Thursday, May 16, 2013

Manning-Andrews Wedding

About three weeks ago, we kicked off the Manning-Andrews wedding weekend.  It seemed like planning had gone on forever and the time to celebrate was finally here.  All the planning paid off...there was not a detail missed and the whole celebration was flawless. 

Friday started off with a bridal luncheon at The Country Squire.  It was delicious!

Bride and bridesmaids

Mom, me, Mallory and Ashley at the luncheon

My family (minus Hadley) at the rehearsal dinner at the Duplin Winery.

Getting ready on Saturday morning.

Three Ashley's

Me, Mom and Mallory heading to get on the bus to go to the church.

Right before the big event with the gorgeous bride.

This was right after the wedding...Hadley and I were reunited :)
She had stayed with Patrick's parents the night before and they brought her with them to the ceremony.  I was so glad to see her!

The Mr. and Mrs. right after saying I do!
We were all on a bus that shuttled us to the reception at River Landing.  Mallory loved this party bus!

Patrick and I at the reception.




And some beautiful pictures from the wedding photographer, Tara Parker.









Very special weekend for our family with precious memories made.  Welcome to the Andrews Family, Ashley!  We love you!!!

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Hadley turns 1

Well there are no more babies in the Heath home...I know, so sad!!  Our littlest is now walking and talking more and more each day.  It is so exciting and yet so sad (because they don't stay little long).  Here's a little recap from Hadley's first birthday.

This was the morning of her party.  We had her birthday party on a Sunday afternoon and Patrick's parents came and picked the girls up and took them to church and lunch so we could prepare for the party.  I think she was excited about her party!

The party was a bug and garden theme...perfect for a spring birthday.

I usually am pretty lazy about doing my own decorations...I would rather just buy the stuff already made because I am not crafty or creative at all, but I waited too late to buy decorations for Hadley's party so I did end up doing the banners myself.  It was much easier than I thought and although it was nothing fancy, I thought they turned out pretty cute.  Who knew that Michael's had so much neat stuff?!  I had another banner too on the food table, but the pic is on my real camera.

Favor bags...made by me =)

I did order these from Etsy...and there was one soap inside each of the favor bags.

Poor baby was not a fan of her birthday hat!!

Now that the hat is off and there is cake in front of her..she is a happy girl again.  Hadley devoured her smash cake.  Yea...she likes cake as much as her mama.

Distracted by cake, daddy snuck the hat back on...

My mom made Hadley's outfit and did such a good job with it.  It turned out so cute and I loved it!!

After all that cake, she was such a little ham and the life of the party while opening her presents.  And she will be rockin' this animal print bikini this summer!

Grandaddy Oneal is so funny!

Grandaddy Franklin and Grandmother

Still playing after the party.

The next morning...on Hadley's official birthday as she woke up.  Have you ever seen a cuter face first thing in the morning?!?!

Then on that night, we celebrated again with Uncle Joey since he and Hadley share the same birthday.

On the 23rd, Hadley had her one year checkup.  All went well until it was time for shots.  I had both girls with me because they also had pictures done before the appointment.  Mallory knew what was coming and was TORE UP about knowing her little sister was about to get shots.  It was the sweetest thing for her to be so concerned about Hadley.  I do hope they will always stay close and look out for each other.  That is the best part about having a sibling!

I'm off to Mallory's dance rehearsal...blogging about that to come soon!!

Thursday, April 4, 2013

My girls lately

Here are pics of the girls from my phone or facebook.  I did take a lot of Easter pictures with my camera but who knows when or if they will ever be uploaded...

For the past year or so, when I look at Mallory it is just like seeing a mini-me.  All I ever heard when she was a baby was how much she looks like Patrick but definitely not anymore.  She is all me now.  I do love this girl!

They enjoy taking a bath together.  Of course, the oldest is being a puppy with her tongue out...

One Sunday morning before church...

Hadley acts like it is her job to pick things up and throw them.  Here she was picking up Mallory's clothes off of the floor and throwing them in the tub.  And she was so proud!

Oh this isn't the girls, it's my legs but it is showing one of my favorite things right now....spray tans.  Heck yea!

She really is this happy 99% of the time.

She crawled in my suitcase as I was packing for my trip.


Mallory's school Easter party

We made bunny bait (from Pinterest) and I ate too much of it.

And dyed Easter eggs.


A typical outfit for Mallory...tank top, shorts and boots.  Sure, why not?!

Oh boy, do I have an eater!  This is Hadley awaiting her next bite of dinner.  She is like a little bird waiting for her mama to drop the worm in.

Easter Sunday egg hunt

Hadley's first Easter

Girls Trip

I went on my very first overnight girls trip since I became a mom a few weeks ago.  This was kinda huge for me.  I've never been away from Hadley for more than the amount of time that I spend at work during a day and I've never been away from Mallory for more than one night.  Also, ever since I was in the hospital for Hadley's birth, Mallory will not spend the night away from home.  Even with her grandparents.  We have tried several times and she always ends up coming back home around 10:00 pm. 

My soon to be sister-in-law decided to go to Savannah, GA for her bachelorette weekend and while I was very excited and very much looking forward to the trip, I was nervous at the same time.  We ended up with 12 girls going on the trip and I think we all had a blast.  We were there St Patrick's Day weekend and Savannah really goes all out for the occasion.  Basically, the town was one big party all weekend.  Perfect for a bach weekend! 

The whole group at Wet Willie's

With the bride to be

Since there were 12 of us and the crowds were so massive, we each had an assigned buddy to keep up with to make sure no one got lost or left behind.
Me and my buddy, Kelly.

How cute is she?!
Future Mrs. Andrews

We spent Saturday morning at the parade.  It was by far the largest parade that I have ever been to and it is tradition for all the girls to wear bright lipstick and kiss the servicemen on the cheek as they are marching in the parade.



It was a great trip and I really surprised myself at doing so well being away from the girls.  I only teared up one time after talking to Mallory on the phone.  We did face time each night so that helped out.  I got to see them and they got to see me.  Patrick surprised me as well and did good with the girls while I was away.  He even made it to church on Sunday with both of them...on time!  I can't even get there on time!  I think it was a good getaway for us all.  I definitely need to plan a girls trip or take a vacation just me and Patrick at least once a year...while I love nothing more than being mama to my girls, it was nice to have a break too!