Today is a rainy Saturday. I cleaned the house last night and even mopped the kitchen floor, but I just noticed that it is covered in muddy paw prints. Oh well.....
Yesterday was Grace's first St. Patrick's Day. I found that baby girl clothes don't come in green, but I dressed her in a pink top and floral pants with green on them. We went to Ma's house and made shamrock cookies with Marie. Gracie cut a cookie (with help) and then proceeded to eat sugar cookie dough. Both little girls were a mess, so Ma gave them both a bath. It was cute to see them play in the tub together. Gracie looks at Marie with such love and admiration and tries to copy everything Marie does, and on Marie's part, it does her self-esteem good to be idolized so. "She loves me so much!" Marie announced. Marie washed Gracie's hair and Gracie actually submitted to it! There was somewhat of a skirmish over who got Ma's shamrock necklace, but Gracie got it in the end as Marie had already broken hers.
After bath time, Gracie was exhausted, so she went down for a nap and we tried to convince Marie that we should all pile on the bed and watch the Barbie Fairytopia Mermaidia movie, but for some reason, she didn't want to. She wanted to watch Strawberry Shortcake, but after it started, she went to the kitchen to help Ma frost our cookies. I set up Dad's photo printer and printed out the pictures we took of our St. Patrick's celebration. After Grace woke up, Mom and I piled on the bed and started to watch the Barbie movie, but I was pretty tired and sore and Gracie didn't get her sleep out, so we left to come home and take a nap.
Today is the next day and it's been a good day. Even though I woke up with a bruised stomach from yesterday and in a lot of pain, Gracie made me forget it. She's been an angel today, crawling around the house, exploring. Yes, she's gotten into the dog food repeatedly and destroyed the living room. But we've taken two long naps and the highlight was at lunch, she started saying "Mama." She's been saying "Ama" but today was the real deal. After lunch, we snuggled in bed and she looked right at me, said "Mama" and gave me a hug around my neck and buried her face in the crook of my neck. Talk about melting my heart!!
Later, after she woke up, I gave her an important first experience in the life of a female, her first chocolate chip cookie. I put it in the mesh snack bag and she promptly made a chocolate, doughy mess of it, but her little babbles and moans of joy were so cute! She's now in her high chair, finishing off a teething biscuit and a complete mess, so I shall end this entry and take her right to the bathtub. A good weekend so far!
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