Work Baby Shower

My great friend Christina hosted a baby shower at work for me a few weeks ago, and I thought I had lost the pictures...but I found them this morning! The shower was wonderful, and we received so many beautiful clothes and gifts from all of my coworkers. Thank you, everyone!

Baby Girl's Shower

On August 14th, my wonderful girlfriends Melanie and Manon hosted a beautiful baby shower for me. It was at the clubhouse in Melanie's neighborhood, and so many of my friends and family came! The food was amazing - lots of yummy brunch dishes - and it was so nice to visit and catch up with everyone. My friend Yorke took a ton of pictures...as you'll see in some of them, we have decided on the baby's name - Julia Belle Ryan :)

Helping Out

Here are some pics of Wills helping Grammy redo our kitchen pantry (it looks amazing now - I'll take some pictures and post them). He loves using tools.

Wills also helped his Daddy mow the lawn this weekend :)

28 Weeks...

We took this on July 12th - I was about 28 weeks. I can't believe I haven't posted this yet...but baby Ryan is a girl! We are so excited. The nursery is almost ready (thank you, Mom, for helping me get my life in order!).

The red chair

So, the other morning, I was showing Wills some pictures of when he was smaller. He saw this picture of himself clapping, and said "I need to go clap in front of the red chair again!" I can't believe how big this little guy is!

Hopeland Gardens

We were in Aiken a few weekends ago, and Mom and I took Wills to Hopeland Gardens. He had a great time exploring the trails, looking at the fountains, and seeing the turtle pond (there were about 20 turtles! We got some good pics of him...

4th of July

Year 2 of our 4th of July tradition - fireworks in the cul-de-sac with our neighbors! We did the neighborhood parade and pool party, then came home, got changed, and did our own fireworks show! Wills and Andrew especially liked the snapper things that you throw on the ground.