Gracie McKenna

When Steve and I first started discussing Miss Gracie's name (inspired by the Ben Folds song "Gracie" long before we even knew we were going to end up happily married and with a Miss Gracie at all... you should listen to it...) we thought it was pretty unique. We didn't know a ton of Graces--in fact I can only think of two I've ever met.

Then suddenly when we found out we were having a girl and decided on the name for sure, baby Graces started popping up everywhere. Steve's dad met a woman from Georgia with a Grace granddaughter, our OB said she'd met three Graces-to-be in the past month...

Then she was born, named, and suddenly we realize that everyone has a Grace or a Gracie! A woman at church asked me her name this week and replied "Oh, that's my daughter's name!" And then two days ago I was poking through the baby pajamas at Target and heard a daddy telling his Gracie to come back over to him.

So I guess we weren't that original, but to our Grace McKenna is a perfect Gracie to me. Her name comes from a lot of thought and love--not only the Ben Folds song, but locked in when I realized what a miracle it was to be able to be pregnant with her. A gift of grace, without a doubt. Our Gracie girl.