Graduation Time

We had two very special graduations this month...cousin Aubrey and cousin Hilary! Congratulations girls, we are so proud of you both!

Hayley, Aubrey and Zach

Hayley and Ella Tate at Aubrey's graduation

Steve, Hilary and Sandra

Mother's Day/Birthday in Alabama

My birthday was on Mother's Day this year, so we went to my mom and dad's for the weekend. On Saturday night, we celebrated my birthday with supper at Nana and Pop's and on Sunday we went to Aunt Rachel and Uncle Jeff's for Mother's Day lunch. Hunter came back home after lunch on Sunday and Ella Tate and I spent the week with Nana and Pop. We had such a good time...as always! Thanks Nana and Pop for taking good care of both of us!

Daddy and Ella Tate taking a break from pouring concrete
Aunt Rachel and Ella Tate watching the guys work from the back porch

Ella Tate LOVES her cousin Olivia
Campbell the cutie
Olivia made a sweet card for Rachel for Mother's Day
Anna and Ella Tate It was a very special Mother's Day and birthday
This was my swing when I was a baby. Ella Tate sat on the back porch in it for an hour one afternoon with Nana and I. Isn't it the prettiest shade of yellow?!

A night out with friends

We went to Maggiano's a few weeks ago to celebrate Jake's birthday. We had a great time and it was so nice to have a night out without the kiddos.

The gang...

The girls...

Me and my boyfriend...

Let's play catch up...

It has been quite a while since I've posted, so now I will try to catch you all up with what's been going on this month. These are just some random pictures of Ella Tate playing at home. She is 8 months old now and is so much fun. She is a "busy bee" and keeps us laughing! God has truly blessed us and we are so thankful for her.

Ella Tate loved playing with the empty laundry baskets on our bed.

This is how I found Ella Tate after her nap the other day

Playing with her favorite toys

Sweet Home Alabama

This past weekend we went to my parent's house for the weekend. Ella Tate had such a good time with Nana, Pop, Aunt Rachel, Uncle Jeff, Anna, Olivia and Brittnei (Anna's friend). I didn't take a lot of pictures, but here are few.

Making Pop laugh!

A Bloomin' Time

Our dogwood tree and bridal's wreath bush were in full bloom a couple of weeks ago, so Ella Tate and I ventured outside for little "photo shoot". Here are few of the (too) many pictures I took!

(Just for my sake in years to come, these pictures were taken on 4/17/09...one day before her 7 month birthday)

Sippy Cup + Biter Biscuit = 1 BIG MESS!

I gave Ella Tate a sippy cup for the first time a couple of weeks ago. She loves it!