Colleen, after all of our emails and talking with your sweet sister, Kelli on the phone, I think I am as excited about Gracie "leaving the nest" and going home with her new Mom as you and Kelli are to have her come live "up north".
I am totally convinced that Little Ms. Gracie will be PRINCESS Gracie! I am so excited that another furbaby will "remain in the family" and I will get to watch her grow and mature.
I can tell you that major surgery didn't slow this little girl down one little bit. From the time I picked her up at the vet to now, she is "back to normal - or she thinks she is, anyway. To keep her quiet

I wound up putting her in the play pen - she doesn't see a problem with running and rough housing with her brothers and sisters, but I DO! So until next Thursday when she gets her stitches out your little neice is on play pen restrictions with a bit of strongly supervised play.