Living and Loving Life...: May 2011

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Daddy-to-be Graduates from Elon Law!

To say that I am proud of Nathan is an understatement--he has blown me away as he has worked his way through these THREE years of Elon Law school! I was thrilled to have a weekend to truly celebrate all that he has accomplished in these last few years, and I must say that Brady wasn't very active because we were on the run all weekend--I think he was just sitting back and relaxing since his mommy wasn't relaxing much! The festivities started on Friday evening with a Graduation Open House for family and friends to come hang out. Then, all of the family joined us as we went to an Elon Law reception on Saturday. We had a chance to meet many of Nathan's professors and talk with them while visiting with a lot of Nathan's friends that have made it through these three years also. After the reception, the whole family went out to dinner and headed back to Raleigh. On Sunday, we got up bright and early to drive to Greensboro for brunch at one of our favorite restaurants in Greensboro, Village Tavern. After brunch, we headed over to the theater to get seats for graduation, enjoyed graduation and then went to another reception that was held in a local park area. Overall, the weekend was full of excitement, relief, happiness and a crazy-busy schedule!

Nathan is the 3rd one called in this video :)

Friday, May 6, 2011

Another Shower for Baby Brady--yay!!

On April 30th, friends of ours worked together to plan a "couples shower" for Brady and us! It was so fun to have lots of Nathan's friends join us and celebrate Brady's upcoming arrival. Thanks to our friends-Megan & David, Kate, Tara & David, Sarah Ann, Melanie & Jordan, and Abbie for throwing this fabulous shower for us! There were all kinds of blue and green details that highlighted things we love, which made it so fun to walk around and see all of the cute things they came up with! Our favorite might have been the Red Velvet Cake Pops since Red Velvet is one of the favorites that Nathan and I love to enjoy together :) We are so thankful for family and friends that have given us so many things that we know we will need and so many things we know Brady will love!

Diaper Wreath--Made by Brady's Nana and Pop Pop

A few weeks ago, we went to Richmond, and my mom surprised us with a diaper wreath full of goodies for Brady! It was so cute because we went up to unpack our stuff in the bedroom, and she had it hanging on the door. My mom (probably will be Brady's Nana, but still deciding) and stepdad (probably will be Brady's Pop Pop, but still deciding) worked lots of hours to figure out how to create this cute wreath and then actually making the wreath step-by-step, down to gluing the beads on the "B" that hangs at the bottom. We were so excited and impressed with their creativity! They were so careful to get a variety of things that we can use for Brady, and they made sure they were BPA-free, etc. So cute!

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Showering Baby Brady!

On April 17th, we had our first shower--our girls only (except Brady) shower :) It was so fun to have family and friends (many from Meredith) to catch-up with and celebrate the upcoming arrival of baby Brady! My sweet friends, Millee, Chambliss, Amanda, Elizabeth and Stephanie were so gracious to come together and throw this shower for me. It was amazing how creative everything was, from the diaper wreath with all kinds of monogrammed items to the punch in the baby bath with bath toys to the tricycle made out of diapers--it was SO fun to see and explore throughout the afternoon :) These are just a few of the pictures that we got from this fabulous celebration (thanks to Stephanie for being our photographer for the afternoon)!

Cute invitations!

Diaper wreath and tons of monogrammed goodies created by Elizabeth...

Special reading by Julie :)

As soon as I opened this shirt, the room pretty much all said, "Nathan" because it's Brady's first outfit that will look just like his daddy's wardrobe...