we are in another transitional stage of life and are moving back to TN- back to be closer to family while mary is little. this blog is close to max on it's photo storage and i do not want to pay for more... so, while we are moving, so is this blog! this one will remain as is and it will continue on www.backtobna.blogspot.com. please continue to follow us over there. i promise it'll be full of pictures!
Jay's brother Wyatt got married last weekend back in TN. Mary was one of 3 flower girls! Being the mom of a flower girl did not allow me to take a lot of pictures but I will share the few I have. (I have been ordered to take some pictures of Mary in her dress and halo here so I'll have to get on that!) Mary was really good despite being off schedule and having a very short afternoon nap.
The wedding was beautiful. It was at Jay's mom and stepdad's farm. The ceremony was short and sweet and now Mary officially has 2 aunts! We love Lauren and are so happy she and Wyatt are married. (I did snag a couple of pictures off of Lauren's facebook...)
i finally uploaded more photos from my phone! enjoy!
mary spent lots of time with her grandparents. i took my camera when we went to jay's mom's house (she's still not sure what her "grandma" name will be. for now, we'll call her gigi.) but i did not get my camera out at their house. i know. i'm a bad mom. they got lots of pics on their phones so i'll have to get them to send me some.
mary also met her great aunt janice and was re-acquainted with her great aunt regina and met her great uncle steve. she also met her uncle phil for the first time. she'll get to meet her cousin courtney at Christmas time. i've been told, however, that courtney loves to watch the videos of mary that i send to mom's phone.
we took a trip to TN last weekend so mary could meet her great-grandparents (my paternal grandparents). mary has met her great-mamaw stella, but we got to see her too, so it was an extra special trip. she did great in the car on her first trip. she did not nap so well when we were there but still slept all night so we can't really complain. it was so great getting to see everyone.
my grandmother had a stroke in may and her memory is getting worse. we weren't planning to make a trip to see everyone until Christmas but i really wanted my grandmother to meet mary while she was still aware of what was/is going on. you'll soon see in the pictures that it was so worth the trip down.
oh boy was registration weekend at school a busy one! the boys were all back and their families were here getting them settled. it is also the weekend we had mary baptized at church. we didn't intend for it to be so soon after her birth but our priest was serving his last sunday before a 3 month sabbatical which would put him back during the christmas season. and we didn't want to plan her baptism during the winter because the weather is so unpredictable and we wanted her grandparents to be present. so we had everyone in town during registration. needless to say, it was a busy weekend for everyone!
her baptism was on august 19th which was also the feast day of our church's patron saint- mary. we attend st. mary's episcopal church in asheville. it is on the national historic register and is just beautiful.
