Father's Day and the Zoo

Daddy, Gracie and Granddaddy







Gracie and Daddy on Father's Day








Daddy pointing out the animals at the zoo.






Gracie and the "cat"
























Gracie being not so sure about the moving monkey.








Gracie playing in the fountain at the zoo.









What a fun few weeks we've had! We've been in the new house two weeks today and love it. Jason started work last week at Re/Max Over the Mountain and is really enjoying it. He is enjoying catching up with his old buddies and getting reacquainted with people we haven’t been in touch with in a while. He is being trained very well in the world of real estate and is getting first hand experience with it already. Jason has his first contract and will close August 1. We’re looking forward to what else will happen in these first few months of his new job.

Gracie and I are back to our normal routine…sort of. She has adjusted well to being in the new house. She seems to be cutting a new tooth almost every week and that has caused some night waking and fussy days, but overall she’s been such a trooper. She now has 7 teeth through and I think she’s working on her last molar now. Gracie is still growing daily it seems. She’s getting taller, but still has her cute potbelly. She’s learning new words and is very verbal, even if we can’t understand much of anything she says. She loves cats and dogs and has her own sounds for both. She even says “cat” and “kitty cat” fairly well. She also calls anything with a beak a “duck”. She loves to name things and gets excited when we praise her for it. She even said “stop” this morning after I told her to stop digging in the trash =)

We took Gracie to the zoo on Father’s Day with Jason’s parents. Gracie had a good time, but her favorite part by far was the tiger. When we got to the tiger he was pacing back and forth along the window. There was at least one other child there with his parents at that time, but Gracie quickly made herself at home in right in front of the tiger. She got so excited and started jumping up and down and banging her hands on the glass and screaming “cat!! cat!! kitty cat!!” over and over again. I was laughing hysterically and thankful at that point that the other family had walked away. Suzanne got some great pictures where it looks like Gracie and the “cat” are making eye contact. I was disappointed in myself that I didn’t have my camera so we could take a video of it, but the pictures are still very cute.

I had mentioned in a post a few months ago that we planned to travel to NC to visit, but since we closed on our house in Mobile the day we planned to leave that trip was postponed. We do plan to be in NC for a wedding in September and hope to visit with all of our friends then.

Gracie is such a blessing and we are really enjoying this time with her. We are so thankful to be back in Birmingham with our families and for Jason’s new job. Thanks to those of you who have been praying for us during this transitional time. We're excited to be settling in.