A NEW HOME?

Look what Santa Brought!  

He was delivered by emergency 

C-section at 3:45 AM this morning and weighs 5 lb. 7oz.  

Mommy and baby are doing well.

Welcome Grand-Angel #4

 (no name yet). 

Dear Santa,

If what I'm hearing is true, I would like a new home for Christmas.  The last 2 Cookie Carriers are not exactly Cockapoo friendly. Jake, the wild child, chases me and Summer the curious one, has this fascination with my ears that keeps me on edge when she's around.  Is it really true that you brought Jake the wild child a new baby brother?  SANTA!  WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!  Hey, maybe I could live with you? You get lots of cookies for Christmas, right?  Probably enough to last all year long, right?  You have reindeer that I could intimidate, lunge and bark at, right?  And Mrs. Claus likes little dogs like me, right?  Just an idea.  Your furrrend Gracie.

Gracie's Post ~ MOODS

Gumby is Mom's favorite toy.  When she says "Go get Gumby" I know just what she wants.  

Another favorite of Mom's is TOY.  She will toss TOY across the room and I will bring it right back to her.  I think she likes TOY and Gumby because they don't scream out in pain when I bite them with my teeth.

When I feel like making Mom happy, I bring her Gumby or TOY.

When I feel like wrestling, I pick out Wally the Alligator.  Wally has over 30 squeakers and can he make some noise!

Sometimes Wally wins, but mostly I shake the sense out of him.

Squeaky Blue ball makes enough noise to keep Mom and Dad both on their toes.  "Gracie must you?"  and "Gracie go lay down" are popular comments from them at this time.

When I'm in the mood for ice cream  I play with my ice cream cones.  They crinkle and squeak just a little. 

When the mailman goes through and I'd like to rip him to shreds but can't get to him...  I take it out on MAN.  He does scream!

This morning, after a surprise BATH and BLOW-DRY...  my toy of choice was ANGRY BIRD.  

How Can We Go On... We Just Do...

Friday morning I popped on facebook to see a status of:

What is wrong with this world? Shooting with deaths in elementary school???

Below this persons name it said: near Frostburg via mobile.

Now, even though I knew that the location was basically where the facebook friend was posting from... for a brief minute my heart dropped...   and I thought about Rissi in kindergarten at that moment.  I tried to find out more... but all I was hearing was kindergarten, shooting, and 20 deaths.

Finally, the story was playing out on the news and the location and facts were clearer.  Again, my heart dropped.  So many innocent children!  So many heros who sacrificed their own life to try and protect them!  So many lives shattered!

I cannot even try to imagine the pain...

All I can do is pray.

Yesterday was Rissi's Christmas dance recital.  Prayers were said.  Tears shed.  A lot of love in that auditorium yesterday.  I found myself wiping away tears with each performance.  What a blessing to be able to watch these children,  and to know... that by God's grace...  I was gifted another day with my own precious angels.  

Please!!  Do not stop praying for these families!!  This is all we can do to help them get through this.

And now...  the Love's of my Life...  (well, 2 of them)...  



Rissi was mostly the 3rd from the left...