Celebrating all week long!

Sunday, I turned the big 2-9! In true Nicole fashion, I've been stretching my birthday out as long as possible :)

Last week, we had a fun girls night to celebrate my birthday as well as my friend, Meg's! It was so much fun and my mom even got to join us!

On my birthday, my family headed to Atlanta to see my sister and celebrate with her on finishing up esthetician school! We went out for a yummy Italian dinner and the best canoli I think I've ever had! More pictures to come from our time in Atlanta!

And, we're definitely saving the best for last... Melissa graciously offered to take Tucker tomorrow night--the WHOLE night--so that Brad and I could celebrate our birthdays (Brad's is this Sunday)! This will be the first night that we have both left him! He will have a blast having a sleepover with 4 boys that can't get enough of him and we will have fun just hanging out after 8 pm outside of our house :)

Thanks to all my family and friends for making my birthday special! Here's to my 29th year...

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Little Friends

Our friends Amy and Caroline came to visit... Caroline is just a few months older than Tucker. The last time we hung out together, Tucker wasn't crawling, so they were able to play a lot more this time! Caroline wouldn't stop hugging Tucker...we think she was treating him like her little babydoll--CUTE!



Taylor came over to play at our house this week instead of us heading over to the Gibbs... Tucker is really starting to "play back" with him more and more and they just love each other! Tucker is so lucky to have a big boy for a friend!




Meet another Taylor! Our good friends, Kevin and Beth, adopted Taylor from Russia a little over a year ago and he is precious! He is almost 3 and full of personality! Tucker had fun watching him run all over the place! Taylor was full of hugs for Tucker too!



So fun to see all of you this week! Come again soon!

Tucker Weekly

Tucker is 45 weeks old! I definitely can't keep up with this anymore unless I look at the last TW...

This time last week, Tucker was still having a high fever and feeling like poo. After a long several days of fevers, waiting on different test results, and a drained mama and daddy, we concluded that he had a nasty fever virus. Once he was back to himself, we were so thankful!

In other news, Tucker is finally waving and it is so cute! He's walking from furniture to furniture, but not on his own yet! He's started crawling all over the house...even to daddy's office doors :) He loves to hang out with me in the kitchen and has taken over my tupperware cabinet! He's just nursing 3 times a day now and I'll continue dropping the rest of the feedings over the next several weeks leading up to his 1st birthday! CRAZY! We are having so much fun with Tucker right now...our boy is growing up!

Just the Boys!

Brad gave me the gift of hanging with Tucker all weekend so I could go relax and be pampered... considering this is what I was going to go do, it made it pretty easy to leave I must say! I did miss the little guy, don't get me wrong, but it was amazing to get a break, not be on a schedule, and not have to care of anyone!

Brad is such a hands-on, confident daddy and I'm so thankful! Tucker was perfect for him...2 hour naps, sleeping in till 8:15 in the morning, taking bottles great... I definitely think Brad had a little talk with Tucker about showing mama up while I was gone! I left my camera at home and told Brad he had to take a few pictures so here are a few to share...


Thanks babe...I'll get you back in a few weekends!

Thick as thieves, these two...

Grovepark Goodness

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... That's how I felt all weekend while I spent a few days at the amazing Grovepark Inn! It was very different than last year, when I was very pregnant and waddling from my bedroom to the spa! And mostly, it was different because I had to leave my baby at home! This was the first full weekend away from Tucker and it was a success (this will get it's own post). I was able to relax and enjoy the time away from him, thanks to my ALL-STAR hubby!

I read a lot, talked a lot with other women I love, ate well, was pampered enough to make you hate me :), and just enjoyed the GIFT from my wonderful Mom of just being at the Grovepark. Thanks ladies for a wonderful 5th annual weekend at the spa! Already looking forward to next year!

My mom and my to aunts that I love--Margaret and Darlene!

Love these two!
Our "tall" cousins :), Meredith and Lauren!