A Lot of Love Around Here

grace has been adding more and more words to her vocab in the last couple of weeks.  She still signs for a lot of things, but hands down, her favorite word to say is TILLIE!  She is calling for her, chasing her and loving on Tillie all day long.  The second we come into our house, she immediately says, "Hi Tillie"!  Tillie loves that Grace carries a lot of food right at her eye level.

and, recently, grace has been walking on our walks instead of riding in the stroller.  she stops a lot (usually when she hears a dog barking or when she spies the bison in the field right beside our neighborhood), so once i asked evan to take her hand and help get her moving along.  now, the second we cross the street, she immediately drops my hand and holds her hand out to evan....cutest thing i have ever seen.  they hold hand for most of the walk.

and, their is this strange habit that seems to be genetic in our family.  it has shown up in several generations...i have been called on it my whole life.  it is chewing on my tongue.  I know.  It is as weird as it sounds, but if i'm concentrating on something, without a doubt, I will be chewing on my tongue.  AND, apparently the tongue thing has been passed down to grace...

and evan!