Jackson Patrick O'Hare

One of my dearest friends, Krissy O'Hare, had her first child on yesterday. Jackson Patrick O'Hare was born May 12, 2009 at 2:46 am and was 7 lbs. and 7 oz. of pure Heaven!!!! I am biased, but he is absolutely gorgeous!!!! I went to see Jack yesterday when he was only about 24 hours old and might I say I only hope that I can look like Krissy after giving birth only 24 hours ago. She is a trooper!!! There aren't many pregnant women I know that get up run 1 mile then walk another mile and then go and pick strawberries exactly a week before your due date. That's Krissy!!!

Jack O'Hare. That is daddy Kevin in the background and his shirt said "Fo Shizzle"!!! It was kind of hard to take him serious with that shirt when he was holding Jack. Krissy did not want anywhere near the camera.

Krissy and Kevin are wonderful people and I have no doubts they will be even better parents! I am so extremely happy for them and can't wait to see Jack grow. B will be there!!!!

I am going to see Krissy on Friday when she gets home and Kevin goes to work, so more pictures to come and hopefully I can sneak Krissy in a picture.

Long Random Catch Up

I have been MIA from the blog seen for a while, but all for good reasons. I spent a week in Arkansas with the family. It was my grandmother's 82nd birthday. My aunt and uncle from Florida drove in to surprise her. I was very concerned about surprising an 82 year old woman, but she was a trooper as always! I got some good quality time in with the family and as normal forgot I had a camera, so there are minimal pictures to document this trip. I did get to see Corbin...you might remember him from my Christmas post. I have an updated picture of him.

This is Corbin after everyone had a hand at getting him to sleep. He is really good at fighting sleep! He and I bonded over him throwing up on me and him. It was such a bonding experience!!

My grandmother opening her presents. She is not normally one to love attention, but she made us all sing Happy Birthday to her. Afterwards, she clapped and had a grin from ear to ear. Pretty special moment for us!

My grandparents with their three children....my mom, my aunt (in the orange) and my uncle on the end. These pictures are pretty rare in my family. This hasn't happened since my wedding!

Most of my whole family on my mom's side. We are missing Ashley and my cousin Chris. Maybe one day we can get that picture!

I had a wonderful time with my family and hope to do it again in this month while I have the time. I have had some really pretty things in my flower bed growing and had to take pictures of them to show them off.

This is my Peony plant. I had three blooms this year!! I was so happy b/c last year was only one bloom! Peony's always remind me of my friend Krissee Day!!!

I also had some irises blooming. Ashley and I were really happy with them b/c we just so happen to have some that were orange and some that were white with purple. Even our flowers are Clemson colors! That really was not planned. I don't even remember where these irises came from.

I know it's pretty sad when you post pictures of flowers in your yard, but it is one of my hobbies and when you don't have a job......well, it's pretty much the highlight of your day!

We went to the beach over the weekend with 6 of our friends and had an absolute blast!! It was very relaxing and much needed! We are now gearing up for Mother's Day. I hope everyone has a wonderful Mother's Day!! Maybe next time I can be more interesting!