Love was made for me & you.

In spirit of the February and celebrating Valentine’s Day, here are a few things that we LOVED this past month:

• Getting our groove on during Justin Timberlake’s Concert in the middle of some football game on Gracee’s first Superbowl Sunday. (see “Instagram Story Highlights” for the evidence)
• Cozy nights at the beach house. There is nothing like a sunny winter afternoon drive to the beach house, I would have say it’s her favorite car ride nap. We had a fun night spent in a community gym at the Annual Key Center Crab Feed. We had some happy belly’s from a delicious dinner and spent the night in the warm cabin surrounded by family, fun and full of laughter. PS – have you played the game “Heads Up”, if not definitely recommend it!
• A fresh new pair of shoes, and not just any pair of shoes – our first pair of “walking shoes”. Gracee is preparing for a big move to the Waddler Room at school, so we are working on loving our new shoes, because shoes must be worn all day in the big kids room. This makes a great excuse for a shoe shopping trip to Nordstrom. Gracee got her little size 4 toesies measured. Tried on her first pair of See Kai Run shoes and the dance moves began, that’s when we knew they were the ones.
• Sharing the love on Gracce’s first Valentine’s day. She helped me make sweet little Valentines for her teachers with her little hand prints saying, “Hands Down You’re The Best!” (separate post coming soon with all the details) That has always been my favorite part of Valentine’s Day – the idea of spreading love with those around you that you may not normally give an “atta boy” too. It’s an awesome opportunity to share encouraging words, love notes to family, and of course sweet treats. Gracee tried gnawing her way into a box of chocolates but we will have to save the sweet treats for next year.
• Surprise lunch dates at mom’s work. Gracee brought me lunch to work, when she was spending a Friday with Grandma. I love getting to show her off to my co-workers while she loved twirling in mom’s office chair.

If you haven’t figured it out already, what I truly love is each moment spent with Gracee Rae. I cannot say it enough, these past 11 months has flown by!! And I cannot believe it has already been almost a year. I never could begin to imagine the love I would have for my sweet baby girl and the amount of love she shares with us every day, this truly is the best part of parenthood. My daily prayer is that she would continue to share her love with the world in a time when we need it the most! ♥ John 13:34 ♥