GO BULLDOGS!!!!

Football season is here and Grace attended her very first collegiate game this past weekend when The Citadel Bulldogs played Clemson. We loaded up and headed to Death Valley early Saturday morning, ready to tailgate with friends and then go to the game. Little did we know our seats would be only 6 rows from the very top of the stadium!! It was a hike up just to get to our seats in the 90 degree heat. Grace was decked out in her Bulldog blue onsie and ready to cheer on her team, but naptime interfered with her viewing the first half. She roused herself for the halftime show and then Mommy and Gracie headed back to the rv for the rest of the game. Sadly, the Bulldogs lost but they did put up a good fight, scoring 17 points. What is truly amazing is that Grace kept to her regular schedule, awake for socializing and napping at her normal times. She even stayed awake in the car on the ride home until her normal bedtime! But just to be fair, she gave equal time to Mommy's alma mater the day before the game!!

Grace is Growing!!

We plan to have Grace photographed once a month for her first year, so we can really see how fast she is growing. In just the 4 weeks since out last sitting, Gracie has learned to hold her head up on her own and shows us more of her personality each day. She's got a strong will, which will come as no surprise to any who know her mommy and daddy well! She's grown to 10 pounds, 9.5 ounces and almost 23 inches long. She loves being naked, taking a bath, and kicking her legs in her bouncy chair. She wakes us in the best mood, just like her daddy! She talks a lot and when she smiles, her whole face lights up! John and I are always amazed at how lucky we are to have her in our lives!

Newborn Pictures

We took Grace for her first portraits at 2 weeks. We wanted to capture just how small she was at only 6 pounds, 11 ounces and 18.5 inches long. These are just a few of our favorites from that sitting.

It's a girl!!!

After visiting the doctor twice in one day, we were told to check into the hospital on Tuesday evening, July 1st. After several hours of pitocin and one excellent epidural, Grace Lee Bridges entered the world at 1:45 pm on Wednesday, July 2nd. She weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces and was 18.5 inches long and had a head full of hair. She came out with an excellent set of lungs and spent the first 30 minutes of life exercising those lungs. Both sets of grandparents were on hand to see her, as well as Aunt Beth and Allison. Grace ended up developing jaundice, and we had to spend another 3 days at Children's Healthcare so she could spend time under the bili-lamps. We were glad to finally get our little girl home for good almost a week after she was born!! And now the adventure really begins!!