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.