Lissy Jane's 2nd Birthday

How can you not get excited when your cute little person is turning 2!?!?

We invited friends and everyone joined us for great fun at The Children's Museum of Memphis! We all had a great time!

Geoff made 2 marbled cakes, we decorated the tops with cars and everyone got to eat and play!

The table looked great with party hats and the tissue bubbles. 

 

Dilly enjoyed playing on the floor while we waited for friends to arrive.

After cake and ice cream and singing Happy Birthday, it was time to go play!

Once we got home, Lissy had a great time opening her gifts from her friends and family. Including, hiding in the tunnel after dinner!

Happy 2nd Birthday Lissy Jane!!!

Exersaucer Time!

Now that Dilly has gotten bigger, it was time to bring out the exersaucer so that she could start working on strengthening her legs. She did great her first time in the exersaucer and seemed to have a lot of fun.

What we didn't expect was what kept happening during the day on Sunday...Lissy kept climbing into the exersaucer! As you can see from the pictures below, she was constantly putting her baby into the exersaucer and climbing on top and standing before climbing into the seat and playing with all the toys.

As you can see in the picture, she put crayons in the bottom of the exersaucer earlier while playing.

                                    So proud of herself that she got in and was able to play!

 It was hilarious to watch her play and then get frustrated when she couldn't get herself out!!!

Weddings!!

I love weddings. They are one of my favorite things, and I love that they can happen at any point in the year! This past weekend, we went to Knoxville, TN to witness one of Geoff's good friends, Dave, from Webb School of Knoxville get married. It was a beautiful service officiated by two ministers. One of whom was the wife of a classmate and the other, a classmate. Jarad Bingham, graduated with Geoff and Dave and now is a minister at Shady Grove Presbyterian in Memphis, TN.

The service was in the front yard and the back yard was covered by a large tent. Tables were set up with seasonal and regional flowers and food was served buffet style. It was intimate, yet casual.

Since the groom is from Knoxville and the Bride, Joanna, is from China, this was the third ceremony. So, after the service and dinner, the Bride and Groom answered questions from the crowd about how they met, where they work, weird things that Americans do, and ultimately where they will live in the future. Afterwards, of course, it was time to party!

Lissy had a great time running around the backyard and making everyone laugh. After the wait staff left, she attempted to step in as bartender...it was very cute.

We were all impressed with her ability to party on! until she ultimately....crashed.

It was a beautiful weekend to be celebrating the beginning of a new family and such a joy to share in theirs!

Congrats to Dave and Joanna!