Family Party Weekend

We went down to Raleigh for 2 big events this weekend: a baby shower for Jon and Meghan, and a family birthday party for Meredith.

The baby shower was on Saturday morning – it was just beautiful!

Meghan is due about a month before me! Paige and Ella are going to have so much fun together : )

We left the shower a little early so we could take Meredith back for her nap.  Russell decided he didn’t want to take a nap. He and Kacki played car wash for a long time:

He also enjoyed some chocolate almond milk  - goofy kid with a silly mustache!

Meredith took a good long nap and I had to wake her up for her party at about 4:45! I didn’t get many pictures of the party guests (really should have made it a point to do that!) I did get this photo of Russell and Carson – Carson is almost 5 and is Jason’s family friends’ son:

And of course Meredith is never far from Bogie. (I didn’t get any pictures of Mimi but you can see her legs! ; ))

Blew out the candles all by herself, just like at her other party!

Meredith got so many wonderful presents.

She especially loved this baby doll (from Paw Paw and Kacki) which she named Baby Emily:

But her favorite presents are definitely the Chapstick and the princess shoes! She got 3 types of Chapstick and 4 pairs of princess shoes, all from Pops and Mimi. Her favorite Chapstick is purple (of course) and her favorite princess shoes are the Cinderella shoes.

Happy baby, Jon and Meghan, and happy birthday (again), Meredith!