For You

I never post twice in 1 day...but this just called for a big "shout-out" to Rachel, Todd, and Allyson. Ya'll are the sweetest people ever! Okay, I've definitely been hanging out with 21 year old's if I just used the word "shout-out"...hahaha. I'm not a florist but I tried. Thank you!

Social Butterfly

Mati Claire has been quite the socialite this past weekend. She has been so fussy for the past 2 weeks and I'm assuming bored out of her mind, then company comes over, and she TOTALLY changes her attitude and happily mingles with everyone!

She sort of got a "bad report" from Mother's Day Out Friday. They said she was "unhappy 80% of the time." But of course when company arrived that night she couldn't be happier! We set up some friends/co-workers on a blind date Friday night. We made it a double date so it wouldn't be too awkward for them. I think it went well....it's still in the air right now. Nice dinner at Cozymel's in Ridgeland and we hit the movies "My Best Friend's Girl." Funny movie. Needless to say I wasn't worried about MC b/c I left her in the hands of Nana, Rachel, Aunt Miranda, and some other college students.

Saturday, MC and I took a trip to Vicksburg to visit Sara and to check out her trunk show for Just Ducky children's clothes. SO cute! MC got to play with Addison while I browsed through adorable clothes and caught up with Sara. We came home to Miranda's 21st birthday party! She stared out the window while everyone was outside by the pool. Good food and good friends so of course we had a good time! I came down with a migraine but nothing that a little Maxalt can't fix. Unfortunately I wasn't feeling up to a girl's night out to the movies. Maybe next time.

Hey Mom, check out my newly re-potted trees!

Fun Weekend

Our FIRST craft! Mother's Day Out sent me home with this project even though they are too young to really participate. So MC ate the Cheerios while I glued them. She ate the Crayons while I colored. And she ate the paper while I cut it. I held it up to her when we were done, and she belted out in approval while grinning ear to ear. She was so proud of it. Now if we can only keep it in one piece until Friday. I'm looking forward to more homework! Last Friday while MC was at school, I realized it was the FIRST day in over 14 months that I was HOME ALONE! Usually I leave the house when we have a babysitter. I found myself trying to be quiet while loading the dishwasher because I kept thinking she was taking a nap. I found myself looking down by my feet afraid I was going to step on her. I found myself watching television tuned into my shows instead of Sprout. I was SO blown away by all this that I didn't know what to do!

Friday night, Matt and I got somewhat of a 'date-night' with James and Laura's Rehearsal Dinner. I love having adult conversations with other mothers. They let me know I'm not going crazy. Saturday was the big wedding! Lovely. Just beautiful and windy! It was so wonderful to catch up with old friends and meet new ones. I hope Laura doesn't mind, but I had to post a pic. Her dress is gorgeous! The wedding was so sweet.

Every now and then, I come across a YouTube clip that catches my attention. This one came across me at work the other day and most people have probably seen it already (I think I even got it later in a mass email), but it still makes me smile. Even though I get plenty of it around here this little boy is so funny I have to share it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbSieU8wcFQ

Featuring

Check out some of MC's 1 year pics at Vanessa Diel's Blog. They turned out so precious. I wish she could post them all but there are a few on her latest entry (mixed in with some other clients). I'm surprised they turned out as well as they did because MC was so hot and miserable all day. It just shows you what a GREAT photographer Vanessa is.

Obviously...

we have a new layout. Like it? I also found a new playlist (finally) so it plays in random or you can click on a song. Pretty random songs too...i'm still working on it. It's too late to do more. My friend Robyn told me about Paolo Nutini and Jack Johnson like a year ago, and I'm just catching on.

Congratulations Robyn and Bo! I hope everything goes smoothly over the next 9 months!

First Day of School

We were all so proud yesterday. Mati Claire had her first day of "school" (according to me), but Matt says its just "daycare." Unfortunately I had to work, so Matt got her up, fed her breakfast, gave her a bath, got her dressed (with a bow in her hair I might add), packed her up in the car, and got her to Mother's Day Out (on time I might add). And then I made him take pictures of her. Miranda got to pick her up. So I missed everything!

I have a feeling that she might be in the wrong class. She came home and was CRAWLING! She totally skipped that part 8 months ago. She has never really crawled...until yesterday. Then she was in a "jumperoo" thingy when Miranda picked her up. #1: she's too heavy for that and #2: isn't she too old for that??? Luckily, I am taking her next week so I will have some questions for the new teachers. Gosh, I'm already "that mom." We were looking forward to playing with Jack but they aren't in the same classroom. :( I wasn't there so I could be misunderstanding the whole situation. We'll see next week.

HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY, MIRANDA!!!! Thank you for babysitting all weekend! MC appreciates it too! MC is 14 months old now!

Home Sweet Home

We finally made it home from St. Louis at 2:30 this morning! We thought if we left around MC's bedtime that she would sleep for the entire drive. What were we thinking??? We came home in sweet weather and woke up this morning to Hurricane Gustav!

We have some new friends that are a blast to hang out with! They are 3 weeks older than MC and their names are Colin and Jocelyn. They are such adorable twins! We loved St. Louis! We went apple-picking for the first time at Eckert's Farm. We saw the Gateway Arch and we took a tram ride to the top. I highly recommend the St. Louis Zoo. The hippo alone was worth the trip! All the kids were troopers and had a great weekend! Thank you to all the Hennon's for sharing their beautiful home and Labor Day weekend with us. I posted a few pics of our adventures!