I know I’m biased, but isn’t she precious?

Today we celebrated Gracen’s first ever Earth Day. Unfortunately, it was another dusty day here in the desert, so we weren’t able to spend the day outdoors like we would have liked to, but we made the best of our indoor day.

‘Hey Grant – you wanna trade with me?’

Grae’s first ever piggyback ride!

‘A dusty day means Mama and I are headed to the shopping mall!’

This is how Gracen feels about another gloomy, dusty day in Kuwait. Just wait until she’s in Canada and all that beige is replaced with beautiful shades of green and blue! :)

Our poor little munchkin has a bit of a rash around her mouth right now. It started when we fed her spinach again recently… She ended up breaking out in little red spots where left over spinach bits had been sitting around her mouth… Now it seems to be dry and chapped. Surely the teething / drooling / sucking on ice all day isn’t helping it, but what can you do? We’ve eased up on washing her face and we’re applying pure lanolin a few times a day, so hopefully it’ll clear up quickly. Poor little rash face. :(

Numbers one and two came in together, number three popped up out of nowhere, and now teeth numbers four and five are on their way!

Keeps the doctor away.
Let’s hope that’s true, because this little doodlebug loves apples.

A little while back, Gracen mastered the art of zooming around in her walker. The trouble is, our apartment has lots of obstacles that disrupt good zooming. So tonight, we decided to head down to our lobby and let Grae zoom to her heart’s content. She cruised around in circles for a while…

Today Gracen and I decided to treat ourselves to a morning at the Hilton Beach Resort. The weather was gorgeous and it was pretty quiet. Gracen had never been to a beach or pool before, so when we arrived, she needed a few minutes just to take it all in…

Being the wonderful, grown up young lady that she is (I’m so old), Cassidy bought this adorable Eric Carle Hungry Caterpillar (and a beautiful bib!) for Gracen and got it all the way to Kuwait.

Although she’ll happily eat almost anything, one thing she really loves is having a big chunk of fruit that she can gnaw on and feed to herself… Today was her lucky day, because as she was eating her spiced sweet potatoes and tofu, Mama and Papa had a big bowl filled with watermelon and mango. :)

Every Friday morning, Gracen and I head out for a little mommy and baby adventure at the Avenues… We normally don’t buy a lot other than our essential Dean & Deluca grocery items and an equally essential grande skim latte for Mama, but this week Grae got a little treat… Classic Baby Beads, by Manhattan Toys. :)

Haha! We were headed out for a little walk this afternoon when we realized that Grae was wearing her American Apparel cardigan in tri-evergreen, and Papa was wearing his American Apparel t-shit in tri-evergreen too.