the big girl move

okay, puhlease don't eat her because she is just about the cutest thing you ever saw in the nightgown that mamaw gave her!!??!!


and my little two-year old has demanded that she move to the big girl bed. sigh. she is doing GREAT and never looked back. how is that she is growing up so fast??

baxter and bathing pools

oh you know, just my two "first-borns" trying to keep cool in this summer heat!!



uh-oh....what happened to the clothes missy??!!??

round 2

continuing with the bubbles/water theme, we chose this cake for birthday party numero dos:


and because it was one of the cutest cakes that I had ever seen!






and we were VERY excited to have Ava and Cole come down to celebrate with us!





he is going to make a GREAT husband one day!





hello, hopscotch anyone!! love this...LOVE THIS!



sweet mamaw gave emma the most precious nightgown and it's all she wants to sleep in now!


emma was kinda "over" the camera by this point so precious ava switched places!



and emma sure didn't seem to mind when ava wanted pictures with her too!


precious cousins. there is a special bond there!




and we are officially partied out! Happy, Happy 2nd birthday to our precious angel!

bubbles and birthdays!

this is how emma truly feels about bubbles:



SO for her second birthday, we thought it would be fun to have a "bubble" party with her friends {in the suffocating august heat}!






And we felt truly blessed that all of emma's sweet friends were there:









{and their baby brothers}:


I think the biggest hit of the party were the buckets of water with paint brushes and the kiddos "painted" the house:


let's just say, children left the party drenched!


And we celebrated with cupcakes that I made into a shape of a flower:






birthday party #1 was a huge success and very fun. now it was time to clean up and start getting ready for a second party with family!

visiting the triangle

curly sue and company took a trip down to bermuda right before emma's second birthday!





the sand in bermuda is actually pink and very beautiful:



and the views. absolutely glorious!


we borrowed charlie's water wings and were shocked when emma started jumping in to Wade!




And our resort provided everything we needed: pool, beach, food. and amazing memories.



and we also found out that this little blue eyed angel is going to be a big brother. my first thought was that it would be another boy but I changed my guess a few weeks later but should have stuck with my first instinct ;)


bermuda = paradise. emma wanted to make sure that "baby" got to see it as well.



this child of mine is such a blessing!


and we captured this sweet moment and later had it painted for my mom. this is one of those pictures that I will treasure forever.



thank you Mimi for taking us on such a wonderful trip! you are very, very loved!