Our daughter’s in love. (With a puppy.) She says “puppy” about 105 times a day. Actually, double that. She walks around our yard saying, “Puppy, PUPpy, puuuppy, pupPY, puppy, puppy!!” I’m addicted to her sweet little voice. Never in a million years did I realize how much I’d love everything about this little soul. Lately, […]

All of these rain showers mean a couple things in GraceyLand — pink boots, puddles and a garden full of baby vegetables. 🙂 Oh, and leg hugs. Lots and lots of leg hugs. It’s the perfect snuggling weather! She had a few extra hugs for Grandma today … And then Grandma taught her how to […]

I have to admit — I am loving the outdoors at our new home. It’s kind of like Gracey’s own little nature land. She loves checking out all the flowers — she’ll walk up to them, stick her nose inside and then grab the petals. She also has an adorable obsession with the birds in […]

So, moving with a toddler is fun. Fun as in, a hundred times harder than the previous 15 times I’ve moved. 😉 It’s been quite the week, but we are in our new house! With a bottle of Aleve on hand and our incredibly awesome parents, siblings and friends, we somehow managed to transfer houses […]

For as long as this blog has been around, I’ve written it from one place — our home. And today? Well, today is the last day I’ll write Friday’s Frame from *this* home. Tommy, Gracey and I are moving to a new house in just a few short days. 🙂 This leaves me, of course, […]

I should have heard from them by now, I thought to myself. Something isn’t right. I pulled out my phone and dialed his number. “Hello?” On the other end of the phone, I heard my younger brother, Ned, rushing to his car. My heart stopped. “Is everything ok?” “No.” It was the longest, most straightforward […]