so much for writing more often! oh well, i do what i can. well, jason and i are qualified for a home loan and we're going up by his dad's house (about 3 hours from us) to look at houses in the area. and if that goes well we'll get jobs up there and be all moved by around october or november! yay i'm so thrilled to be out of the crummy apartment we're in now, it's got so many problems that just seem to get worse by the minute. i found mold in the kitchen ceiling the other day...ew! well gracie is doing very well, she's started to figure out how to crawl a little bit. it's too funny to watch her, she gets her rear end all up in the air, then her front, but almost every time she tries to move her hands to go somewhere she ends up doing a nosedive into the carpet. she gets stronger by the day though, and if she can't scooch to where she wants to go, she just rolls. still no teeth but i'm still nursing so i can easily deal with that! she's eating about 2 jars of baby food per day now, one fruity thing for breakfast and then some sort of meat/veggies thing for supper. she's started waking up again at night which is kind of a bother. i've got to admit that i've just been lazy with getting her back into her crib at night, i just let her sleep with me...hopefully this won't come back to bite me later on, but i'm sure it will and i will just have to deal with it then i guess. my cat bit gracie in the face a few days ago...so yeah now the cat's gotta go, which is kind of sad cuz she's a really good cat. and she was doing so well with the baby, but one day she just up and bit her for no reason, gracie wasn't messing with her at all!!!  i looked at pics of gracie when we were still in the hospital after the birth today, my how she's grown! it's funny but i can't believe she was that small just 8 months ago!