Gracie Goo Turns Two!

So Grace turns 2 today! She has grown up so much in the last few months. A few things about Grace is she loves, loves, LOVES babies. She wants to hold them, feed them, love them. I remember Twinkle Toes not playing with babies all that much, but now Grace and Twinkle Toes fight over Bitty Baby and Grace usually wins. Whenever she sees a realy baby, she wants to hold them too, but I have to try and explain that that probably won't happen.

Graves LOVES dresses and fancy shoes. I don't know where she gets it. Many days she will go to her dresser and pull out this simple cotton dress and hand it to me. Sometimes I think it's because dressses don't rub on her humongous scar which goes all the way across her abdomen. She will often complain about certain pants that hurt her belly, or "too tight" she will say, and I think they are rubbing on her scar. And she has that darn huge belly so I think dresses just fit over it better!

I guess Grace is going to have the baby syndrome, because we tend to spoil her way more than the other two. Maybe it's because she was so sick. I think she gets away with a lot more. Whenever the other two get sick, it's no big deal, but when Grace is sick, the world stops, my heart aches, and I worry incessantly. I think this is going to be my common response. I worry a lot about that one kidney. She just had a really bad case of diarhea that lasted for 7 days. She ended up in the ER needing IV fluids. She's all better now, but man, see what I mean? I've learned that Pedialyte tastes pretty good, but don't bother with those cheap brands. They're gross. And straws really do the trick if you need your little one to drink. Straws make everything taste better.

So for the last few weeks Grace has been saying "Happy My Birthday" all the time. It all started when we were over at someone's house and she was playing with their baby doll stroller and I couldn't get her to leave. So yes, I bribed her by saying, let's go and we'll get you one of those for your birthday. So apparently she does know what a birthday is! She's been singing the song to herself. I asked her the other day what she wanted for her birthday and she told me, CAKE. Then, the little smarty pants looked up in my closet and saw a wrapped present and said, "that my present." Smarty britches.

So of course Grace gets a baby doll for her birthday. We have to end the feud with her sister. I looked at Walmart and just couldn't bring myself to buy a Made in China doll. I tried, but then I went on the internet and tried to find something a little more "eco" friendly and it was tough. There were Waldorf dolls and Amish dolls, but none of them really looked like a doll. Until I found this one on ebay, made from the famous Petitcollin doll factory in France. I guess they have been manufacturing dolls since 1860. Okay, it may be a little extravagant, but I couldn't resist. It doesn't have the phalathes in the plastic and the clothing is organic and bamboo. And they give the dolls a soft, vanilla scent. She's called Petit Mouton which I think means "little lamb." Okay, I just love her. Just wanted to share in case anyone is looking for a cute doll. I really love this one.