Grace Says "Bye-Bye"! (First Word at 9 mos.)

Gracie now says "bye-bye" while she waves. She has been waving for a couple of weeks, but now she puts a word to it. We think it's SOOO adorable (of course!) that our petite 9-month old can do this! Miraculously, we captured it on VIDEO last night. :-) (Both babies have been saying "Mama" and "Dada" but seemingly indiscriminately. Chance possibly said "light" the other day, but we're not sure. He likes to point at lights, and we say "light" when he does.)

Mommy can't figure out how to rotate the video so that it's vertical instead of horizontal (can anyone tell us?), and it's kind of dark because it was taken in our living room at about 8:30 pm.


On Saturday, we went to the Charleston Market with Aunt Carla, and Gracie constantly waved at everyone. We also went to Folly Beach (about 45 min. from our house) with Aunt Carla because the temps were in the low 70s; photos below!
Also, we've included photos below of one of Grace and Chance's favorite toys received at Xmas from our dear friends Melissa and Chip--the twins play with their giraffe everyday; it gives them a way to pull up and stand (as also seen in the "bye-bye" video) while learning how to put the balls into the giraffe's mouth. In the photos, Grace is wearing her "Colorado denim" outfit given to her by Aunt Haze (it's sooooo cute on her, don't cha think?).