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 […]

Just a quick Friday’s Frame today, friends. What a week! Tommy, Gracey and I will be moving to a slightly bigger house soon, and we actually accepted an offer on our current house yesterday! Very, very exciting. Our move will not affect my business in any way — we just needed a bit more space. […]

Yesterday was filled with too much monkeying around — I never got around to posting Friday’s Frame! We took Gracey to Monkey Joe’s, and for those of you who aren’t familiar, it’s an indoor play park just 5 minutes down the road. In true Gracey style, she was entirely apprehensive at first, but when the […]

Today, I am thankful for parents. At the end of the day, when I’m putting Gracey in her pajamas, I somehow end up singing the song, “You Are My Sunshine.” You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy, when skies are grey. You’ll never know dear, how much I love you. So […]

The girl loves to eat. To be honest, I can’t think of one thing she won’t eat. Of course, she still has her faves — berries, applesauce, tomatoes and good bread. (It has to be good bread, though. Like any woman, Gracey knows better than to waste her calories on bad bread.) 😉 Overall, fingers-crossed-knock-on-wood, […]

There’s no skipping Valentine’s Day when you’re the parents of a 1-year-old. 🙂 I mean really, who cares if it’s a Hallmark holiday? Any excuse we get to shower Gracey with a little extra love is worth it. Daddy brought home her first official bouquet of flowers and I put together some tiny pink toys […]