met up with my photographer friend at my mom's house, and she took some beautiful shots of Grace in the garden. I'll post some soon!
• After the photo shoot we all went for a swim. I sat Grace in the water near the shore and she splashed away and tried to eat sand. 
• We had a lovely visit with my cooperating teacher from last year and her daughter, who is 8. She entertained Grace with some of her toys, funny faces, and a puppet show! 
• We've been feeding Grace purees, and fruits and veggies in the mesh feeder. We gave her some steamed carrot sticks and pieces of baked sweet potatoe the other day and she did really well with it! She loved feeding herself, and ate more than I expected. We're going to try more finger foods and see how she does. 
• Still no crawling, but I think we're close! She's also started to pull herself up on things, not quite to standing, but she gets her bum off the ground and sometimes gets up on her knees. 
• Find more leftovers here!