Friday
We stayed in Friday night so that I could obsess over the attire for our family pictures the following morning. I had 3 weeks to plan the look/feel that would be captured for a lifetime. I also needed to figure out my wardrobe for the rest of the busy weekend....sooo I waited until the day before to stress. It's a good thing we stayed in and went to bed early because....
Saturday
Family Pictures!
Our day started at 5:45am! Since Grayson naps at 9am, we had to have pictures wrapped up by then! Zoe D. Photography, who also did Grayson's newborn photos, chose a meadow in Allen for our setting and since I trust her with my photographed life I was happy to drag the family out there! We started at 7:30am, were out by 9am and only had a handful of mishaps mostly caused by me. Here they are in no particular order:
1) I forgot Grayson's hair brush - didn't seem like a big deal at the time...
2) I had chocolate all over my butt. Not a big deal b/c that doesn't get photographed but it was weird since my pants were white. Shouldn't have eaten that chocolate bar on the way there.
3) I got icing on my boob. We did a smash cake session at the end so while I was pushing the stroller and carrying the exposed cake out to the meadow, I apparently brushed against the BLUE icing.
4) Grayson had said BLUE icing in his hair BEFORE we got started. I blamed Beau. However, the blue icing on my boob gave me away...I was caught blue-boobed. Get it?! Instead of red-handed?? Never mind.
5) Grayson's hair ended up looking SO greasy throughout the session b/c of all this and since I didn't have his hair brush (see #1), we were limited. I'm so sad since his hair was one thing I really wanted to capture (we have to cut it soon). Oh well.
All of this said, I can't wait to see the pictures! Overall, it went really well and I'm sure we got some good ones :)
Byron Nelson - oh wait, we didn't go.
Grayson had the PERFECT golf Jon Jon to wear to this golf tournament and my parents, Beau and I had planned to go to this for weeks. Long story short, when it was Go Time, I was the only one that wanted to go. Boo. Beau, Grayson and I ended up playing in the back yard and listening to good music with a couple of cold beers - it was perfect! :) And good thing we didn't make a day of the golf tournament because....
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| He hates this hat. I love it! |
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| Someone has a penguin in their drawers.... |
I had a VERY exciting night planned with my girl friends! It all started at 5:30 when Kristi, Thea, Whitney, Ryan and I had a nice dinner at Neighborhood Services Tavern and then met the rest of the group for Brooke's lingerie shower! She received tons of great goodies, some that were absolutely crazy (ahem, Whitney) but overall very fun things!
We then took cabs to Teddy's Lounge - a cabaret bar where we had bottle service, made ridiculous requests of the DJ and watched my friends drop like flies! Ha. Needless to say that we started out with 20+ girls and Kristi and I (you can call us the Real Housewives of Frisco) were pretty much the last ones standing! We had a hotel room downtown so we wanted to make the best of the night! I so enjoyed being with all the girls and can't wait for Brooke's wedding this coming Saturday (the 4th) and then our Lake Day at her parent's house the following weekend. She and Aaron are here from New Zealand so this is their big month-long trip home for the year. I can't think of a better reason than to get married. :)
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| LOVE this picture of Brooke - not only does she look so pretty but SO happy as well :) |
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| The only other photo I took - the snazzy band that played while the cabaret dancers did their thing. Awesome! |
Brunch
Kristi, Thea, Kate and I had a great brunch at Cafe Brazil where I fell in love with this tree! Anyone know what it is?? The pink and yellow blooms are like brushes or fans - I love it!
Trinity Hall with Framily (friends + family)
Later, we had two parties to attend. So I left the M Streets at about noon to only be back down there by 2 for my friend's pool party! On our way back down to Dallas with Grayson in tow, Beau and I received a barrage of texts from friends and my parents that they were all at Trinity Hall, a fun family-friendly Irish pub with live Irish music. We were completely diverted and had a great time re-living the night before! But really, it was pretty random to walk in and see my friends and parents hanging out together. Ha! Facebook really DOES bring people together ;-)
RAZOR Reunion
We ended up missing party #1 in order to make it to the second one given by a former co-worker of mine. I'm SO glad we made it - I got to see a lot of my old co-workers and was able to catch up with most of them! We didn't get to stay as long as I would have liked because it had been a LONG day for Grayson and it was his bedtime. Beau was SO sweet to let me drag them both all over the metroplex to see my friends. He was so good watching the baby so that I could have uninterrupted conversations. :)
Monday
BBQ with the Andersons!
Our friends, Lori and Allan, invited us over to their house for BBQ and I was SO looking forward to seeing them. Lori used to be my stay-at-home-mom buddy but recently went back to work. Grayson and Piper are not happy that their love affair has been jeopardized by such a decision but I completely support Lori who is loving her new job! Not only is Allan awesome on the grill (and apparently Lori was Betty Crocker in her past life), but they invited us to celebrate Lori's new job by opening a bottle of Dom! It was SO sweet that they chose us to share that with :)
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| Grayson wants his own PB chair. |
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| What a fun surprise! |
Family Time
When Grayson woke up, we made our way down to Dallas (see a theme here?) to Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Gayle's house. They were grilling and had a bunch of family and friends over. I took Grayson with me and Beau hung back to have some down time....I don't know why he was so tired from this weekend... :)
Anyway, another banner holiday weekend fo sho! LOVE our family and friends!!
1 comment:
Stacey-- I believe it's a mimosa tree.
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