A Shower for Walker

We are so very blessed to be a part of an AMAZING church!!! Yesterday, our sweet friends hosted a shower for Walker. We were overwhelmed to say the least!!This little girl was a VERY happy camper because she had Nana and Pop and Kay Kay and G to love on her. She was so sad when they all went home and she was just left with J and me!!!

These are some of my sweet girls from D group. I am so lucky to get to hang out with these girls each week. They are awesome!!!!!
And a shower would not be complete without J modeling some of Walker's goodies!!!
It was a great day for sure and just helped us get even more excited about our little man's arrival!!!

Flower Child

Ella Kate was asked by my cousin Katie to be her flower girl this summer. To say that EK is excited would be an understatement. Thanks to this gorgeous weather in south Mississippi, we have been spending our afternoons outside. EK has developed a love for picking all our weeds...I mean flowers. While picking flowers, she tells me this, "it's my work to pick all the flowers. That's because I am Tatie's flower girl and I have to get all the flowers everywhere!" I think she is taking her job pretty seriously!!!

Not Irish, but still pretty kissable, don't you think?

Spring Cleaning

So, some major spring cleaning has taken place at the Nelson household the last couple of days!! My mom offered to come to Hburg and help clean out some terribly unorganized closets and our storage room to make some more room/order before Walker arrives in a few weeks. It never would have gotten done had she not been here, so we want to give a super huge THANK YOU to Kay Kay for giving up part of her spring break to "work like a Turk" (one of my mom's favorite quotes) for a few days!!! We love you Kay Kay!!!

Sweet Friends

What fun to have lunch with our sweet friends!!! Brian, Sally, and Vera Kate Ray were passing through town and stopped to have lunch with us. Ella Kate LOVED getting to play with Vera Kate. She kept saying "Vera Kate is my best friend in the whole world!" That makes my heart happy since Sally is such a special friend to me and now our girls (and boys) will be best friends too!!!

Our Day with Kay Kay

We have had a fun day playing with Kay Kay! This morning, we continued the hunt for shoes for Ella Kate. She LOVED throwing pennies in the fountain outside the store! And my little chef made us some rice krispie treats. Yum yum. Now off to watch the second half of the bulldogs basketball game. Hoping it goes better than the first half!!

Oops!

While attempting to go to Stride Rite, we stumbled upon the Build A Bear store. Oh dear. Ella Kate took one look in there and we were in trouble! She chose a rabbit that she affectionately named "Bunny" and carefully selected a purple ensemble for her to wear. Thank you Kay Kay for the special treat!!!!

Ella Kate has been having such fun visiting with all her favorite people. Jordan was home for her spring break, and EK was thrilled to get to play with her while she stayed at Kay Kay and G's house. J and I, along with 800 students took part in MYAC (a youth conference) in Jackson that weekend. Thank you Kay Kay, G, and Jordan for keeping Ella Kate while we did the conference thing.Spring has come in Hattiesburg! The other day after school, Ella Kate wanted me to take her picture with the flowers. I think she looks pretty sweet!!
This past weekend, we went to Columbus to visit with the Nelsons. A big thank you to Nana and Pop for keeping Ella Kate so J and I could go watch the Diamond Dawgs play Friday and Saturday. It was so nice and relaxing. We also got to go eat with Wes and Meaghan Gordon...sadly no pictures...but it was sooooooo great to catch up and visit with such precious friends!!!
The weather was gorgeous on Saturday, so EK did a lot of swinging, driving her gator and visiting with Nana, Pop, and Meemaw.