True Colors

The past two weeks have been a fun adventure in the Cook household. We made a quick trip to Birmingham last weekend (Jason's first trip since we moved to Mobile) and really enjoyed spending time with family and friends. Gracie loved all of the attention (all four Grandparents two days in a row) and settled nicely back into things when we returned to Mobile. She is still a great traveler, just doesn't sleep the entire time anymore. Gracie is 8 months now. She has mastered the backwards scoot/crawl and is trying her hardest to stand on her own. She sits and just kind of bounces up and down, pushing from her feet. She thinks she knows how to walk already, so it makes sense that she wants to be able to stand up. No teeth yet, but the white spot that we saw two weeks ago is still visible, so any day now...I guess. Yesterday afternoon Gracie started playing with Jason's Duke hat, so I went and grabbed her Duke bear and camera and started a photo shoot. She's already a Dukie! Gracie went to her first football game last night and loved it, especially the halftime show. St. Paul played UMS-Wright: the Battle of Old Shell Road. Many of the youth go to both schools, so Jason was able to chat with some kids and even see a few parents. We left after halftime so we could get Gracie to bed. Jason is on-call this weekend, so we're staying in town, laying low. I'll be traveling to Birmingham next weekend for another quick trip to go to a shower for Betsy (Marland's fiance) and Jason and Gracie will stay here at home. That's about it for us.