Picture day....

Yesterday was a day where we all took LOTS of pictures! Eddie, Selah, and I took Chasity to some of our favorite places including On the Border and Reedy River. The day was beautiful and we found some incredible spots to take pictures....I've posted quite a few but there are so many more to see....it was hard to choose, but here's a glimpse of our day.

Happy Birthday Chasity!

Chasity turned 19 yesterday! She is a teen from mine and Eddie's youth group in Thomasville, NC who came to visit us for the week-end. I made a cake and we celebrated her birthday last night....it was a lot of fun!

35 Years!!!

On May 22 my parents celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary!!! I sooo wish they were the party type, but they'd rather not have a lot of attention on them, so they just enjoyed a nice quiet celebration, although I and my sister would have been more than willing to throw a big bash for them!!! :) I guess after 35 years though they definitely know what each other likes and dislikes, so I'm glad they celebrated the way they preferred!

I'm so glad God blessed me with you two as parents...I couldn't have asked for better!!! You both are amazing people, and I'm so proud of you........I can't wait 'til Eddie and I are all the way to 35 years although he said that was nothing...he plans on us being married for 80!! I think you guys should shoot for that as well :)

Cruising down the hall

Selah Smith was last seen cruising down the hall sporting some very fashionable sunglasses......

Uncle Johnny, Aunt Shirley, and Julie

Eddie had to work all day on Saturday, so Selah and I decided a little roadtrip was in order. We drove up to Asheville and visited my mom's sister and her family. Selah had the best time interacting with her aunt, uncle, and cousin and she learned a few things while she was there as well...for example...check out the picture of Uncle Johnny teaching her how to churn the butter....she loved it! :)

Selah with her cousin Julie

Love this pic....precious!

Aunt Shirley holding Selah...check out Aunt Shirley's flowers in the background...that's just a tiny portion of them...can we say she has a green thumb for sure?!

Uncle Johnny and Selah churning the butter....Selah thought it was the greatest thing!

And of course we can't forget their little dog Shadow

Date night!

Eddie and I had date night Friday night, and it was wonderful!

After dropping Selah off at the most wonderful baby-sitting family in the world (you know who you are :), we headed to Greenville. We went to Falls Park where we found the Reedy River Bridge, some amazing shops and restaurants, and the fun atmosphere of nightlife in Greenville. I hated I couldn't get any good pics of the bridge, but just believe me when I say it was amazing and beautiful (it overlooks a waterfall). We ate at a restaurant called Mellow Mushroom....it was definitely better then it sounds! We ended the night with Starbuck's....you can't ever go wrong with that!!

No explanation needed on this one...

I (MM) tried to get a good pic of part of the bridge, but no success

Eddie found a friend :)

An afternnoon with Selah, Illianna, and Cynthia

Selah and I had the opportunity to spend another day with Illianna and Cynthia while their mom went to work for the afternoon. They are absolutely adorable kids....I know I've said that before, but it stands repeating! :) We all had a great time as you'll be able to see from these pics.

Love this pic....Illianna eating a popsicle

Cynthia and Selah

I like this pic....to me it tells a story...

Illianna posing for the camera

Selah looks like she's in deep thought

Selah loved the swing

Call me crazy, but I thougt this building was beautiful in its own way

First time swimming

Selah went swimming for the first time yesterday, and she loved it! We went over to our friends Brian and Jennifer Hoover's apartment where we got to hang out with Jennifer and her son Colten. They loved watching Selah's first swim! Once she got used to the water she started kicking her legs as hard as she could...it was so much fun! Selah didn't cry at all even when mommy accidently got her face in the water :( It was a great day!

Ready to go

Mom and Selah getting used to the cold water

Colten, Selah, and Jennifer

Bath time after the swim

This is Selah and Lauren who is a friend of Jennifer's...I thought it was a really cute pic

Some cute random pics of Selah

I've been working with Selah on saying how old she is....I think by the time she's one she'll definitely have the hang of this!

Our little "plumber butt" is about to take a bath :)

She found the candle again...

Our little "Pebbles"

Selah stops to give me an adorable smile while drinking her milk

"Milk face"

Birds nest!

I wrote about my three new ferns several weeks ago...well they are doing good except for the fact that I'm having a hard time watering them. A couple of weeks ago while I was watering one of the ferns I found a birds nest inside. I could tell that it had already been abandoned, so I removed it and hung it back up. Today I went out and took all three ferns down to water them again and this time I found birds nest inside of two of them! One has three eggs in it, and the other looks like it's already served its purpose because there are no eggs in it...just a bunch of white stuff that looks like cotton. I don't want to disturb the nest with the eggs in it, because I'm afraid the mama bird won't come back if I do...so not much water for that fern today. Anyway not only are my ferns providing some nice senary at our house, but they are also providing a home for baby birds...cute, huh?

Selah's favorite toys

It's been so much fun to watch Selah's personality emerge a little more every day....we're finding out certain things she likes and certain things she definitely does not like for example having her diaper changed....that's the one time she will usually pitch a fit...so, I should not be surprised that the three things that Selah likes to play with the most are not in her toybox in her bedroom but rather things she's discovered lying around....here's some pictures to let you see her favorite "toys."

Selah LOVES the coaster set....she gets sooo excited!

She puts the coaster set on the floor and then takes them out one by one

Another of her favorites is the little candle that she's put on top of one of the coasters....in this picture she is crawling around pushing the coaster and the candle

Selah loves magnets...I used to have all kinds of pics and magnets down at the bottom...once I realized this was something she wanted to play with I removed all the pics and mommy's magnets from the bottom and got Selah her own baby magnets...this is a wonderful distraction for when I'm trying to make dinner!

Another pic of her hanging out at the fridge :)