As I was telling Gracie at 6:49 this morning that exactly 29 years ago I was born, she patted my stomach and said, "Your tummy is big."

Thank you, Gracie.

*the loving way Madelyn pats her baby's back

*the girls combing my hair and trying to put it in a ponytail

*Madelyn's chubby cheeks and little pigtails

*reading on the blanket yesterday morning

*the presents waiting for me on the hope chest and my family who got them

*the cards that came in the mail and the people who sent them

*the Facebook wishes