Gracie's week full of firsts!!!

It has been a very exciting, fun, sad, and scary week for Gracie. I will start out with her 1st Birthday. Gracie Lou turned 1 on April 17th . It was so much fun! Grandma and Grandpa Romney traveled to Vernal, along with Aunt Vanda and Uncle Chad. On her birthday morning, we made Sausage Fondue for her (this is Gracie's favorite). She opened a few presents, which she loved to do. Then Grandma and Grandpa took her to lunch. Later that night Gracie got a little constipated and didn't feel good. Her birthday party with her friends and family was on Saturday the 18th. Unfortunately, the weather was not so great. Gracie was finally able to have a poopie diaper at her birthday party, but fell asleep after trying so hard for two days. So later that night she opened the rest of her presents and ate her cake at Grandma Dawna's. We want to thank everyone for all the fun gifts and for coming out in the bad weather. This is Gracie enjoying her birthday breakfast. Gracie loves chocolate milk! Gracie had so much fun opening all her new toys and clothes. Gracie's cousins Sonny and Jacee at her birthday party.

Gracie asleep with Grandma Dawna at her birthday party. Gracie eating her birthday cake later that night. (She has a sweet tooth, just like her mom)

After two of parties, Gracie is pooped!

Just when we thought things were about to calm down, a lot more happened. On Monday we were walking into Walmart and a certain person was carrying Gracie (I promised I would not name any names) tripped and Gracie's head hit the concrete. We immediately took her to the hospital and after 4 hours and a CT scan, the doctor informed us that Gracie was bleeding on the front part of her brain. The Doctor told Gracie, "that she was going on a little plane ride to Primary Children's Hospital" (we didn't appreciate how the Doctor informed us). Rick and I left right away, while Grandma Dawna, Grandma Wendy, Aunt Tammy and Aunt Joella stayed with Gracie until she was in the Life Flight Helicopter. We were in such a hurry to leave to drive to SLC (they wouldn't let us fly with her), that we didn't even think about a blessing until we were on the road. Rick's good friend, Austin, ran over there just in time to give her a beautiful blessing. My brother and sister were at Primary Children's waiting for her. The doctors allowed them to be with her until we got there. Gracie is very comfortable with Aunt Vanda and Uncle Chad. After two days in the hospital and careful watch by doctors( with a neck brace on) the doctors said she will be just fine. They said it was a frontal lobe bruise on the brain and it was so small she would never know the difference. We are so grateful for all the love and support everyone has shown us. We feel very blessed with our family and friends and for all the wonderful doctors and nurses.

The neck brace made it look a lot worse.
She was so happy to get it off and so was everyone else.

Gracie's on the move!

About two days ago, Gracie has started to scoot! It has been so exciting to watch her grow and change everyday(a little sad too). She loves that she can get around on her own now and is getting faster everyday. Here is a short video for everyone to see. It looks a little more like an army crawl.

Gracie loves to go Bye Bye!

I noticed this past week, if I put Gracie in her car seat she will start to wave goodbye. Then other day when I dropped her off at her Grandma Dawna's house, she looked at me and waved goodbye. So now that's her new favorite thing to do, is to wave goodbye anytime she gets the chance to. I took a video on my camera, because it's just so cute!

Gracie's First Haircut!

A week or so ago, I gave Gracie her first haircut. It was really long in the back, so I just evened it up. She did a great job staying still. I have had so much fun styling it!

In memory of Richard Hogan

Over the holidays, we are sad to say that Rick's Dad passed away. He had been sick for over 10 years with lung disease caused from an accident at work. He was the strongest person and hero to everyone that knew him. We are so grateful for the time we had with him and for all the memories we will cherish forever. While I was at work a few days a week, Gracie was able to spend time with him and loved every second of it. He always called her "Baby Lou". I know Gracie will always remember her Grandpa Richard and how special he was. We will always love him....

Fun times at the ocean!!!

Two days after Christmas, we went to the ocean with friends and family. It was so much fun. I hope we will get to do something like this every year! While we were there, the kids went on a treasure hunt and found a treasure box. It was to cold for Gracie to help find the treasure, but she did enjoy playing with it!

Happy Holidays everyone! Sorry about being late, the Hogan family has been through a lot the past few weeks. We will start with our Christmas we had as a family the weekend before we left for Seattle. This is one of the many toys Gracie got and loves!!!

Gracie so far has loved airplanes. She plays for a little while then goes right to sleep(I just hope future flights will be the same). This is on our way to Seattle to spend Christmas with my family. When we arrived in Seattle, there was so much snow. My parents had over 14 inches in their yard. I didn't get any pictures, but it was a pretty white Christmas. On Christmas Eve we went over to some friends house with my family. We had so much fun with everyone!
Christmas morning was so much fun! Gracie loved playing with the wrapping paper and all her new toys.