This weekend marked Gracie’s 4th birthday and our first Princess Tea Party. There were little girls, princess crowns, jewels, cookies, and Cinderella all under one rockin’ roof. Some of these little ones I have had the pleasure of knowing since they were just babies, to see them now as 4 & 5 year olds really makes my heart skip a beat. Jude attended the party too- but he wasn’t happy about it. Too much attention […]

Dear Gracen, I want you to know that I adore you. Before I ever knew you, I loved the very idea of you. I wanted a girl more than I wanted air, and darling, you are the most girly girl in the entire world. Before I knew the type of husband I needed, or house I dreamed of, or place I would live- there was you deep in my thoughts and growing in my heart.  […]