Thank you so much for all the kind sentiments recently on our new baby girl. Y’all love a new baby just as much as I do!  We announced her birth and name, but today, it’s all about the first little baby to steal my heart almost six years ago, her big brother James.  His birthday and her due date were just 3 days apart, so we thought we’d be smart and celebrate his birthday the weekend before.  Little did we know she’d come early enough to celebrate it together!  At the end of this post is our very first “family of four”

Happy Monday y’all!  We are back from a short trip to the beach and ready for the week ahead, albeit a little sunburned and with a whole lotta sand still left to clean out of the car.  I hope you enjoyed a wonderful weekend and a festive 4th of July.  The holiday may be over, but I wanted to share some tidbits of our party with you today.

We had a handful of friends and their kiddos over, enjoyed a relaxed afternoon complete with food, drinks, blow up swimming pools, and sparklers galore.  Of course, there had to be some red,

A big congratulations to Green Bay, winners of Superbowl XLV!  Although I’m not a huge sports fan, I still get emotional at the end of the game when the big winner is announced and I see the joy and pride on the faces of the players and fans.  Then I feel so bad for the losing team!  We hosted a small gathering at our house, for our friends and their little ones.  We had about 15 adults and a small playground living room full of kids, most of which were around age 2.    Needless to say, we enjoyed and The menu consisted of typical game day fare: a variety of chips,