About UsPuddleducks are independent. Puddleducks are determined. Puddleducks see the best in others. Puddleducks trust others. Puddleducks see the beauty of the world around them and seize the opportunity to make a dream come true. I’ve always been a Puddleduck, well almost always. I credit my parents for the childhood nickname that has now become the inspiration behind my shop. I became “Puddleduck” shortly after my parents returned home from a trip to Annapolis, Maryland with a figurine of the beloved Beatrix Potter character Jemima Puddle-Duck. A few years later, on a family trip to England in 1994, I visited Beatrix Potter’s birthplace and couldn’t leave without bringing home a stuffed animal to commemorate our trip . . . Jemima Puddle-Duck, of course! The stuffed animal has long-since been retired, but the name has lived on even as I have grown, married, and had a sweet child of my own. In December 2013, I married my wonderful husband, Ryan, and in November 2014, we welcomed our son, Will, into our family. For nearly ten years, my husband has chased his dream of playing professional baseball and we have spent many, many months apart, even during my pregnancy. As I worked to help him fulfill his dream, I began to ponder my own dreams and how we could be together as a family no matter where baseball, or life, took us in the years ahead. It was a bold move, but in January of 2015, I quit my corporate job in California and we set out on our adventure East. As baseball season began, I was able to be home with our son and be with my husband, something neither of us had ever experienced. It was in these past few months that I have come to realize MANY things. I realized that I will always love to shop (even on a much tighter budget) and now, as a mommy, I loved to shop for amazing products for my son. I realized the joyful challenge doing life with my family every day. So as I began outfitting my son in comfy, cute, well-made clothes, my dream of owning and operating a children’s boutique was born. |