Laurel's Here!

Sweet Baby Laurel arrived at 10:21 pm on her due date, June 12.  I've been SO excited about my second niece, and I'm so proud of her for being a rule follower from the very beginning.  Not many babies actually show up on their due date.  Go girlfriend!

She is 6 pounds of sweetness.  Her momma Mabry did a great job!

We drove to Carrollton Friday afternoon to meet the newest baby.

Wilson was SO happy to get out of that car and play with his Gramme, aunts, and cousins!

Big Brother Ben has great toys!

Uncle Caleb cuddling his new niece for the first time.

Big Brother Ben is doing a great job with the adjustment.  A few new Hot Wheels cars make everything better.

Everybody wants to hold the baby!

Saturday morning snuggles

These 2 shared some Lucky Charms

"But Ben, I want to be a Ninja Turtle, too..."

The Cousins!!!

All FIVE of them

Sticking out your tongue helps you stand up. Obvi.

Oh, Wellsleigh.  Get him, girl!

Proud Gramme and Papa with their grands

We loved meeting you, feeding you your bottle, and even changing your diaper.  You're such a sweet little newborn, and we're thankful for your safe arrival.  Love you, Laurel!

Happy 30th, John!

Brittnee threw a surprise 30th birthday party for John at the lake last weekend!  He's a tough one to surprise, and for the most part, we did it.  He finally had an idea what was happening when he pulled in the driveway right behind one of his friends.  Whoops!

We had lots of fun during the day before the party.  Wilson went for his first jet ski ride!

The boys caught some big catfish!

And then...  Wilson went for a tube ride!

I love this boy and his daddy!

Wilson likes riding the boat with his Uncle John!

We went to some boat race.  Apparently, it was THE place to be on Lake Murray.

Little man got tired.

And then it was time to get ready for the party.  Mom worked so hard on John's cake and then splat!  Something got sat on top of it in the fridge.

Britt made some cute decorations.

Caleb took John into town to get a few things while we got ready.  Then he came back to his friends!

Wilson is trying to give this sweet couple baby fever.

Andrew gave John a hula hoop.  That's what everybody needs when they turn 30.  Duh.

And Wilson gave John some men's Depends and denture cream.  He's getting pretty old, ya know...  30.

We had a fun night celebrating my big brother!

Myrtle Beach!

Ya know, I really can't believe it took 9 months for Wilson to finally make it to Myrtle Beach.  We went there from Ocean Isle that Friday.  Our first stop was at the TV station in the Dirty Myrtle to visit Caleb's old boss.  Then we met up with my mom who had been there on vacay all week.

Caleb dumped Wilson and me with her while he headed to the lake for Mark's bachelor party.  Sorry -  no pics from that weekend were shared...?  Ha!!  Wilson and I stayed at Jeanie's beach house with Jeanie, Anna, and Mom.  We had a great time just golf cart riding, pooling it, and beaching it.

We ate at Drunken Jacks Friday night and did a little shopping.  We started Saturday morning off with an early golf cart ride.  Wilson literally crawled in Anna's bed to wake her up just moments before this picture.

Mom and Jeanie rode bikes down to the beach.  It was a Kodak moment.

Go girls!  I'm honestly surprised nobody got hurt.

They were a sight!

Wilson was SO excited when we made it down to the beach.  He loved walking on the sand.

I hope he loves the beach as much as the rest of us do.

These 2 spoil him rotten, and he knows it.

"Watch out ya'll, here I go!"  And she wasn't kidding.  She just kinda takes off on that bike.

We went back to the lake on Sunday to get Caleb, and our vacay was officially over.  It was such a fun week!