Our Weekend in Pictures: Birthday Edition

This weekend we got away to a friends house. I didn't take many pictures because I had Norah on a blanket frantically taking her pictures trying to work my new camera ;] *Hopefully* we'll be moving in their in a few weeks [pending someone takes over our lease] so there'll be plenty of pics to come!

Saturday morning was Lily's birthday party. I made a bunch of pizzas and Lily had some of her baby friends over. It was very relaxed. I had it recorded and as soon as it's edited, I'll be sure to post it!

Then Sunday was Lily's BFF Eliza's party. I love that Morgan and Aaron are able to come up here with the kids so often

Baby Beck & Norah

"Yily & Ziza" Sharin there watermellon. Tell me that bun isn't the cutest thing you've ever seen. Try. ;] 

 Oh you know, just BFFs

 Baby girl had the right idea all weekend. Sleep. But unfortunarely weekends only last a few days, so back to real life we go. ;] Today will be for paying bills, cleaning house, and trying to get someone to move into our apartment by August the 1st. Wish me luck!

Happy Monday,
Mae

Two

My Lily Annette is two years old.

This evening we drove around [read, got lost] in search of a particular location to take her pictures...an hour later... I just pulled over. And as luck would have it, some Brahmas showed up.

The personality she has developed this past year makes me fall so deeply in love with her.

She loves adventure

But still approaches situations with the most earnest of child-like timidness.

The ten tiny toes I had Eamon count over, and over, AND OVER when she was born have taken her to so many places.

I can never give the Lord enough thanks for my motherhood through Lily.

I feel like I love her like no one's ever loved anyone else in this world. Like no one can possibly understand my love for my beautiful girl. Tonight I did her hair all pretty and got her all cleaned up, she looked gorgeous, but it just wasn't "Lily." I took her hair down, she got it nappy in no time, and I just enjoyed the scenery that God laid before me. Seeing how small she was compared to the cows and watching her chest rise in excitement every time a cow moo'd struck me with awe at our mighty God. How he love us....

We'll be celebrating her birthday this weekend with a few friends, I'm so excited for her.
You can read her birth story here and watch her birth slideshow here.

Have a wonderful weekend all!
Mae

Birthday's with Eamon

I've celebrated my birthday with Eamon since I was 16 years old. Six. Teen.

16- Had a bowling alley costume party. Eamon and his band mates showed up and we both swear my parents were going to kill him. Most awkward birthday ever, lol
17- I had 3 parties that year! My family threw me a small one, the ladies at the title office that Eamon, all his friends, and I worked at threw me one, and Eamon threw me a surprise one at our friend Daniel's house. It was awesome.
18 - I was on my first plane ride to Thailand! I spent the majority of it on a plane...longest birthday ever considering it lasted like TWO days because of the hemisphere change, lol. I cried for like 5 minutes and wouldn't walk on the pea shooter of a plane that flew from Corpus to Dallas.

19- well...we just got married two weeks earlier, so we SHOULD have been doing something else, but a friend was in labor, so we watched her friend's little boy that night. We got to play parents for a night and it made me want kids SOOOO badly!

20- I was miserable, lol! I was almost a week overdue with Lily and in false labor.

21- we took that little almost one year old out to our local sushi bar for karaoke :]

Today we are takin it easy and I think I'm going to be taking Lily's two year pictures, yay! We're having a dinner party next week that I'm super excited about though!

Happy [birthday] Wednesday!

Mae