Father’s Day Weekend

We all had a great father’s day family fun weekend. On Saturday we took Grace out shopping and bought her an awesome present. The Bumbo Chair helps babies learn to sit up, and it works. Grace was so excited to sit up all by herself and examine her feet and hands without mom and dad’s arms getting in the way. We also walked around Perkins Rowe and Grace fell asleep in her stroller.





Then it was father’s day! Grace wore her very special Daddy’s Girl onesie with her little purple and white polka dot skirt. She was precious. She got Daddy lots of presents, but the best was the one she made at daycare; it’s a poem on orange construction paper with popsicle sticks and ribbon. And her teacher helped her write her name.





Daddy and Grace also tried out her exersaucer. Our sweet little girl needed to stand on a book, cause she’s still so small, but she had a lot of fun showing Daddy all the buttons. We showed her how the buttons made noise when you push them, and she stared for a long time trying to figure it out for herself. Then she got it! She reached her little hand over to the buttons and slapped them until they made sounds. Our girl is a genius!!!

Not a fan of Daycare

After four whole days in daycare our little angel got her first cold. Which was preceded by pinkeye. If it’s not one thing it’s another. Even with all this, plus fever, Grace was still as sweet as could be. And no cold would be complete without getting a new toy; enter Moses, the little green giraffe. Next, Grace lovingly passed her daycare yuck onto Mommy and Daddy. Then our precious child developed, just as her pediatrician predicted, an ear infection. Scratch that, a double ear infection. The fun just keeps on coming.

Growing so Big

Grace loves her Oakley kisses, but Oakley loves them more!



Grace seems to be growing at the speed of light now. She's gets sweeter and more fun everyday. She smiles all the time, especially when she wakes up in the morning. And she's becoming quite the little flirt, but mostly with Daddy so it's okay. We can't wait until she's sleeping through the night, but neither one of us wants her to grow up to fast. She's our little angel and we're going to keep her that way as long as possible.


Mommy thinks she looks like a little miniDaddy.

Happy Mother's Day to me!

So May 11th was my first Mother's Day and I couldn't have been more excited. I never could have imagined I would love being a mom so much. Before Grace, it was always a compromise with Jared, but now it's Grace's way or no way, and that's just fine with us. I have never been so happy; I love my little girl. She has changed Jared and me in ways I never dreamed and I am a better person because of her. I will work everyday to continue to be a better mom, so all of her memories are happy ones. No matter what, I will give her all the love in the world and good things she deserves. Thank you Jared and Grace for making me a mommy; you are my heart.







you are more perfect
than I could have hoped,
more beautiful than I could have dreamed,
more precious than I could have imagined...
...I love you more than
I could have known