Cope's Baptism

Cope was baptized yesterday. It was such special, significant day in his life and ours. He had over 19 family members there to take part in this special occasion in his little life, and most everyone joined us back at our house for lunch afterwards. It was a wonderful day, and my heart is still smiling. We love this precious boy so much and thank the Lord for his life!

Cope wore an antique gown that Mrs. Lil gave Simms for her baptism, so it is very special to us.


Best family picture that we could get:


This little girl did so well in "big" church:


Even when he joined her:


Pictures from the service:



Cope was baptized out of the loving cup that belonged to his great, great grandfather Evans. I was baptized out of it, as were all of my cousins, and Simms as well. Dru and I took communion from it during our wedding ceremony, so it is a very special loving cup.

Pictures from the lunch afterwards. It was delicious. I pulled out all of my fine china, silver and crystal. I couldn't have pulled off lunch for 20 without all of the help- so thank you family! And PLEASE notice the beautiful flowers. Mrs. Lil did all of them! She is so talented! The flowers really added a special touch!








Pictures with some of the family at the lunch:





Sweet Cope was tired after such a long day and cozied right up with his praying lamb from Lilla:



And I have to show you the adorable gift Dru and I gave Cope for his baptism. I ordered it from Baby Be Blessed. We gave Simms one too. I think they are so sweet, and special, and hopefully one day their children will have it. You choose your own scripture verse for the doll/bunny/lamb. I thought the bunnies were precious!

Letters to my two {4 months and 30 months}

Dear Cope,
You are 4 months old. Amazing.

Where have the days gone ? You are a wonderful sleeper and napper! You are still nursing and taking formula. I am so grateful for this, as we didn't make it past 10 weeks nursing with your sister!

You are very much a scheduled baby which is odd because I'm not a scheduling-type parent at all! Luckily you adapt well too! You will not take a paci!

You are wearing size 2 diapers and 6-9 month clothes! You love baths! You smile all the time and we love your laughs! The sounds you are now making make me smile! You are trying so hard to sit up-such a strong little thing. You are even holding your bottle by yourself for a few seconds. You love being outside.

You are an answered prayer, the precious baby boy that I always hoped for and you are even more amazing than I ever imagined you. Oh how our hearts overflow with love.

Dear Simms,
It doesn't seem possible that you are 2 1/2 years old.

It seems like just yesterday that I became your mommy. You are my best little friend. I love the little pretend world we live in. I have so much fun staying at home with you, and I am so grateful for this time together- I know I will never get these days back.

You love playing school and mommy. You love telling us what to do :-). You will never understand how much we love you. You and your daddy have the most special relationship- it is so sweet. You have created so many "first" memories for us. Just the three of us- you, me and daddy.

You have become such a big helper with Cope. It is so bittersweet watching you grow up so quickly. What I would give some days to be rocking you again during nap time with you as my baby. You are such a little girl now.

My heart sometimes aches to have you just freeze where you are, but I'm so thankful you are healthy and growing so big! We love you! 2 1/2- wow!

A First for him and Fun for her.....

Cope was able to swing on our swing set this afternoon! I just decided to see how he would do and he loved it! At first he was a little confused- probably wondering why it wasn't as soft as his swing inside-but then those sweet giggle began! Simms of course enjoys the "big girl" swing now, as she calls it! I'd been telling Simms all day that we could have a picnic tonight with whatever she wanted to eat! Anything! I've included pictures of what she requested! Those of you that know her won't be surprised!

A First for him:



Fun for her:



Then this little boy got hungry..so off to our "picnic":

Cope wasn't too impressed with Simms' meal of choice:

We ate anyway:



Pickles on Ritz? I'll take milk, thank you though!

A-Day and a Wedding

We had a fun and busy weekend! We started out in Auburn on Saturday morning for the A-Day game. Cope's first time to Auburn- how fun! My goodness how time flies; it seems like we were just there for Simms' first A-Day game. OF COURSE my camera died, so the few pictures I have are from my phone. Dru's dad was very sweet and got us scholarship seats, so Cope and Simms stayed in the shade! They made it till half-time! We met Bobby, Beth and Merrill for lunch while we were in Auburn, then we headed to Montgomery. I can't forget to mention that Simms rode back to Montgomery with Papa on the bus! Dru hooked her carseat into the passenger's seat, and she was sitting high and mighty! It was hilarious! We all attended Cile's wedding reception that night. It was beautiful and Simms had so much fun with Adeline and Lilla! She danced and danced and followed Adeline around everywhere! Cope was there too, but I didn't get any pictures of him. He was very content in the stroller listening to the band! It was a beautiful night! We spent today lounging around at Gigi and Papa's house, and cooked out for Dru's birthday! Another great weekend with family! It so much fun with all of the cousins together! Loud, but fun!!!

A-DAY 2010

Cope's first time in Auburn and on the bus!

Looking for Aubie!

The Reception

Simms and Adeline. Simms loves her!

Sweet girls-Simms, Lilla and Adeline

On the dance floor. It was hilarious watching Simms imitate the other little girls!

Who cares how dirty the floor was? They were having so much fun!

Taking a little break!

Can I tell you how much Simms loves Lilla? She really thinks she is in charge of her!