Thursday, May 16, 2013

In six months.

The girls grow and change so quick but with seeing them every day, it is not always easy to see just how much they change.  Here is a picture that I just took Tuesday, May 14 -


That little girl...you see how Mallory is having to hold her to be still.  She is busy and is never still unless she is sleeping (which she does great, praise the Lord).  But she makes up for it when she is awake.  Mallory has never been that active!  And she is eating on a hushpuppy that I had given her to try to get her to be still. 

Here are the girls less than six months ago.  The picture on the left was taken on Dec 1.  It blows my mind! 


Not that I am rushing things, but I can't wait to see what they look like in another six months.  

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