July 4th!

We had a great July 4 this year with our family. Pops, GiGi, Aunt Maddie, and Cousin Izzie (the dog) came to visit. We had a low country boil one night and Drew smoked a pork butt on July 4. The pork butt was quite the joke around the house b/c last weekend he thought he was smoking a pork butt but instead the smoker wasn't hot enough and we had a rotten raw butt. Drew perfected it this weekend and it was oh so yummy!

Sloane's new favorite facial expression...ooohhh. So cute!

We had a blast swimming all weekend! The girls all connected floating away...

The water baby. She will put her whole face in the water and laugh. She loves to swim on her back too. I have a feeling she will be swimming before she can walk :)

The dogs even got to have some fun. Typical- Jack with a ball and Tyrone with a bone!

Tyrone would hide in the plants to eat his bone and then come out of no where and jump in the pool. He is about like Sloane- loves to swim!

Sloane loved little Izzie. Izzie on the other hand didn't really care for being pinched and hit by Sloane.

The PORK BUTT!!!!
Notice Drew's shirt. He was just a LITTLE excited about South Carolina winning the national championship in baseball. He went out and bought a shirt the day after they won!

More pool time. Yes poor Drew has to wear ear plugs like a 5 year old. He gets swimmers ear (and the dogs too) all the time!

I love this pic of GiGi!

Pops and Sloane

bikini girls!

Our baby girl is 6 months old!

I cannot believe our Sloane turned 6 months old yesterday!!! I truly cannot believe how much time has flown by. We love her to pieces and could just about eat her up!

its hard turning 6 months!

Trying to get her daddy... I think she will be crawling very soon. AHHH!

Sloane loves swimming and puts her whole face under! She is going to be an Olympian for sure :)

The girl has a social calendar...

Drew and I laugh that now we have Sloane we have no social life. Not true, but not near the extreme we use to have-- trips galore, dinner with friends, hanging downtown, etc. Sloane however is not even 6 months old and has already been invited to 3 birthday parties (one more already on the calendar)! We went to her friend Garrison's 1st birthday party a couple weeks ago. The theme was Thomas the Train and Garrison's Mom Tanya didn't leave a thing out. They had it at huge park near our house that has a real train that goes through the park. They had a DJ (yes you heard me) dressed as a train conductor (then Elmo the train conductor). She did adorable party favors, table decorations, and cupcakes. I told her she could plan Sloane's first birthday. It has 900 degrees outside but Sloane still had a blast.

We have a nanny so Sloane has little interaction with kiddos. We discovered at this party that she LOVES kids. She went crazy when she saw them. I felt like a terrible Mom for not having her around kids much. I didn't know at 5 months they cared. I am taking care of that and have already planned a play group in July and am going to do Gymboree with my girlfriend and her daughter Sloan (yep two Sloanes!) starting soon!

Sloane looking and checking out all the kids
Train ride with Daddy

The train... how cool is it that this is at a park 5 mins from our house!

The adorable birthday boy. His outfit is covered up but it was really cute.

They DJ dancing with the kids.

Happy Father's Day!!!

Happy Father's Day to my very sweet husband! Sloane is so lucky to have a Daddy that loves her so much. It melts my heart to see the way he looks at her and vise versa. She truly is a Daddy's girl. Happy Father's Day as well to my 2 dads and the best Father-in-law too! We love you all and are so blessed to have you in our lives....

Wild Dunes 2010

We just went to Wild Dunes, SC with my family. First half of the week with my parents and my sweet Grandmother and the second half of the week my brother, his girlfriend, and her daughter Sage. We had a blast! Sloane LOVED the ocean and the sand!!! We got to spend time with our friends that live there so that was fun too. We had some great meals out and on our last night we had a party and a low country boil. Here are some pictures my brother took. Mine are.. well still on the camera.

Happy Memorial Day!

Thanks to all our service men and women for keeping me safe!

Sloane's reception

We had Sloane's after party/reception at Savannah's tea room. It was the perfect place for a little girl.... all pink rooms. The food was great and everyone had a nice time!

Joe who missed the dedication by 5 minutes b/c he got a speeding ticked. God love him!

some of her gifts. She made out well :)