Whew...

So. The wedding is over..and has been for almost two weeks now. Life is mostly back to normal, Sophie is just now settling back into routine and being a happy girl!

Whew...so I had a moment of clarity and realized that the reason that I have felt like this year is so crazy and busy and out of control is because. It. Has. Been. Just in big life events alone...not to mention all the other little things.
My baby sister graduated from high school.
My daughter turned one.
My older sister got married.
And this Saturday is my 5th anniversary.
I know that last one isn't exactly a huge life event but to me its a pretty big deal. But more on that later.
For now here is a random hodge podge of wedding camera download!

I had the privilege of taking some pictures of my sister and her fiance two days before the wedding so we would have some shots of them to use at the wedding.

 

They are sooo cute!

Below are some pictures of wedding day prep and hair and makeup that my wonderful husband took for me!

And so just as we return to normal life we are going to leave it behind again....Trevor and I are leaving Friday for our anniversary trip....to....DISNEY WORLD! And no...we are not taking our 14 month old with us !-)

While we are extreeeeeemlyy excited we are not looking forward to missing our girl for 6 whole day's!

There is so much more to share...and so little time with which to do it!

Somebody's Getting Married...

I love Muppets take Manhatten!

Also my sister is getting married this Friday! Which is why I have been MIA!

Sorry soon to return to regular blogging!

Birthday PTY!

OHHHH my....well it was quite a day and totally worth it and so much fun. Little pickle preformed as if she had been rehearsing for the party for the past year. She preformed and entertained and hammed it up so much it left me wondering who this little one was and where my scared shy baby was!!!

I guess the bold colors inspired her!

I officially nicknamed her pickle when she was first born because she was just well...a PICKLE! Sometimes even a sour pickle ...and as I started thinking about planning her party I went back and forth on the idea of making it a "pickle" party.....finally I threw caution to the wind and decided to pickle it out.

I think she decided she likes birthday parties!

She took the tissue out of each bag like a pro...and then knew to look in the bag and get the gift!?!

She even got excited about the clothes!

Yes she is hugging the super cute outfit from her grammy! 

She did so great signing "thank you" to everyone!

She was delicate about the cake at first but once she figured it out she dug right in!

Yumm!

Thank you so very much to all our friends and family for coming and making the party wonderful. And even more importantly thank you so much for the unique amazing and important part you play in Sophie's life!

It is impossible for me to explain how very much I am looking forward to the year ahead. Oh the places we will go.....

One Year!!

How do you sum up a year full of beautiful moments, amazing transformations and simple daily life....well I don't know but I gave it a shot!

Since we are not having her party for another two weeks we decided to give her some donuts as a special birthday treat. And she very quickly enjoyed her treat! Like seriously they did not last long.

The first year has been challenging and oh so extraordinary. Watching a little mewling infant transform into my busy little pickle has been astounding.

There is something indefinably special about that first year....something about how the little baby that you welcomed into your eager arms becomes such a deep part of you and yours.

Happy Birthday to my beautiful little Sophie!

Happy 4th!!

Happy Independence Day! A day late !-)

Once again thanks to Grammy for the super cute dress! 

The Fathers Day

While I was in college on my way to school I would drive buy this enormous store called Cabelas. I knew it was a sporting goods store and simply assumed it was as unremarkable (to me) as every other sporting goods store.
That is until one time after Trevor and I were married he asked me if I had ever visited this particular sporting goods store. I told him I had not visited and expressed my belief in its ordinariness.
Well in typical Trevor fashion I was corrected but without him actually telling me exactly what was so amazing and extraordinary about Cabelas. I would apparently have to wait and see for myself. Of course due to my impatience we visited not to long after that.  And see I did. Let me just tell you....no wait, let me show you...

Since we had trekked out to Central Market for mothers day Trevor decide we should go to Cabelas for fathers day.
First we ate...yes they have a restaurant at this sporting goods store.

Then we checked out some of the animals.

Then we did some shopping.

Then we looked at more animals....

 

We even went on a safari oooohhhh. ahhhh.

Happy Fathers Day to the amazing dad Sophie is so very fortunate to have!

I love you both in ways I will spend the rest of my life trying to show you.

Spring, Spring, Spring!

For your listening pleasure because you cant really view it since the quality is horrible!



We don't get much of a spring down here in the south so what little we do get we have to throughly enjoy!
So that means smelling the flowers...

Eating mulch...

Gazing at beautiful blue sky's...

Drinking from water fountains...

Oh and now that little pickle LOVES it...spring is the time to swing, swing, swing!

Go out there and enjoy whatever spring you can get!!