Fabulous Friday!

I absolutely love waking up on my day off to big smiles from Myla. I also love that I don't have anything that I have to do and I can just relax, rest, and play with her ALL day long and also stay in my pajamas!!! :) I'm feeling very blessed this morning to have these moments. Here's some joy for you all....




Toodles!

My baby brother is married!!!!

Well, it happened! My baby brother tied the knot this past weekend. I can't believe it!!! It definitely makes me feel old - hahaha! We had a blast celebrating with everyone and can't wait to visit Norfolk again to see the newlyweds! Here's how our trip went.....

Packing, packing, and more packing!!! Taking a baby on a weekend getaway is A LOT of work!!

Bottles, anyone?!?  

We left on Thursday evening and arrived at D.J. and Cayte's new house around 7:30pm. I was already exhausted from the packing and driving, so we pretty much hung out, waited for my parents and my sisters family to arrive, then passed out. Ok, fine, I passed out before they arrived.

Pit Stop Photo Op
Me and my baby girl
On Friday morning, we headed off to a bridesmaid brunch for the ladies while the guys went golfing. We chowed down on sooooooo many pastries that I wasn't sure my dress would fit on Saturday! After the brunch, we relaxed a bit at D.J.'s house then got ready to head to the church for the rehearsal. Then, it was time for the rehearsal dinner. The outside set-up was so cute and the food was DELICIOUS!!! Man, Cayte's family can cook! They served the best crab soup EVER!!!! After all this food, it was time to sleep....zzzzz!!!!

The boys golf pose.
Relaxing together - friends already!

Practice hair run for the big day...LOL  

Next up, the BIG day!!! We woke up early on Saturday and started getting everything ready for the wedding. We needed to do our hair, make-up, and get Myla all ready. Wow, having a baby makes everything much more time consuming. We headed to Cayte's house around 10am to join all the bridesmaids. We took a limo to the church and it was time for DJ and Cayte to get married!!! Everything went perfectly and the ceremony was amazing! The reception followed and we danced our butts off!!!!

First Dance  

Mr. and Mrs. Brown

Dinner time

Cousin Patty and Myla all decked out! 

 

 

Fast forward to Sunday morning, and well let's just say I didn't feel very well. Myla was up at 3am and boy was I tired!!!! We headed to Cayte's house to have breakfast and watch them open some of their wedding gifts before we started our trip home.

 

Opening presents

 

 

And this is Myla and me once we were back home.....

 

Think we were tired?!?

 

 

What an absolutely fantastic, exhausting weekend!!! Congrats again to the newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Brown!! Love you both to pieces!!!

 

Toodles!





 

 

 

Off to Norfolk!

I can NOT believe that I am heading to Norfolk today to watch my baby brother get married this weekend. It seems like just yesterday that we were playing school with him, dressing him up like a little girl, spending our summers eating lunch at the snack bar, driving him to swim practices, and going to his little league games. I am beyond proud of the man that he has become and I am so happy that he found the girl of his dreams! Welcome to the family, Cayte!

 

 

I'll be back next week to share pics and let you know if anyone ran....hahaha!!!

 

Toodles!

Happy Wednesday!

Here's a little cuteness for hummmmmpppp daayyyyy!!!

 

Toodles!

Welcome Fall!

Oh, September, how I love you!! Every year at this time I find myself falling in love with the season all over again. The crisp fall air just seems to make me happy! Here's a little taste of what we have been up to. Last weekend, Brian was out of town for my brothers bachelor weekend so I hung out with my sister and Jayden on Saturday. We went to Sweetbriar park and played a little soccer, swung on the swings, and then went to the dog festival. Myla and Jayden both had so much and my sis and I did a little shopping at the festival! On Sunday, we went over to my parents for breakfast and to watch the Redskins win lose (ugh!). We headed home around 6 to see daddy and meet our new babysitter, Christina.

Oh, soccer!

Gotta keep hydrated

This past week was my birthday week, we celebrated on my actual birthday by having my favorite takeout (Tokyo), watching tv, and heading to bed early. Partaaaayyyy!!! hahaha!! Seriously though, this is exactly what I wanted especially since my birthday was on a Wednesday (work night)! Brian suited me up with new Redskins gear and 2 new sentimental Pandora beads. An M for Myla and an 18 for my birthdate, our wedding date, and Brian's football number. So sweet! On Thursday, Brian's mom and nana took me out to Red Lobster and boy was it yummy!!! Also, an amazing much needed gift from them.....a MASSAGE (yes, it requires caps!). On Saturday, I got up early and went to town with my parents and Myla. I had a birthday breakfast, got to do some shopping, and then Brian joined us for dinner at Outback. Sunday funday included another Redskins win errr loss, my favorite dinner (goolash), strawberry shortcake, and Jayden teaching Myla about monster trucks and dirt bikes!

Myla eating breakfast

 

Too much shopping?

 

Sunday morning breakfast by Dad!

 

Birthday mums from my cutie patootie dad.

"Go Redskins!"

 

Myla chewing, playing, sleeping, and staring!

Hey, I want one!

 

This is a monster truck!

 

And, this is a dirt bike.

 

So cute!

 

Oh, I like monster trucks and dirt bikes!

Hope everyone is having a great start to fall!!

Toodles!

3 months, oh my!!

My baby girl turned 3 months old, 10 days ago, on September 13th! Wow, the time is flying and she gets cuter and cuter by the minute (in my humble opinion). This month has brought with it lots and lots of new milestones. Myla laughs, giggles, and smiles ALL of the time now. She talks and coos and is able to hold on to most objects now. She has discovered her feet and loves to put her hands in her mouth.

 

 

 

Happy 3 Month Birthday, Mylapoo!!!

 

Toodles!

Summer Catch-Up Part 2

Man, we had a great summer!! Looking back at my pictures and my journal really makes me happy to have had such quality time with my family and friends over the summer. Here are some more of our adventures....

• Myla's First Fourth of July. We celebrated with a cookout at Stef and James' house, Myla's first parade and fireworks at Lake of the Woods, and a lunch date at Allman's as a family.

Myla always has her tongue out, so we thought so should we!

Daddy and Myla

 

 

She slept through her first fireworks.

 

Watching the parade.

 

 

Mommy and Myla

 

 

• Jayden turns 2. Myla was only a couple weeks old and she went to her first birthday party! Stef and James had a huge cookout for Jayden with family and friends. He had a blast and so did we.
  
   In my party dress!!

Birthday Cake! Yummy!

 

 

• Myla goes to Richmond for a hearing test by a specialist. Myla didn't pass her newborn hearing test at the hospital two times, so we had to go see a specialist. Lucky for me, my mom took off work and went with us. We tried not to stress out too much because everyone told us this was fairly common. And, good news, Myla passed with flying colors this time. Here is her getting tested....

All hooked up!

 

 

• Cousin love! This summer turned into some major bonding time for Jayden and Myla. Jayden wanted to kiss and hold her all the time and frankly, it's just the cutest thing EVER!!!

Probably my all time favorite pic!

 

Watching tv together.

I wanna hold her!!!

 

• Here's a few more snapshots of big events.

Myla meets Uncle DJ!

Myla goes on a walk in her big girl stroller for the first time without the car seat.

Myla plays in her jumper.

 

 

All in all, this was a FANTABULOUS summer!!!! I can't wait for next summer for all the adventures we will have with a one year old!

 

 

Toodles!