A Graceful Life

Grace has been dancing more and more when she hears music.  I love it!  She puts her hands up and starts to bounce when she likes a song.  She seems to love reggae! It is adorable!  I think it is so neat that babies just instinctively move when they hear music!  Just one more thing to love about my baby girl!

I am new to blogging and to reading blogs, but recently I have been reading some other mom blogs.  Through reading these, I learned about Madeline Alice Spohr.  She was an adorable little 17 month old girl who passed away last week.  All I can think is how sad and how I can’t imagine what her parents are going through.  It breaks my heart.  So I am praying for the Spohr family.  Here is the link to march of dimes to donate in her name – March of Dimes

This past Sunday, Grace turned 1!  It is amazing to me that it has been a year already!  Looking back at pictures from the day she was born, I got teary-eyed.  She has brought so much joy into our life.  She is absolutely the light of our life and Kelly and I can’t imaging the past year without her.  She has become the center of every family function (she gets so much attention, I think she has come to expect it!)  Watching her grow, learn, and change is absolutely fabulous! So here’s to Grace, the best daughter in the world!

MMMM! Cake!

So, last night we let Grace try a bite of strawberry.  She is 1  - which seems to be the age that EVERY thing is OK to eat.  It is the magical age by which everything is determined.  No honey until age 1, no cows milk until age 1, etc.  So we figured let’s let her try strawberry.  Well, she loved it!  Practically ripped it out of Kelly’s hand!  This morning, we get up and she has a little red rash.  Throughout the day, the “little rash” spreads down her legs, her arms, her tummy – she has hives!  So now it is benedryl every six hours and no more strawberries for Grace – at least for a while!

2009 is already proving to be an interesting year for the Zimny Family.  I have started my own business, Vintage VA Services.  Kelly is starting a new (but sort of old) job at Honeycutt Aviation.  And Grace is changing and growing every day!  So this blog will follow us through our crazy, but wonderful life!