Vickie's Wedding

This past Friday one of my dear friends from college got married. I was very honored to be there with her family and close friends to share this special day and witness their vows.

The wedding was at Mathew's Manor in Springville. It was a gorgeous venue and it was a beautiful evening to get married outside.

Stunning Bride!

AOII girls

Vickie with her precious niece - Helen Claire

It was so much fun seeing Vickie (she lives in Louisiana) and my other girl friends.

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Plant!

It was a fun evening with the girls! Thank you Cory for taking care of James Bradford while i was out playing!!

Easter

He has Risen - He has Risen Indeed!

Happy Easter! I hope you and your family had a blessed Easter. We sure did!

We had a busy, fun and exciting weekend. Good Friday was a fun full day - filled with:

James Bradford meeting the Easter Bunny! - He did so well, the bunny could of been his new best friend!!!
Playing and Swinging at the park - Hip Hip Hooray for pretty days that we can play together! Just a few more weeks until we can do it everyday!!!

And me going out with the girls to a good friends wedding. (more to come on this event in a later post)

What a fun Good Friday it was!!

Sunday was a great and fun day also! James Bradford got up and got his Easter basket and of course I went crazy with the pictures! We went to church with my Grandma, David and Laura. It was a fabulous and beautiful service. And then came back to our house for lunch.
James Bradford & his Easter Basket!



Cory & his Mini Me (that's what a friend of ours calls him!)



Fun with Aunt Laura,
Uncle David and

Great Grandma Grinnell!

After lunch and after James Bradford's nap. He and I walked down to Mom and Dad's house. (they had been at the lake for Easter) We had a nice visit and a fun time seeing them. They had been storing James Bradford's wagon he got for Christmas for us. We decided we wanted it (although it may be living in the dining room until we sell our house and have a better place for it!!) so, we brought that home - James Bradford loved riding in it.

James Bradford in his new ride!

Fun with Grandma & Gramps!

It was a fabulous Easter!

Weekend in Nashville

This past weekend we went to Nashville to see Cory's family and celebrate our nephews 3rd Birthday! We planned to leave Friday evening after doing James Bradford's bedtime routine (putting him in the car in his pjs), but Birmingham shut down early Friday as bad weather was on it's way into town. So we decided to wait to leave until Saturday morning. Saturday morning we arose and we got in the car right before James Bradford's first nap.

This would be James Bradford's first time crossing state lines. Woot Woot! He did great! When not sleeping - mommy sat in the back and read him books and played with him. Mommy and Daddy were so proud of his traveling skills!

Saturday afternoon we went to Trevor's Birthday party. It was so much fun! The kids dyed Easter Eggs and had an egg hunt. And it was 'Cars' themed! SO FUN!

Happy 3rd Birthday Trevor!!!

James Bradford was exhausted - as he didn't get in an afternoon nap before we went to the party. He crashed on our way home and woke up just in time for dinner.

After putting James Bradford down for bed, Cory and I snuck out to go on our 1st (yes, I said 1st) date since we had the baby! (Thank you Debbie and Nanna for letting us go out!) We went out to dinner to a nice restaurant and enjoyed our meal and wine with no worries! I told Cory that it felt like we were dating again! Ha! It was such a great evening to get out.

Sunday morning we got up and played with James Bradford. Debbie and Nanna have taken pictures of both Trevor and Caleb in this bowl. So now it was James Bradford's turn! He was so cute - he of course loved looking at himself in the mirror. Here is my favorite picture from the photo shoot!


We ended up playing hooky from church and all the Hall family came over for lunch. It was so much fun seeing everyone and chatting. And for James Bradford (and Sabrina) to be loved on!

It was such a fun weekend! And James Bradford was a super star traveler!!

Thank you Dee Dee and Nanna for having us!

7 Months

I cant believe my sweet baby boy was 7 months old yesterday!! Happy 7 month Birthday James Bradford. (only 5 more months until you are 1 - Mommy and Daddy better start thinking about the big party!!)

James Bradford is (still) a fabulous sleeper. He goes to bed at 7 and wakes up between 6:30 and 7am. He wakes up so happy!! He is always so excited when we get him up in the morning.

He reaches!! He reaches to be held or picked up - and even reaches out for Sabrina. (he loves all dogs!) He first reached for Cory then the following day he reached for me. My heart melted!

He has two teeth!! - and the poor thing is teething. Ouch - Thank you to Orajel and Tylenol!! - What would I do without you!?!

He is now eating Puffs! We gave him puffs for the first time this past Saturday. He loves them (Sweet Potato flavor of course - he loves sweet potatos!) and they are great for keeping him happy when away from home. He loves to pick them up but he hasn't grasped how to put them in his mouth yet! So we help him!!

He is wearing 12 month clothes already! And is wearing size 3 diapers!

He is such a happy baby. The happiest baby I know. Only time he really is sad is when hes tired, hungry and not feeling well.

He loves to jump in the jumper! Sometimes he thinks he should be jumping in the exersaucer! We have the jumper hanging in the only doorway that works in our house - the one between the dining room and foyer. It works out perfect - in the evenings we feed him dinner, then put him in the jumper. He jumps while I Cory and I eat.

His two new favorite foods - Zucchini and Butternut Squash - YUM! I am still making his food. It's fun and he loves to sit in his bumbo on the counter and watch me. I have to use the food processor outside though - makes way to much noise!

He loves to read. Every night before bed, we read three books. I love that he loves to read!! And he loves Bible Stories! On a side note - Yesterday our Church hosted our annual Spring Fling and Sally Lloyd Jones was the speaker. She is the author of the Jesus Story Book Bible. Aunt Ellen and Uncle Dan gave him that book for his Baptism and he loves it, but we can only do a couple pages at a time because the pages are so long. We try to get in at least a couple pages a day - before he starts trying to turn aka rip the pages and eat them! His Grandma JoJo (Mrs Davis - who we lived with when I had my broken leg) got him the Baby's Hug-A-Bible (also written by Sally Lloyd Jones) and gave it to him yesterday. It is a board book and the outside of it is covered in fleece. The pages are shorter and has more illustrations - he loves it too! Since yesterday, we have already read it 3 times!! Her books are amazing - and she is a great speaker too!!

He is a flipper flopper. At night when he is sleeping he flips back and forth between his back and stomach. You never know what position he will be in when you look at him on the monitor.

Happy 7 Month Birthday James Bradford!! You light up our life and bring us so much fun, laughter and joy! We love you!!

James Bradford's Baptism

Sunday was a very special day for us - James Bradford was Baptized! He was originally going to be baptized in January, but we decided to postpone it because of my leg.

It was such a beautiful and fun day to celebrate! We had family travel from Texas, Tennessee and Huntsville for James Bradford's special day.

The Hall Family came down from Tennessee!

Pops & Granny came all the way from Texas!!

The Grinnell family - Grandma just moved to Birmingham from Florida - We are so excited that she is so close! And my sister's family drove in from Huntsville!

Our senior pastor performed the Baptism. When I joined the church in the 6th grade, he baptized me also! !!

After the service at church - we had a celebration luncheon for him! Yum - Cake from Olexa's, our favorite!!

Grinnell Girls with James Bradford! Hall Girls with James Bradford. What a blessing to have 3 Great Grandmothers!!

James Bradford's two biggest fans - Isaac & Davis!

Thank you to everyone for helping make this special day so memorable! It was such a fun day!!

And special thanks to Laura and David for having his party at their beautiful home.

Happy Birthday Cory!

Happy Birthday To the Best Husband (and Daddy!) in the world!!(Picture from James Bradford's Baptism yesterday - more to come on that special event later)

James Bradford wanted to make his daddy something really special - so he made him this:

It's an elephant made out of his little hand print! We couldn't wait until today to give it to daddy - so as soon as we got home from getting it framed the other day - he opened it, and loved it!

Happy Birthday Cory! Thank you for being such a wonderful Father and Husband. We are so thankful for you and for all your hard work. We love you so much!!