8 months old!

Grace playing with her Oma watching the ball go round and round.

Grace showing us how she can stand up, what a big girl.
Grace helping her daddy open his gift from her.

Grace is showing daddy how she made his father's day gift.

Messy Grace.....Who is feeding you?
What is Uncle Dustin doing? Is he getting any of your food in your mouth?
Uncle Dustin and Grace playing with her new toys from Germany that Tik Tak Oma brought back for her.
Who me.....i could never do anything wrong.
Daddy and Gracie hanging out having a good time.
Grace what are you doing show off your belly? I don't think dad approves.



What a cute little harley chic!
Grace really likes these balls, they fit so well in her hands.
Cole and Grace trying to play together.
Look....Grace showing off her one tooth.
Happy girl as usual. She just makes us laugh.

Today Grace turned 8 months old. Time is flying . Grace is continuing to do lots of new fun things. Lets see.....she claps her hands together, starting to wave by moving her fingers up and down, she is pulling her self up if you hang on to her hands and she is attempting to use other objects to pull her self up, she scoots on her butt ( this girl is never going to crawl), and she rolled over from her back to her tummy, so now she can roll both ways. Oh yeah she likes to say "Da Da Da". At times it seems like she is associating the word to her daddy but doesn't always say it if Chris comes in to the room.
This last weekend was fun, ok not all of it. It was fun that Chris's family was in town and Chris got to celebrate his first father's day. About father's day, i don't think Chris will ever forget, he got to spend part of it in the emergency room. Thank God that his family was here to help out. Sunday afternoon till evening Chris and i were in the emergency room for me. I was in a lot of pain and got sick, after two hours of being in pain Chris decided to take me in to the ER. So to make a long story short after spending five hours in the ER we found out that my gallbladder is full of stones. Now after visiting with a surgeon today i will be having surgery on Monday to have my gallbladder removed.
As you can all see our life is always and continues to be full of excitement and never dull. Oh by the way we can't forget our wonderful dog Cole. He is doing well and seems to not be as depressed right now. Cole has started to play with his toys again. Also he wants to play with Grace and Grace wants to play with him. But what the two of them don't know is Grace is not big enough for that yet.

Pictures from Grace's first trip to the Zoo.

Pretty butterfly at the zoo's new butterfly house.
"Hey look a butterfly landed on my hat, it must be because i am so sweet, or they just like this big white hat."

Taking time out for a little lunch.
"Here is my friend Quill, he came to the zoo with me."
"My cousin Jonah trying to feed these cute little birdies."
"This is my friend Amara, she was feeding the birds and got one to stand on her stick."
"My cousin Toree at the zoo with me, all of us babies riding around in our strollers."
At the zoo hanging out. We had a three stroller line up.

Daddy and Grace at the zoo.
"Hey this zoo thing makes me very tired."

"Hey goat I can't see you so that means you can't see me or get me."

Grace's cousins came to visit.

"Hey Toree what are you doing?"
Grace picking on her cousin Toree.

Grace getting her picture taken with her cousins.
Grace playing with her feet. She could care less that she is suppose to be smiling at the camera to get her picture taken. You know those feet are just so much more important.
"Yeah......I am having so much fun."
Miss Harley Chick! Such a happy little girl.
Grace hanging out with her friend Quill and cousin Toree.
Grace out at a restaurant being a big girl sitting in their high chair.
Grace and Toree playing at Great Grandma and Grandpa Beermann's house. Like usual everything goes in the mouth.
Grace playing with her cousins. They are having fun playing but of course both of the girls wanted to play with the remote more then the other toys.
"Cousin Jonah you are so funny."
One happy little girl. She is so cute and funny.
"Hey cousin Toree how are you doing?" "See my feet, hey can i see your feet?"
Grace having fun feeding her self. She loves her gerber biscuits and makes such a mess with them.

This last week Grace's Aunt Teena and 2 cousins, Jonah and Toree, were here to visit. Grace had so much fun to get to spend time with them and having her cousins around to play. They had to leave to go home today. So today we celebrated Grandma Juhl's birthday early before they left. Over the course of the last week we hung out at Papa and Grandma Juhl's, our house, Great Grandma and Grandpa Beermann's, and our friends the Orth's. One day we got to go out to lunch with Grandma Juhl and we went to Village Point to shop. While out at Village Point we had pictures taken of Grace, Jonah, and Toree for Grandma Juhl's birthday. Of course she loved them. The kids did so well while getting their pictures taken. Yesterday we got to go to the Zoo with papa and grandma Juhl, Aunt Teena, cousins Toree and Jonah, and our friends the Orths, Carol, Amara, and Quill. We had a lot of fun at the zoo, it was Grace's and her cousin Toree first time at the zoo. It was crazy though because everyone must have decided to go to the zoo also, it was packed.
Grace continues to do well. She is teething so we have had a few fussy days. Grace still just has one tooth but definitely working on another one. But overall she is one happy little girl. Her big smiles and silly little laughs will always make your day.