Mother's Day

On Sunday we made our way to Greenville and spent a lovely afternoon down by the Reedy River with my parents, Uncle Danny, Aunt Ali and cousins Sam and Hudson. We enjoyed sandwiches and bubbles before heading home. The kids thought it was great!

Folly Beach

My dear friend, Heather Berry Main, was married to her long time love this weekend in Folly Beach. It was a beautiful barefoot beachside ceremony. It gave Greg and I a wonderful reason to spend a weekend at the beach. My parents, as always, graciously agreed to keep the girls so we could enjoy the weekend without having to adhere to schedules and tantrums. The weather was wonderful, the scenery was amazing, our condo was perfect. It was an all around wonderful trip.



The view from our deck:


The chairs on our deck:


The wedding:

Emerson's First Birthday party

Wow. Emerson is a year old. Already. I still can't believe it. Where in the hell did the time go? When did my baby become a year old and my other baby is going to be turning 3. If it wasn't for all of this gray hair, I would think I still belonged in college. Of course, I had this patch of gray in college too. Maybe Greg is the cause?
Anyway, we had her party this past weekend and all of her cousins (except John Lawrence and Mac) and little baby friends were there. The weather was gorgeous so we took advantage of it and had everyone out back. It is wonderful to be able to have all of her friends and family together for birthdays. It means the world to all of us.

You know I had to make her a dress for her big day!

Baptism

It only took 2.5 years to have little Avery baptized. But we are very happy to have waited and to have had the girls baptized together. Uncle Danny and Aunt Allison were chosen for Avery's godparents. They have loved that little girl so very much from the second they saw her (and really before that) so it was a no-brainer. And she loves them just as much. It is really sweet to watch her crawl up into her Godfather's lap and drink her milk. Or to go over to her Godmother, put her arms in the air and ask to be picked up and held. She kind of milk's the attention she gets from them. Danny and Allison have the ability to put a smile on her face in the fowlest of her moods by just calling her name. I only wish I had that power!

And our good friends, Matt and Kelly Yale were picked to be Emerson's Godparents. The four of us (the Yale's, Greg and I) clicked from the first night we hung out and it has been like that ever since. They are two of the nicest, generous, most genuine (and FUN!) good-hearted people you will ever meet. And their connection with Emerson made that choice an easy one. Their love for Emerson is about as special as they come. Kelly is the sister I have never had and I thank the heavens every day for putting her in my life. It is an honor to have them become more than just friends.

The whole day was very special and was celebrated with my parents as well as the Slocums (Julie, Ashley and Cole) who drove down here from Chapel Hill to spend this day with us. It fills our hearts to know that there is so much love in our girl's lives. And they love them all right back. Avery continually talks about her Aunts, Uncles and cousins. I can tell she is very happy to be able to see everyone so often. Neither Greg nor I had the luck of growing up surrounded with extended family and it means the world to us to give that gift to our children. Thank you to everyone to making the long awaited day such a great one!

Easter

We had a wonderful weekend. We spent Easter this year down in Greenville with my parents, Danny, Allison, Sam and Hudson. It was full of fun, food and laughter. We dyed eggs and ate Easter dinner on Saturday then woke up early on Sunday and looked for all of the eggs that the Easter Bunny hid for the kids.