Home Bound Home today nursing a sick baby. Gracie woke up with a 100 degree fever this mo… Written By Shipley Mommy 4 Comments Edit
Grocery Store Helper I had to tell you all about tonight's trip to Wal Mart to get groceries. Gr… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Back In The Swing Of Things Our little family seems to be back to life as usual...with the exception of Gar… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Hair Experiment It was last week that I realized that Gracie's hair has remained the same s… Written By Shipley Mommy 2 Comments Edit
Happy Birthday Papaw Charles Happy Birthday Papaw Charles! I wish I could have been there to celebrate with … Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Christmas Day Hmmm, to sum up the day: rainy, messy, hyper toddler plus tons of new toys, Sty… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Christmas Morning Gracie hopes Santa was as good to you all as he was to her. Santa left her a th… Written By Shipley Mommy 1 Comment Edit
Our Family's Second Christmas Eve If you were looking forward to a Norman Rockwell, picture perfect Christmas Eve… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Happy Holidays From family email 12/24/05: Merry Christmas from our family to yours May you fi… Written By Shipley Mommy 3 Comments Edit
Saying Goodbye It certainly isn't easy to let go of someone who means so much to you. Than… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Happy Birthday Mariah Happy Eighth birthday to our favorite niece Mariah! Happy Birthday, we love you… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Grieving Gracie and I are still in Lynchburg, and will likely be for the remainder of th… Written By Shipley Mommy 7 Comments Edit
Missing You Lula Bryant Nash 1918-2005 ***Picture taken Fall 2003** Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Christmas Shopping And Other Fun Stuff The weather was decent here today and Garren was ready for a break, so during G… Written By Shipley Mommy 1 Comment Edit
Gracie Meets Santa As it usually is when we visit Grandma—the day was very busy! Since Mariah didn… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Hello From Lynchburg Gracie and mommy spent much of Wednesday afternoon on the road to Grandma and G… Written By Shipley Mommy 1 Comment Edit
"Language Explosion" This is the phrase Garren has decided to use for the phase our little Gracie is… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Ready For Christmas It was a long weekend here in the Shipley home as the Princess Grace gave us a … Written By Shipley Mommy 1 Comment Edit
More Snow We got more snow last night, and then ice on top of that. I think it was about … Written By Shipley Mommy 1 Comment Edit
Gracie Reads I wanted to tell you all that Gracie read her first book today. It was a board … Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Playing Dress Up I was thinking back today about how my photo sessions with Gracie had tapered o… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Fun In The Snow ...before it melted! I don't think we got the amount of snow we were predic… Written By Shipley Mommy 1 Comment Edit
Another Fun Family Day Today ended up being another nice day for the family. The ice that fell last ni… Written By Shipley Mommy 1 Comment Edit
Cold Saturday It's icing outside as I write this blog entry tonight. It was very cold mos… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
A Story Sometimes the best way to deal with your emotions, is to put it in to a story, … Written By Shipley Mommy 1 Comment Edit
Happy Birthday Aunt Heather! Happy Birthday to my favorite Aunt! Love, Gracie Have a wonderful day and celeb… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
In The Holiday Spirit We hadn't planned to, but tonight turned in to a pre-Christmas celebration.… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Send Rice Dear Grandma and Grandpa, Please send rice--mommy's a genius! Love, Gracie… Written By Shipley Mommy 1 Comment Edit
Congratulations Shannon & GW! You have a beautiful baby boy. I know you have been waiting a long time to meet… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
issues/opinons Plugging Your Ears To Well Intentioned Advice There was an article in this month's Baby Talk magazine that I got a few d… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
mommy diaries For Posterity As much as this blog is way for family and friends to keep up with how my littl… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Well Wishes To Family from family email 11/28/05: Family & Friends: We hope you all had a wonder… Written By Shipley Mommy 1 Comment Edit
Happy One Month Birthday Yeah Sierra you are one month old today! Congratulations! I am sure your parent… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
issues/opinons No Imagination Left Now that Thanksgiving is over, I guess its time for Christmas. Garren is listen… Written By Shipley Mommy 1 Comment Edit
Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Weekend We still have a ton of leftovers, and I don't want to see turkey again for … Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Thanksgiving Happy Thanksgiving A very Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends and family. We hope that you have … Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Another Mixed Up Day Gracie and I affixed the last feather to our homemade "countdown to Thanks… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
The Ups And Downs Of My Day The day started off with yet another potty-time success. I was on my way out th… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
potty training Potty Success ***Warning, if you can't handle poop do not read on*** Gracie had potty suc… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
November Pictures I have added November pictures to my snapfish account and they are ready to vie… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
issues/opinons Post Partum...Well sort of Last night I was watching Nick-at-Nite and it was that Cosby episode where Clif… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Fall Where Did Fall Go It didn't stick around here long that's for sure. Yesterday, Garren cam… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Happy Birthday Katie Happy Birthday to my dear friend Katie. I hope that you had a wonderful day and… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Thanksgiving Being Thankful I would like to teach Gracie what others are Thankful for. As a favor to Graci… Written By Shipley Mommy 12 Comments Edit
Request From Email 11/17/05 Dear friends and family: I know Gracie is young, but I am t… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Thanksgiving Giving Thanks Gracie and I talked today about being Thankful. We went through family members… Written By Shipley Mommy 1 Comment Edit
Perfect Day Today was an absolutely beautiful day here in Strasburg. The sun was warm and i… Written By Shipley Mommy 1 Comment Edit
Gracie Meets Sierra Garren and I got our first glimpse into what it might be like if Gracie had a … Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
October 2005 Check out October 2005 family pictures from Halloween, Pumpkin Patch and more o… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
On To The Next Holiday From family email: Hello family and friends: I hope that you are all enjoyi… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Germs Strike Again We are all safely back in Strasburg after a wonderful week in Lynchburg with Gr… Written By Shipley Mommy 1 Comment Edit
Grandma And Grandpa At Grandma's and Grandpa's Gracie had a wonderful time in Lynchburg this past week. Since mom and I were w… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Fall Halloween Gracie's Second Halloween Baby Gracie had a wonderful Halloween...but then, she was warm inside an extra … Written By Shipley Mommy 1 Comment Edit
Fall Halloween Church Halloween Party I am post dating these blog entries as we were in Lynchburg for Halloween and t… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit
Our Little Soccor Player Gracie showed us the Saturday we arrived in Lynchburg what she can do if we giv… Written By Shipley Mommy Add Comment Edit