Baby Bliss

Friday night, Becca and Neall hosted a going away party for Ambre', Jimmy and their son, Evan. (This is the the THIRD going away party that I have been to in the past month!!!!). They are moving to Memphis to be closer to Ambre's job and to be closer to a Target :) I love going to Becca and Neall's house because they are such good conveners. They always have an interesting, refreshing and diverse crowd. There were people there from the age of early 80's to 6 months! And it was baby bliss! Julia had a great time playing with her friends and I had a great time comparing notes with all of the other moms who were there. This is Julia and Parker, who is 10 days younger than Julia! Parker shared a Baby Num Num with Julia and that caused us to have to rush to Wal-Mart the very next day to purchase some. They are a melt in your mouth cracker. This was Julia's first "self feed" experience. She knew exactly what to do with it when I put it in her hand because everything, from newspapers to washcloths, goes straight into her mouth!

The look of terror on Julia's face when sweet Sol tries to kiss her. I told her this was a really good sign and I hope she always looks terrified when all boys come towards her with their lips puckered......except Sol. I didn't get a good picture of Evan and Caroline, but they were there too!

Julia at home eating her Baby Num Num

Sweet Julia with her baby doll and her sippy cup with water in it. She is learning how to use this cup, but mostly she just loves to chew on the mouthpiece.

Aunt Sarah came over Sunday afternoon with Julia's pool. It was a perfect day to sit outside under the persimmon tree. We had a friend come over to study our front yard and give us a new driveway consultation. He pulled up on a Harley and his specialty is really dirt work and so I wasn't sure if he would be able to come up with anything. He told us to leave him alone and let him "meditate." After an hour of meditation, he came up with some truly brilliant ideas to improve our home's curb appeal. We have been laboring over this for entirely too long and I have had nothing more than a very vague idea of what it should look like. However, everything has come together in my mind and I can finally picture it! More than likely, we will do a little bit at a time and our goal for now is to build the new driveway and to have some shutters made for the house.