Brantley's 4th Birthday

Happy 4th Birthday, Brantley Rae!!!

 Our morning started with yummy blueberry pancakes and plans for a fun filled, Brantley focused day. We got ourselves all ready and went down to the McWane Center for some fun. Chase had never been there so Brantley are excited to show him around. 

 Brantley got to do lots of the little experiments and activities on the first level. We also spent a little time in the tiny town play area. This is the point when we realized the snow hadn't stopped yet and it was covering much more than just a little dusting. We began to worry a bit and contemplated leaving.

Little Bit had a great time running around and exploring as well.

After being at the McWane Center for just 45 minutes that morning, they announced that they were closing due to the weather. We quickly made our way to the car and out onto the streets to head home. This is where the not-so-fun part of our day began. Our Snowmageddon 2014 story is next.

Even though Brantley's birthday was interrupted by a freak snow/ice storm we did make it up to her over the next few days. Once we finally made it back home from our escape from the snow and ice, we had the Grandparents over for birthday dinner and celebrated our sweet Brantley Rae. It's hard to believe that she is 4 years old already! My, how time flies!

Savannah Claire's First Birthday Party

Today we celebrated Savannah's First Birthday here at our house. We had a wonderful time! The weather was perfect and lots of sweet friends and family came over to celebrate with us.

(Invitation is from Lemonade Design Studio on Etsy)

 We had a wonderful time outside playing in the bouncy house, ball pit, with sidewalk chalk and so much more!

 We had hotdogs, chips, goldfish, watermelon, strawberry-lemon cookies, sweet tea and of course strawberry lemonade for lunch. 

 Big Sis had a great time playing with her friends and her big cousin, Alyssa!

 Savannah LOVED her birthday cake!

 Pam Franklin delivered this beautiful cake to our house this morning along with Savannah's smash cake. Pam is SO good to us and I am so thankful to know her. Pam, you are wonderful! Thank you for making our cakes!

 Savannah managed to get icing all over herself as well as the highchair. She took a bath immediately following these pictures. 

 

 Sweet friends played and had so much fun playing in our front yard. It was so great to have everyone here!

 Brantley was given an awesome belated birthday present at the end of the party. This bubble machine puts out a lot of bubbles. This one puts the one that Santa Claus brought Brantley to shame. ha! She loves it! Thank you, Aunt Mary Ellen and Alyssa!

We'd like to thank everyone that was able to come to the party today! We loved having you all here and thank you for the sweet gifts. Savannah is lucky to be loved and cared for so much by all of you.

Thanks again!

Happy 1st Birthday, Savannah Claire!

We love you!

Happy 3rd Birthday!

Happy 3rd Birthday, to our beautiful 

Brantley Rae!

I can hardly believe this day has come already! Time has flown by so so fast. Brantley is smart, sassy and a whole lot of sweet! We will be celebrating her birthday this weekend with a Sweet Shoppe party here at our house. It's going to be so much fun! She can hardly wait!!

Tonight we're having dinner with the grandparents and a few other family members and then lots of friends on Saturday. We're ready to celebrate the life of our Brantley Rae! We are so thankful that God has given us 3 wonderful years with her and we look forward to many many more!!

Kiki Turned 6!!

 On Sunday, July 29th, we helped my friend, Ashley's daughter Kearstyn, celebrate her 6th birthday by joining her for a pool party.

Brantley and I with Ashley and the birthday girl!

 Brantley had a fantastic time swimming in the pool and Savannah even took her first dip in a swimming pool. Chase and I made the mistake of not taking our swim suits. It was SO HOT and I was really wishing I could've jumped in that pool to cool off.

We had a great time at the party. Happy Birthday, Kiki!!

Savannah's Birthday and Weight Poll

The poll is up and working, so now you can vote for when you think Savannah Claire will be born. If you already voted, I'm sorry. I realized I had worded the poll question wrong and I couldn't edit it without removing the poll and starting over. Go ahead and do it again for me! Thanks to those of you who participate.

Just as a reminder.... Savannah's due date is May 25th.

Brantley was born at 39 weeks and weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces.

My guess is May 13th, because her birth would be a wonderful Mother's day present to me this year. Ha! And I'm guessing that she'll weigh 7 pounds, 5 ounces.

Let the guessing begin!! If you are reading this from Facebook, you can comment on the link from Facebook if you don't have a Blogger username and password.

The Boys are 30!!

 A few Saturdays ago, we got together with a bunch of Chase's friends and celebrated his and his friends Sam and Justin's 30th birthdays. They all turned 30 within a few weeks of each other so us wives decided to plan dinner to get everyone together. Dinner was at Pablos on Hwy-150 and the cookie cake was SUPER yummy and one of the best I've every had.

-Birthday Boys-

Chase, Sam and Justin,

We had a really good time visiting with so many of Chase's friends all at one time. That is happening a lot less since more of them are now married and starting to join the parent club. Thank you to everyone who came and helped us celebrate the birthdays!

Happy 30th Birthday, Chase, Sam and Justin!!

Catch Up Post

A few weeks ago I got this super cute picture of Chase and Brantley playing Tea Party in her bedroom. Honestly, he has a tea party with her way more than I do and I love it that way. I think it's so super cute!

March 15th, 2012

Chase and I went down to Gulf Shores/Orange Beach over St. Patty's Day weekend for his friend Devin's wedding. The weather was great and we had an awesome time! This picture was taken on Saturday afternoon at LuLu's before we headed to Orange Beach for the wedding. I was 30 weeks pregnant.

The happy bride and groom.  Mr and Mrs Devin Taylor!!

 We got back from the beach in time to pick up BR after her nap and head out to my Aunt and Uncle's house for dinner with family. The kiddos had an Easter Egg hunt before we ate since my cousin and her kids were in town from PA. They had fun and BR loved the candy!!

 Isaiah discovered an open egg during the hunt and couldn't resist the urge to eat the candy right away. haha! Brantley and Elijah were right there to assist.

 Brantley got to enjoy an egg or two before dinner. Yummy!

She was nice enough to share with Mommy and Savannah as well. :o)
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 On March 19th, Chase and I took Brantley to Star Lake to feed the fish and turtles. It was really fun and she had a great time! We love to go there and see the ducks, geese and turtles.

 On Tuesday the 20th, BR and I went to Oak Mountain State Park Beach with our friends Miss Liz and Cooper. The water was chilly but the littles didn't care at all.

Brantley and Cooper had a great time playing in the sand and water. We will definitely be going back there on warm days before Savannah is born. It was $3 and BR was free to get in. 

 I just love this picture! Brantley is going through a "I'm not smiling at the camera" phase so it's pretty hard to catch a decent picture of her, but I think this one is sweet anyways.

 Liz and little Cooper enjoying the nice weather.

Me and my little girl basking in the sun rays.

March 23rd, Brantley and I went out to 2Pesos to meet my cousin, her family, my parents and Aunt MJ for lunch. These are the cute boys that live in PA. We love when they come down to visit us.

Me, Brantley, Judah, Isaiah, Elijah and Andrea.

 March 24th was Chase's 30th Birthday. He has been wanting an old riding lawn mower to drive around the yard when he's moving leaves. That day Chase bought this one from a guy off Craigslist and BR got to take a ride.

As you can tell by that smile, she had a good time!

 We celebrated Chase's birthday with his parents at their house. Brats and German Chocolate Cake. Yum! We should have taken a picture of the 3 of us but we slacked and forgot. So this year I only got a picture of Chase with his cake. Happy 30th Birthday, Honey!!!

 On Sunday March 25th, Chase had been at work during the night so after sleeping in a little we went to the Botanical Gardens to walk around for a bit.

 The fish were swimming pretty close to BR and Chase so she had a great time. She even tried to lean in a touch them once or twice. Silly girl!

And of course before we left, Brantley got to play at the water fountain for a few minutes. She wasn't really sure want to think about it at first but once she got her feet wet she liked it a lot.

Okay so that catches us up pretty good. I'm not going to do a 31 Week Belly post this week but I will share my picture in a separate post.