First BooBoos

These are pictures of Andie's first boo boos. Now they don't look like much, especially compared to the ones she has gotten since then. What can I say? First time mom taking pictures of crazy things. :o)

Fun Birthday Party

Mary Catherine did a wonderful job planning and decorating for Anna Cate's birthday party. It was a garden theme and you can see a little of the decorations in the background of the first picture. MC, you inspire me! And we had a great time at Andie's first birthday party as a guest.

Birthday, Baby Birds and Beach

This week was my birthday and our 5 Year Anniversary!! Now, I know most of you think you have the best husband ever, but I'm sorry to tell you...you don't....I do! Look at these gorgeous flowers Darrell brought home yesterday. Thank you Sweetheart!! Stargazer Lillies...my favorite!

These are our baby birds! Aren't they cute? They were in the nest in our Crepe Myrtle in our front yard, but with all the bad weather, the nest was shredded and the babies fell out...so I made this makeshift nest with one of Darrell's golf towels and placed them in...worried as to what would become of them...but....Mama bird has still been taking care of them!!! and is very protective and has even nipped Copper a couple of times for getting to close. The entire neighborhood has taken interest and we have visitors daily. I hope they make it and that they are left alone by everything that might get them.

Memorial Weekend at Edisto

We had a blast at Edisto with the usual "Fraternity Family." It was great to see everyone and eat so much delicious food! Above is Aunt Megan playing with Andie.

I love this family picture. The summer has already gotten off to a wonderful start!

Kisses for our girl. Look at Andie's face...Haha! I'm sure she's thinking..."Really, guys?"

On Saturday we loaded up the boats for our annual trip to Otter. Andie fought falling asleep, but her first time playing at the beach wore her out!

Group picture! It's amazing to look at the "group pictures" through the years. We've grown up doing this, and now I am so glad Andie gets to be a part of it....And yes, that is Dad's "John Yacht" that everyone is sitting on and yes, it is "high and dry."

What can you even say about this picture? Rednecks? The boat people? Uh Oh!? Good thing we had so many people to get it back in the water!

Andie's first realy experience at the beach, in the sand and water. She loved it!! And we loved watching her love it!

"Um, Mom, is it ok to be this dirty?..Cause I'm not so sure about it."

Andie loves dogs and will love on any dog that will let her. Here she is with Lindsey's sweet dog Maddie....Andie's best friend for the weekend.

Meeting a new friend and sharing Maddie with him.

And last but not least...my favorite picture from the weekend. Is there anything sweeter than a baby at the edge of the water at the beach? Adorable.

We hope you all had a wonderful Memorial weekend. We want to send out a huge thank you to all of the many brave men and women that serve our country and fight for our freedom. Thank you for helping to keep our country the amazing, free, safe, wonderful place to live that it is.

More Than Just Neighbors

I pray that at some point in your life, you are blessed with neighbors as wonderful as mine. Noah and Avery have become more than just neighbors to Andie...they are like her big brother and sister. She loves to play with them, trying to keep up, and just watch them play. They are so sweet (and seem to enjoy) to take Andie for a ride in "the Jeep." Andie will ride for as long as they will take her. She loves them...and I do too!!

Happy Birthday Andie!

Andie's 1st birthday party was this past Saturday. It was great! We all had a blast and Andie did so great...enjoying all of the attention. The pictures below are from the party, but they start with the end.
Here is our sweet girl, so happy and proud of herself after everyone clapped for her and she clapped for herself. :o)

Loving the beautiful baby doll Aunt Megan and Uncle Mark gave her.

Can't you see in that little face how she adores the attention, almost as if she knows the day was all about her.

LOVING the play keys the Fowlers gave her. We now do not go anywhere without them.

Caroline helped Andie explore her new toys. They couldn't wait to get ahold of the awesome "Laugh and Learn" lawn mower. I love that they are so close in age and already great friends!

Yummy cupcake! Andie loved her cupcake. She wanted to share with everyone.

Not so sure about that cupcake at first.

We had a great turnout and really appreciate everyone coming and being a part of Andie's special day. As I said, we had so much fun and everyone that was there was a huge reason why. Andie is a very lucky little girl to have so many people love and support her...and so are Mom and Dad! We couldn't have made it through this first year without all of the prayers and support of our family and friends! God is so good...Life is so good, we are truly blessed by this precious girl God has given us.

Some of the kids played "Pin the Candle on the Cupcake." I made it and am so glad it turned out so well. I hope that it will be a tradition for years to come.

For Andie's party, I had pictures from the year displayed...from birth to more recently. It was so neat to look at them all at once and see how much she has grown and changed. It all brought back so many memories, reminding me of little things that have slipped my mind.

A lot of other people took pictures also, so as I get them, I will post them.

Happy Birthday sweet bug! We love you!

Cute pajamas...

...and so we do.

Last weeks as a baby...

Our sweet girl will be one next week!! I can't believe it. I have been taking TONS of pictures trying to capture her while she is still a "baby." Of course, she will always be MY baby, but there is something about being one that "promotes" her. Just in the last few weeks she seems so grown up to me...crawling everywhere, sometimes walking a little, pitching fits, talking, eating...we are loving this stage!

Look at ALL that hair! She loves to stare out the windows.

Loving this face that she makes...and look at those teeth. She has 8 teeth now.

We have a walker! Well, when she gets the nerve to do it.

Happy girl!

We have a climber! She loves to climb everything. And she's pretty good, too. We don't let her climb the stairs, though, I just wanted to get the picture.

Playing in the grass enjoying the warm sunny weather.

Andie loves to go through the cabinets...as I hear most children do. She has a few cabinets that she is allowed to explore, one being her food cabinet...notice all the baby food jars and yogurt.