Mother's Day 2013

I had a fabulous mother's day weekend, thanks to Grant and sweet William! We didn't do much of anything which was a nice change of pace. After church, we went out to lunch and then came home and took a long nap!  We spent the rest of the afternoon outside, enjoying the gorgeous day. I took some photos of our big boy walking around and playing in his cozy coupe. You'll also notice he's wearing shoes!

 BUSY!

"Hey, Mama"

He decided to reconnect with his green caterpillar he got in his Easter basket :)

He looks SO big!

This is the face we get after he toots. HAHAHA!

First Trip to the Zoo!

Our little family went on an excursion to the zoo today! Our timing wasn't perfect because William was pretty sleepy and due for a nap, but I think he enjoyed it! I can't wait to take him back when he's a little more chipper because I think he'll really get into it. Every time he saw any animal that remotely resembled a dog (i.e., had 4 legs) he'd start barking.

 He LOVES his wagon! He's pretty much over the stroller so we take the wagon everywhere :)

 I think his favorite were the zebras. He liked to bark at them because I guess he thought they were dogs?!

 Finally wearing shoes!

 I was pretty impressed with the giraffes! Sorry for the rear end shot of me.

 He pointed to everything. 

 Walking around like a big boy!!

 Milk man.

 Even at 28 years old, I'm still in awe of elephants. They're just so big!

 Soaking it all in...

 Finally caught a smile even if it's a little blurry ;)

 So pretty and graceful...

 and then THIS! Yikes!

 Love his sweet little profile.

 Peacock that Grant was worried might attack me. Scaredy cat!

I know we will make many more trips to the zoo in the future!! Hopefully, next time the gorillas won't be hiding in their cave!

Hannah and Andrew's Wedding

This past weekend we were in Greenville, AL for my dear friend Hannah's wedding. It was hands-down the most charming, lovely, classic, southern wedding I've ever been to. Everything about the wedding screamed Hannah, who happens to be the classiest gal I know.

Rehearsal Dinner. Grant didn't make it in time for the dinner. That's why he isn't in any of these photos!

Kori and Judson looking cute as always!

Jenny, George and baby Quinn (in the womb)

We were honorary bridesmaids so we took pictures before the ceremony at a beautiful home in Greenville. It was really nice not having to buy a bridesmaids dress. Instead, Hannah told us to wear any jewel tone dress.

Little Sarah came down from ATL. Loved catching up with her!

 Hubs and me sans William. He was in Dothan for the weekend. {He didn't want to come back to Birmingham with us on Sunday}

 Jenny makes pregnancy look glamorous ;)

 The flowers were so beautiful!

 Kor and Judson again...

 Hannah thought every singe minute detail through to perfection. 

 Part of our awesome KD pledge class.

 It turned out to be a gorgeous day after storming hard the night before. 

 We took another group shot when Kat got to the reception!

 Guys in front of the AWESOME car that Hannah and Andrew left in. They were thrilled about me taking this picture...can't you tell?!

 Beautiful venue.

 And they're off to....

 HAWAII!

And they lived happily ever after...

12 Month Stats & School Pictures

William had his 1 year check-up on Tuesday. I was glad we had the appointment scheduled because he was the last baby in his class to bite the dust with HAND, FOOT, AND MOUTH DISEASE! Could you think of a more terrible name for a virus for your child to have?! Sunday evening (after his party on Saturday) he spiked a fever, was restless all night, and woke up very fussy. I had a very important meeting at work on Monday morning so Grant stayed home with William while I went to the hospital for a couple of hours. I came home around noon that day and I honestly thought about calling DHR on my own husband.

When I got home from work, I thought William had a rash all over his face, which turned out to be left over remnants from the fig newtons he had for breakfast AND lunch. He was also drenched in milk and smelled like sour milk :) I couldn't help but laugh.The entire house was a wreck! I honestly don't know how they made THAT big of a mess in just 3 hours.

William continued to feel pretty puny the rest of Monday and ran a low grade fever. At his 1 year check up, he got the official diagnosis of hand, foot, and mouth disease based on the small red bumps on his feet & hands and ulcer in his mouth. There's really nothing you can do to treat this disease but give tylenol/motrin. He is now on the mend and in good shape. Here are a couple of pictures from my phone from the appointment. He also had to get 3 shots :( Poor, poor baby! He only cried for about a minute and then was completely fine! Thankfully, he's never had a bad reaction to the shots. After lunch, I took him to Gilchrists for a grilled cheese. He ate his entire grilled cheese and half of my cherry limeade from my straw :)

 Happy baby pre-shots! He likes to look at himself on my phone :)

William weighed 24lbs. 6oz (70th %ile) and was 31.5 inches long (90th %ile). His pediatrician said he was going to be tall and lean. His head circumference was 19 in. (90th %ile).


William's school pictures came in this week as well. His teachers told me he was cheesin' it up for the photographer, and they were right... he really turned it on. We've been cracking up over these pics! *His forehead looks HUGE because they are a phone pic of the proofs because we are too cheap to order the real photos*

 His body look so disproportionate because of the angle I took with my iphone!