Special Day

One of my best friends from college got married last weekend, and she asked Hannah to be her Flower Bear.  Not really, she was her flower girl. :)  So we ventured up to Clarksville and enjoyed a mini vacation as a family.  Hannah had her hair professionally styled on Saturday morning, and we enjoyed the extra time at the salon with Anna before the wedding.

I took a bunch of photos, here are a few:

Catey's spring break

"Cousin" Catey came over for a couple of days this week. We had lots of fun with her!

Hannah's 1st egg-coloring experience

Hannah was having a rough time; this is the only one where she was almost smiling.

The beads kept sliding under the metal frame for Catey's suncatcher...
it took us 4 tries to get it right...

Silly Hannah with her butterfly on her foot, and Catey's hard-earned suncatcher.
Sweet snuggles

reunions

We reunited with some very special people this week. On Thursday, the kiddos and I met Steph, Caroline & Kimberly for lunch and a play date at McDonald's after gymnastics. Our friend April and her boys were supposed to come to, but one of them got sick in the car a block from Mickey D's. :(

Brandon and Kimmy had fun staring at each other. Hannah and Caroline had fun running around and playing with eachother and the other kids. By the end of the 2 hours, they were holding hands as we left. So cute!!! And of course, Steph and I got to enjoy some time together with our kiddos while she is home from TX.

Today, we enjoyed spending time with my parents and Uncle Dan and Aunt Petra at Mom and Dad's house. I told my Dad that maybe the house hasn't sold yet because God wants them to stay here. He said if God wanted him to stay here, He would send someone to help keep up the 2 1/2 acres, and that God just wants him to appreciate FL even more when they eventually get there. I got some good photos, but haven't uploaded them yet...

double baby shower

Steph & Anna hosted a shower at Dianne's for Jodi and me yesterday. Hannah and Caroline were able to spend quality time together, 7-month old Kimberly was quite the cuddle bug, and everyone took turns holding baby Brandon. The shower was very special, it was so nice to all be together, since we are spread out.

my buddy and me this week

big sis likes to be close to her little buddy

"word up, yo!"

sharing brother with Catey (someone's learned how to do fake smiles, as you can tell)

him: are you sure she's capable of doing this, mom?
her: sure, no problem

1st daytime stroll in our groovy joovy stroller. Hannah likes her big-kid bench seat.

Nashville Zoo

We used our new zoo membership for the first time today. Cousin Juliana, Aunt Becca and some of their friends drove all the way over to see the animals, and since the zoo is so close, we met them. Somehow we managed to be the last to arrive, though.

The Nashville Zoo definitely has a little more of an undeveloped/natural feel than the Memphis Zoo. At the Memphis Zoo, the main exhibits all seem to have big entrances with gift shops specializing in those featured animals. For example. the entrance to the Panda bears and other Asian animals is a big Pagoda section. The Northwest Territory exhibit which holds the Polar Bears and Sea Lions has Totem Poles. The Nashville exhibits have nice signs welcoming you to them. Both zoos are very nice and worth visiting in their own right.

Anyway, the kids seemed to have fun, and we Moms survived! (I enjoyed it, but I know why we got the membership... so we can see a little at a time without getting too exhausted.)