We're Back....

....but we'd rather not be! If it wasn't for missing Kate, I really don't think we would come back. Sam and I had our 2nd annual trip to Anguilla this past week. It was 5 days of an amazing beach, incredible food, and pure relaxation! If you're ever looking for an island getaway, we highly recommend! Hopefully, we'll get to take a 3rd annual trip....

Our resort, Cap Juluca

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Since Sam and I are going to be on vacation on Saturday (his actual birthday), we decided to do birthday cake/presents tonight with Kate. Wow, three birthdays in one week! We have been on a sugar-high since Monday. While Sam was out golfing today, I made Sam's favorite, a homemade red velvet cake. I think Kate enjoyed it as much as Sam did. Happy Birthday Sam!

Lovin' some red velvet cake!

Happy Birthday Daniel!

We celebrated Daniel's 6th birthday on Saturday. I can't believe it's been six years already! Kate had a blast playing on Daniel & Laura Ann's new swing set and eating lots of yummy Toy Story cupcakes. Happy Birthday Daniel!

Happy Birthday Mommy!

Ever since Kate's birthday in April, she has been BIG into birthdays! She's old enough to realize what goes along with a birthday: presents, cake, candles, singing, balloons, etc. and loves every aspect. Get ready Daniel, Kate's pretty pumped about your birthday on Saturday!

Weekend with Friends

Our friends Andrew, Lindsey and sweet baby Blake were in town for Memorial weekend and it was so good to catch up with everyone over the weekend. We miss the Browns and hope they come back to visit soon! On Memorial Day, the Etheridges came and met us at the pool.

Some sweet little babies!

Our New Neighbor

Last weekend, we had a new neighbor move into our backyard....she goes by the name of "Bunny Rabbit". This bunny is so comfortable in its new home, that there are times even Mattie doesn't scare it off. Kate loves Bunny Rabbit! Every morning before school and right when we get home, we check the backyard to see if Bunny is hopping around. Kate even told Miss Meagan and Miss Katie all about her bunny this morning at school (how it's brown, eats grass, has big ears, and hops back home in the bushes). It's been consuming our household for the past week.

Kate sits in the grass calling and waiting for Bunny Rabbit to make her appearance out of the bushes.

Kate's 2 Year Pictures

I finally got around to getting Kate's 2 year pictures taken. Kate was all over the place during the shoot and yet, Erin always seems to get great pictures of her! Thanks Erin for capturing the many personalities of my non-stop 2 year old!

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A Nice Surprise

After a long, stressful week of work and being a single parent with Sam out of town, I came home Friday night to not one, but two bouquets of birthday flowers! Many thanks to my sweet husband and sweet sister for thinking of me! It absolutely made my day!

The Bedtime Fairy

Every night before bedtime, Kate puts on her tutu and puts all of her babies night-nights around her room.

Beach Trip - Day 2

Gran, Papa & the James' made it down to the beach on Saturday. Kate thinks she's such a big girl around her cousins. The three of them did so good and let us take some sweet pictures on the beach.

Beach Trip

We went to Gulf Shores over the weekend for the annual Compton beach trip at Gran & Papa's place. Kate wore herself out during the first day at the beach. She ran non-stop chasing birds, collecting seashells, building sand castles, and darting into the water. She over did it on the first day and was worn out the rest of the trip!

She was delirious by dinner time & asleep at 5:30 for the night.

Randoms

We were supposed to head back to the Regions Golf Tournament on Sunday, but it rained off and on all day so we opted for playing in the driveway instead. Here's a few pictures of Kate and Mattie.

Sweet Mattie

Trying to catch raindrops on her tongue.

Happy Birthday Wyatt

What a busy Saturday! After spending all morning at the Regions Golf Tournament, we headed to Cherub's Clubhouse for Wyatt's 2nd birthday party. Kate had lots of fun playing with some of her friends from school, the slides and eating an Elmo Cake. Happy birthday Wyatt!

"Bo knows...."

"Bo knows Les!" Sam's cousin, Les, won a drawing to be a caddy during the Pro-Am for the Regions Charity Classic. He was slotted to be Bo Jackson's caddy, but just before it started, they switched him to Jay Barker since Les was decked out in Alabama gear. Too bad, but I know Les & Sam had great time at the Pro-Am!

An Auburn Sandwich! We'll make you an Auburn fan before it's over! (Auburn Coach Gene Chizik, Les & Bo Jackson)
(Photo Op -Les & UA Basketball Coach Anthony Grant)

Happy Mother's Day!

Thanks Sam and Kate for making it such a special Mother's Day!

Over the river & through the woods...

...to Gran & Papa's house. We decided to make a quick trip to Moulton to visit with Gran and Papa Saturday morning. Gran made us a great lunch and we also got to visit with Mawmaw & Pawpaw (Kate's great grandparents). Kate loved checking out the garden and of course, no trip would be complete with out the tree swing. She still is talking about swinging at Gran & Papa's.

Rainy Weekend

Last weekend, we had lots of storms and bad weather so, we had LOTS of indoors time. Kate had the entire weekend to take care of all of her babies. They all were strolled around the house dozens of times and put "night-nights" every couple of minutes. She's such a good mommy!

Strolling

Putting them to bed means getting their blankies just right.