| . |
| . |
| Gracie's favorite name for the baby -- CORN POP -- didn't get picked, so she gets to call him CHARLIE CORNPOP! |
| . . . and give him some pat pats. . . |
| . . . and play him a tune on her ladybug xylophone. |
| Down in the family room, Charlie is just one more of Gracie's toys-in-a-basket! |
| Gracie's first task as a big sister - read Corn Pop |

| CHAD the DAD and his little dimpled, red-headed (maybe?) boy. |
| Gracie's recent (baseball sized, benign) tumor removal (7 stiches) and stay in the hospital has given her a lot of training in how to be a good doctor! |
| Dr. Gracie is giving Charlie his first check-up and a shot that won't hurt very much (assisted by her Nurse Toby). So far the family transition has been hardest on him. Charlie squeaks and Toby is right there on point! |
| Snug and cozy in the Baby PapaSan chair. |
| >>October-at Klackle's Orchard |