Happy 9th Birthday Grace Catherine!!

She loves her fake nails

Her best buddy....sissies!

Daddy and his girl

Showin the philly attitude..comes with being a philly sports fanatic!

Gracie is very energetic and full of life. She loves to watch "I Love Lucy," "Gidget" (she has been caught surfing like Gidget on the ironing board), "Andy Griffith," and "Love Comes Softly." She enjoys soccer and is beginning her first year on the travel team. She loves to be with her cousins and enjoys taking care of and entertaining them. She is a "nurse" by nature and has a true compassionate servant's heart. Her distinct voice, volume and raspiness adds to her unique personality!
We are so thankful for our precious "baby" girl! We named her Grace because we loved

the name and what it means. As I look back over her first year.....my eyes fill with tears. God's handprints were all over her life and His goodness to us was overwhelming. Gracie was born with a congenital defect involving her kidneys and bladder which we didn't know until she got seriously ill at three months old with a 106 fever....bladder infection.....spinal tap...and bacteria in her blood. She layed and moaned motionless looking up at us so pathetically from the pain. We felt so helpless. Over the next several months she would be admitted to Children's Hospital of Philadlephia three more times. At eight months old, Gracie had major surgery to correct the defect. We prayed, and God was merciful to us. Gracie is now a very healthy and active little girl who brings so much joy and delight to whomever she is with. Her bubbly personality and love for life is contagious! Never, will we forget, His healing in her life and how He used this experience to remind us of His faithfulness which brought us closer to Him. We pray that she will glorify Him with her life and that she will understand how special she is to God.