More Photos of Amazing Grace!

Grace is changing every day. She has become more and more aware of things around her and knows what things are called even though she can not verbalize them yet.
One example is that when we put her down for bed she must have her blanket, but before we give it to her we tell her to lay down...and she does with a big smile!
She will even play hide and seek. Phuong or I will hide and call for Grace, then she will look for us. When she finds us she squeals and "runs" the other way.

Here are some photos we have taken during October:

Grace at the park.
This is the second time we brought Grace to this park since bringing her home in April.



She loves the swings! Just look at that smile :)



First time down the slide by her self...sort of.



Grandma Kedzie brought a great gift for Grace all the way from Australia.



Our cats feel left out most of the time so I had to add a photo of them here as well.



Grace is ready to join me at Martial Arts! As you can see she fits right in...my bag.



Grace is in to playing with all sorts of things. Here she took the orange juice container and hid behind a chair. Caught you!




All of us decided to be Charlie Brown this year!

Grace Dancing!

Grace loves to dance. She dances to just about all music but she seems to like Peter Gabriel...

Annual pumpkin carving night

For the past 4 years we have held a simple pumpkin carving night at our house and every year we send out a special fun invitation. Here is this year invite. I will post photos of the evening later.

Who's the fairest of them all?

Playing at the park

It's nice to have a park we can walk to. We took Grace there to play and run around for a while. Also a good opportunity to take some photos!

Yet another birthday party

We went to two birthday parties on this day. Our neighbor's daughter turned 4 and our friends son, Ethan turned 3. We only had a little time at our neighbor's house before having to jet on over to the other party. Great food and good times though.

Grace had a great time playing with the other kids at Ethan's party. She got so excited seeing the other kids running around she just had to join in. The other kids and parents were very careful around Grace and let her join in the fun

Ethan with the ballons.



Grace got right in the middle of things!



...and here is the video to prove it!

Cousin Stephanie's 2nd birthday

Phuong's cousin had a birthday party for her 2 year old daughter Stephanie. Grace had a great time "running" around with the other kids...and Mommy and Daddy. She also wanted to play in the big bouncer!

Grace and Mommy play in the bouncer.



Extreme close-up!



Grace was just fascinated with the ice in the cooler. She would play in it for a while until her hands got too cold and would start to cry. Then she went right back to the ice again.




Cousin Stephanie waiting patiently to cut the cake.




Mommy and daughter walking together. What a great moment! This was only one of the many, many walks of the day.