Today seemed to have lots of small memorable moments, so here they are, noted to preserve our memory…. 

Grace and I went for a swim early this morning while Donné was exercising and she had so much fun – kicking her legs, throwing her polar bear toy around, sliding off the edge and so on. There is a lane barrier in the middle of the small pool at the gym, and what stood out was taking her underneath the water and under the barrier to fetch her polar bear which she had thrown over. She went underneath the water like this four times quite comfortably. 

This afternoon Donné was baking cupcakes with Grace and she said to Grace, “Put the egg into the bowl,” to which Grace responded by throwing the egg into the bowl. Amazingly the shell cracked perfectly in half, the egg slid out into the bowl and the shell could be easily recovered. 

We have decided that we will walk to a near-ish park twice a week, both for the exercise as well as for Grace to go and swing regularly. It is about a 20 minute walk at a brisk pace. While we were swinging another little girl (Amy, who we guess is 5 years old) came and swung on the swing next to Grace. Amy was quite chatty and while swinging started to say “Woo-ee” as she swung backwards and forwards. Grace responded with her own little, “Wooo” while swinging, which was very cute and funny. 

The length of Grace’s sleeps as a baby was…umm….a challenge for us, but over the last week she has been having really good day sleeps. Today she slept for over three hours. In my memory I can only think of it happening once. Donné reckons there have been more times, but not more than you could count on one hand. We are enjoying the long sleeps. 

Today is also the one week mark for being totally nappy free. No accidents at all during sleeps. 

Over the last little while I have been bathing Grace, first she gets a wash and then I wash myself. There is a little pink cup which we use to rinse her off, and which I use to get wet and rinse myself off (not much space with two of us in there). Today Grace decided she wanted to help me bath, and assisted by filling the cup and pouring water over me, just like we do to her. 

I am not to sure how it is done, but it is possible to pop your lip open while sitting on the floor. Grace managed to get her arms caught up in her jersey (while trying to take it off) and was not able to stop herself from going face first into the floor…evidence below.