Little Miss Thing

I think being the second born kind of stinks.  You are--more often than not--the second in line: in talking, in walking, in running.  Try as she might, Grace can't run as fast as Grant, read as well as Grant, or tell a joke as well as Grant.  It's the nature of being 15 months behind her brother.  I know that in the years to come, the playing field will even, but at 3.5 years old, it seems like a real cruelty to Grace. 

But, there is one thing in which little Miss Grace schools her brother--swimming.  Grace is a little fish, and it's a good thing because she isn't the most coordinated on land!  At 3.5 years old, she swims completely on her own, dives into the deep end (like a REAL dive), and does somersaults in the water, all the while Grant is screaming, "Don't let go of me way out here!"  I'm so proud of my little girl!

Here are some pictures that Grace recently took of herself!