This past week was very eventful for us! Gabbie and I left on Wednesday to see our good friends Chad and Gena in Knoxville. We spent the night with them on our way to North Carolina and it was great. Gena is expecting Ariana in November - she has about 6 weeks left, so it was really great to spend some time with them. They are going to be great parents - they have Ari's little nursery all decked out ready to go for her arrival. Being there made it feel as if it had been AGES since I was at that point: pregnant and showing off the nursery just waiting for Gabbie to make her entrance into our world.

We put Gabbie in Ari's bumbo for the first time - she loved it.

The morning we left for NC, Chad helped me out by entertaining Gabbie and she loved it! Chad is going to be a great daddy.

After about a 5 hour road trip, we made it to my grandparents house and they got to meet Gabbie for the first time! We had a great weekend celebrating my grandfather's 80th birthday. It was more a family reunion than anything else, so that was really neat.

Here are a few great pictures from the weekend - Gabbie did sooo great all weekend. She slept well in her pack n play and even did great in the hotel room with Brent and I. Hopefully this will stay true throughout her little life :)

This is an awesome cake that my mom made! It was completely her idea - she baked all the pieces and Jen and I helped her assemble it. I thought it turned out amazing. My grandfather was a carpenter and now does a lot of wood work, so we made it to look like his "shop."

Papaw has always called Jennifer, Casey and I his "chickadees" so we made tshirts that said Happy Birthday Papaw on the front then we had Chickadee and our number on the back. Jen's the oldest, she was #1 Brittany and Gabbie are the youngest so they are #4 and #5.

The night before the party we were at the church pretty late getting everything set up. Needless to say my dad was POOPED and took a little cat nap in a chair.

My Mamaw and Papaw holding Gabbie. It's kind of surreal to see a picture of YOUR grandparents holding your baby. I can't wait to tell her all the neat things that they did for me growing up. We always had so much fun at their house!