Sloane's Baby Dedication

I have been a hot mess over Sloane's baby dedication/christening. I was baptised Catholic but grew up Lutheran. I am use to the christening or baptism traditions. Drew and I however go to a nondenominational church and they do baby dedications. PROBLEM our church does them a little odd in my opinion.. 4 times a year from 4-6pm on a Sunday. That just didn't work for us and the plans we have envisioned. So needless to say we aren't doing it at our church. We instead are having the same pastor that married Drew and I (Dr. Sosebee/Drew's very best friend's father) do Sloane's baby dedication. We both felt that was really neat and were honored when he said he would do this for us. So on May 16 our beautiful daughter will have her baby dedication. Some might think I have planned a wedding reception for the child. I rented out an adorable tea room/entire house for her luncheon. I love invitations so I had to order some for this occassion and well a cake too. I wont go as far as party favors however! All our family and a few close friends will be going with us to Rock Hill, SC for the ceremony and wedding reception.. I mean lunch after.

Sloane and I had a photo shoot so that I could put a picture in with the invitation. This is Madison's (Drew's sisters) dress. Thank goodness Helen keeps things b/c my mother apparantley gave the one my brother and I wore to Godwill. Nice!

Humpty Dumpty

Whoever said motherhood is the best thing you will ever experience is sooo right. I am having so much fun being a Mom. It helps that my baby girl is perfect. I know we all have the perfect baby :) Sloane will be 3 months old this Monday. Its hard to believe. She has made Drew and I so happy. She truly makes us smile 100 times a day. She smiles every time she sees us and that melts our hearts completely. I do agree with most that having a girl is a ton of fun. Yes she has 89 bows at last count, 47 smocked outfits, and who knows how many with a monogram. I spend my money on her clothes, not mine. If you see me anytime soon you now know why I have on a faded black shirt. I would spend every dime I had on this child. She is such a blessing and we are so grateful! On April 26th her adoption will be final. She will be completely official!!! Good things come to those who wait. :)

And I think I'll just cut the lace right off this outfit when we have a boy! See spending my money wisely. haha! Didn't realize how boy this looks until I took the pics.

Sloane First Birthday Party

On March 6 we went to Atlanta and got to go to my friend Betsy's son Ellis' 1st birthday. One day I hope Sloane and Ellis get married. He is the CUTEST little man! Drew always talks about how Ellis is the cutest baby and he was so excited to finally meet him. Sloane had a great time at her first birthday party!

She looks a little drunk here... ha!
The adorable birthday boy!

Me and Bets and our little peeps

My other great friend Ashley aka Fuerl was there too. This is her son Wilson. Maybe Sloane could marry him if Ellis doesnt work out. Drew couldnt believe how big Wilson was and kept calling him a linebacker. He is sooo cute too! Sloane was acting a little camera shy. Not really I think she was asleep.

The adorable Couch Fam!

Two Months Old... Stats

Our little Bug turned 2 months old on what would have been February 29th. She got to celebrate by going to the doctor. I have great pics of that but they are on the other darn camera with the lost cord. She was 11.3 pounds- 66% and 23.25 inches- 83%. She is tall and thin like her Mom. HAHA! She got 4 shots and I about lost it. I was crying (almost hysterically) and then I proceeded to yell at Drew and say that he wasn't close enough to her to keep her from crying. Not a pretty picture. Poor Sloane and poor Drew. Of course I was no where close b/c I refused to watch and sat in the chair with my head down. We are so blessed to have such a happy and healthy baby. And in case I haven't mentioned... she has been sleeping 12 HOURS a night since 6.5 weeks. That's my girl!!!!

Clemson game!

Sloane went to her first Clemson game a few weeks ago. Baseball and she loved it! She met some of the people her daddy works with too...

She hated the Tiger!

Bert and Rita

Ben

Drew and Van

Sloane is so sensitive to the sun so I think this girl is going to have to wear a hat so she will open her eyes! She was not asleep like she looks. She truly hates the sun in her eyes!

Tennessee Road Trip

Sloane and I took off to TN last week. My mom babysat while I worked. She is such a GREAT traveler and slept the entire way to and from. 4 hours b/c of the interstate closure. WHOOO HOOOO! So we put on our Sunday best and headed to my dad's house first. She got to meet all the step family and her cousins.

Grandmomma

My dad Papa

Cousin Nena

Aunt Ginger and Cousin Lindsey

Aunt Karen and Uncle Mike

Cousin Blair who is 2. He ran in and immediately tried to hold her. I have video of him doing "piggies.... this little piggie went to market". He was in love with her. Precious!

Blair wanting to hold Sloane and Aunt Amy. Blair kept saying, "why her not talk to me, her looking dat me." "her want to play with me?" So cute!

The girl and her Mom with tooo much lipstick on :)

After dad's we ventured through the woods to Grammy's house. Yes, my mother who has been referred to as Gram for 3 years has now decided she would like to be called Grammy. So Grammy it is. She will kill me but the only pictures I got of her and Grandad were one morning just after we all woke up.

Charlie the bulldog became our service dog. He was obsessed with Sloane to say the least. Any time she would take a nap and stir he would dart up the stairs to check on her. My mom said she went up the stair 900 times b/c he kept going up there to check on Sloane. She would have to drag him back down the stairs so he wouldn't wake her up. We laughed b/c my dad is half deaf and we said now we could leave Sloane with him b/c Charlie would alert him when Sloane cried. Hence our new service dog. When we were downstairs he practically would push you out of the way to get to her. Emma the female bulldog could have cared less.

On Sunday night our great friends the Malands and Heralds came for dinner and to meet Sloane. Here is cousin JT.

Aunt Susan and Aunt Nancy. Nancy didn't even eat dinner so she could hold Sloane all night.

And my brother aka Uncle John came too

Sloane and I had a photo shoot outside by the smoke house at the farm. She didn't like the sun so it looks like she is sleeping in most. These were the only 3 pics I liked :)

On Tuesday night Sloane got to see Aunt Rena again and on Wednesday before heading home we had lunch with my friends Laura Piers and Julie McWhorter. I took all those pics on a different camera and just realized my new computer doesn't take a chip. Now I will search high and low for the darn camera cord I haven't used in a year.

We had a great time in TN. Sloane got to meet so many people that love her very much.

Houston we have a problem!

Drew= basketball fanatic
Clarice= ADD, no attention span, doesn't really care for basketball
Sloane= 8 weeks old and already watching basketball

Houston I think we have a problem!!! I was hoping she would enjoy HGTV and TCL like her Mom. Instead she has found a very comfy seat in the man's room watching basketball....

First Road Trip

Me, Drew and Sloane ventured to Atlanta the weekend before last. (Sorry for my friends I did not call.. I promise to next time. This was a quick trip :)) We had a great time hanging out with the fam. The girls (minus Sloane) got to do a little shopping on Saturday while the boys hung with Sloane. I even got to go get my toes done with Helen and Nick! Yes my father-in-law loves to get his toes done, minus the polish :) We all (including Sloane) went to watch basketball on Saturday night at Taco Mac. This was the trip we realized how good of a baby we really do have. She slept the ENTIRE way to and from Atlanta and slept the entire time at Taco Mac! Drew and I have since taken her out a lot..she loves Target and the mall the most :) We had so much fun.



GiGi and Sloane and the dogs. The dogs loved Sloane and had to sit right next to anyone who was holding their baby.

Aunt Lyssa came by for a visit... She convinced me Sloane does have good hair. I have been a hot mess over her hair lately. I like to say she has a receding hairline, mullet, and mohawk all in one. Now you see why I put the stupid HUGE bows on her head!

Uncle Greg and Pam came by too. Sloane slept through their visit by the looks of it.


Pops and Sloane had a daily nap like this. We always kid Nick that he will fall asleep in his chair no matter what is going on. Now he has a "buddy" to do it with. Sloane normally hates to be held like this but when Pops holds her she loves it. Priceless!

GiGi and Sloane

Mike came by for a visit at 10pm Friday night. I was already asleep! Go figure! Extra hands to watch Sloane and I ran and hid. :)

Aunt Maddie and Aunt Bless. These girls are so beautiful. 15 years old and look like models!

Uncle Matt LOVES Sloane. The second he comes in the door he has to hold her. He is sooo good with her. She loves her Uncle Matt to pieces.

Madison and her boyfriend Chris. He is a junior which means my baby SIL will be going to prom in a few weeks. AHHH I remember meeting her and she had just turned 11. She cannot be going to prom yet!!!

Notice the dog...Emme loved "her baby"

Sloane's first pair of jeans. So cute. Purchased on my shopping spree in ATL.

And some cuteness.

Drew and I really do exist. I am the worst at taking pictures of the two of us now. We were all dressed up on Sunday for brunch with the fam and I didn't even get one picture of us as a family. BAD ME!

And yes Sloane is sleeping in most of these pics. It just so happened most of these were taken at night. I need to get better on day pictures as well. :)