Grace visits the Pacific Northwest

Grace visited her aunt and grandparents in Tacoma during Fourth of July. She went up there beginning to role over and came back a tumbling gymnast, who requires constant supervision when placed on the ground. It was out with the bassinet and swing when she came back and in with the Pack n' Play.

Grace starts solid food

Yeah!
Rice cereal rules!

Grace turns 6 months

On June 3, Grace was 6 months old!
She is growing like a weed!
She is sporting a cute top sent all the way from the magical country of Australia (thanks Yvette and Henning!)

Grace goes travelling - Part 2

So, Grace was introduced to the Sierra Nevadas by a visit to Angel's Camp. Murphy's and Columbia. (For those not up on their Mark Twain - wikipedia it.)

We spent one day wine tasting with her in Murphy's ... she loved it. Then, we were off to the historic city of Columbia were we sipped sarsaparilla. Finally, we meandered around the streets of Angels.

As always, it was good to see our friend Jeff, a college roommate, who is a teacher in the area.

Grace goes travelling - Part 1

(More Pics to come)
So, on Tueday May 20th, Jennifer, Jayson, Shannon, and Grace packed into the Honda Civic and headed to Berkley, California, to see our cousin Evan graduate with his BA in American Media.

It was Grace's first trip and she did awesome. (Although, she did produce quite a smelly diaper in the middle of the ceremony. After first, we were going to wait, but ... no.)

Ceremony was excellent.

Grace is visited by Grandma Joan

Grandma Joan came to visit!

During the stay, Grace started on rolling to her side and lifting herself up. Now, she is rolling all the way on to her stomach (and then crying). Dad or mom runs over to roll her back, then she rolls right back over to her stomach. It is a never ending battle.

Also, we noticed more hair, the debate is whether it is coming in blond or brown.

Grace and her Swing

So, right before Grace's 5 month b-day, we pulled out the swing. She started twirling and sliding about. She loved it. So, I decided the next thing to put together was her baby jumper ... to be continued.