It has been a baby month. It is amazing!
Welcome into the world, Arabella. She is a beauty. She looks just like her siblings. I can't wait to visit you and hold the little one and love up on her.
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Xander was born this morning, July 20th, at 5:48 am and weighed 6 lbs 15 oz. and 20 1/4 inches long. Jaxon was in the delivery room to make sure everything was o.k. He is going to be a great big brother. Tara and "Xan" are doing well.
To see more Day 1 photos of Xander, click here.
My husband suggested that we go to the IKEA store while we were in Atlanta this past weekend. What an AWESOME idea, honey! It was our first visit to an IKEA store, and I just LOVE LOVE LOVE everything in the store. And the prices... let me just say WOW! Most of my items that we bought were around a buck. How cool is that?
Usually when I'm entering a large massive store with tons of people, I get overwhelmed and stressed. But the experience was wonderful. The Swedish folks know what they are doing. With the design and direction of the store, it was easy sailing. It was very pleasant!
WARNING: If you do end up visiting the store, make sure you have enough time to eat in their cafeteria and browse their store, probably around 2.5 hours or so. We only had 40 minutes, and whizzed thru it without tasting the yummy food.
We traveled thru 3 states, stopped at 4 cities, within 1 weekend.
It is a HUGE blessing in life to have friends in your life that are consider as family. Because of the love and closeness we share, it is hard to just call each other friends, we have to call each other family. And with all our friend's (family's) special events in their lives, we traveled, near and far, to celebrate with them in their milestones of life.
For more details on the Gainseville visit, click here.
For more details on Camryn's Adoption Celebration, click here.
For more details on Renee's Baby Shower, click here.
Danielle, you are a beautiful person, inside and out. We know that you will be an awesome mother to Aaliayh. She will inherit your loving heart and radiant spirit.
For more details on the visit, click here.
It is always refreshing to spend time with friends... "Refreshment to the Soul".
Thank You Brian for the wonderful lunch at Cypress Inn. We feel so special and priviledged to have great friends, as your family! I'm so glad we got to take this special trip before the new addition comes along. I'm still in for the 12th/13th. :)
Thank you Don, Jennifer, Joey & Meagan for having us over for the "Le Tour de France" party. It was great just hanging out, catching up and chilling. Go George Hincapie.
In-laws came into town for the July 4th weekend... it was definitely adventurous. We went canoeing in the Coosa River. It was fun, but not for all. Let's just say my husband couldn't stop laughing at my in-laws tipping over, into the river, a couple of times. It was suppose to be a 4 hour trip, but it became a 5 hour trip. By the end of the trip, we were all extremely tan with the exception of Ryan, who looks like a lobster now. As a conclusion, the family members said that our future summer adventures will be indoors from now on.
Carson and I went to the Birmingham Musuem of Art. It was fun going with a fellow artisan.
Carson, thanks for going with me, I had a blast!
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