I got to meet....

My nephew for the very first time. Anna and Cole got to bring home baby Cole Friday afternoon. So I headed to Birmingham first thing Saturday morning b/c I was dying to see him and love on him. I got to their house around noon and they greeted me at the door. I can't even tell you just how precious he is. He is so cute, I could just eat him up. We hung out around the house, I got to feed Cole and change his diaper. I loved every minute of it. Later that evening Cole and Anna headed out to the hospital to go see Ellen so they left baby Cole with me...YaY!! We had a great time, he basically slept the whole time while I was holding him.

When they got back from visiting Ellen, Cole grilled us some hamburgers and baked some french fries, it was a great meal. Then we just enjoyed looking at baby Cole all night ;).

The next morning we got up and Cole had made us pancakes and bacon which were absolutely delicious. I decided to take a few pictures of baby Cole. I mean, I couldn't come back and have no pictures from my very first visit with him. While I was there, he was a very laid back baby. Slept most of the time, got fussy if he was cold, needed to be changed or hungry.

Isn't he just the cutest little thing?!

He likes to keep his hands close to his face...precious!

He's thinking, whew please quit taking all these pictures of me!

Cole and his Aunt MA. I am so in love with him!

It was such an amazing weekend. He is such and amazing baby, I am just in awe of him. Anna and Cole are such great parents. It is going to be fun to watch this little guy grow.

Ellen is still in the NICU, but we are hoping she comes home soon. I can't wait to meet her. I haven't met her yet but I am in love with her already.  I feel so special to be and Aunt to these amazing babies.

We had Visitors!

 I always love when we have people come visit! This past weekend we had some wonderful visitors. Our friends Matt & Jennifer Barton and their baby Grayson came on Friday to visit us. We hadn't seen them in a while so it was so wonderful getting together and catching up. We hadn't seen Grayson since he was born and he is so so precious. It was such a joy to have him in our house, it was so nice having a baby in the house. We grilled out burgers and I made homemade mac & cheese. They are some of our really close friends and I can't wait to watch Grayson grow and hopefully when we have a little one, our kids will be good friends. It was a great weekend! Here are a few pics of Grayson that I took.

We had him sitting in the middle of the table so that he could watch us all eat..haha.

He's a natural! Doesn't he look good with a baby?! I think so!

 Allie wasn't to sure what to think

 of a baby being in her house. She was sad b/c she didn't get all of the attention..hah.
   

I'm an Aunt!!

I am an Aunt for the very first time to a beautiful niece and nephew. Ellen McCall Gresham and Cole Robinson Gresham, Jr. were born July 13, 2010 (the day after my birthday). We got a phone call Tuesday morning from Cole that Anna's water had broken. I jumped out of bed, got my shower, packed my bag, went to pick up Sara and we were headed to Birmingham. We got to the hospital just as Anna was pushing. We were all out in the waiting room, we were so excited that we couldn't sit down.

My mom was so excited that she went and stood outside Anna's door for a minute.

We had no idea what Anna was having. She didn't find out til they were born. From the beginning my sister Sara and I thought it would be a boy and a girl, but everyone else seemed to think 2 boys. Well Sara and I were right, it was a girl and a boy. Cole texted us as soon as the first baby came out, we were dying to know what it was but they didn't tell us til Cole came out in the waiting room to let everyone know. I took a picture of the clock when Cole let us know that the first one was out, which i think the text he sent was a little delayed. About 5min or so later, the second came out.

Cole finally came out of the room to let all of us know that they had a precious little girl and precious little boy, they got a nurse to come out with him so they could capture our reactions on video. It was such a special moment. Everyone on that floor could probably hear us screaming. Ellen weighed 4lbs. 6oz. and Cole weighed 4lbs. 3 oz., precious, precious babies.

We were finally able to go in and see Anna. She looked great!! Anna was the one to let us know what they had named both babies.

The babies are in the NICU but are doing very well. The sad thing was is that Sara nor I could see them. They only let parents and grandparents in the NICU. It was killing me not to be able to see them. I got mom to take my camera in the NICU to take some pictures b/c that is all i have. They are the cutest little babies I have ever seen, I admit I am a little biased but it's true they are very cute!

I am so ready for those precious babies to come home. I am ready to hold and love on both of them. I am so happy for Anna and Cole, they are going to be such amazing parents. Words can't describe how proud I am to be an Aunt to these two amazing babies. It's the best feeling. I can't wait to see what life has in store for them and to watch them grow.

Sweet little Ellen. I just love her dark hair!

Precious little Cole. His hair is lighter than Ellen's, we think he looks like Anna!

The 4th!!

We had a pretty good 4th of July weekend. I was SO excited that Rob had off work all weekend, it was nice having a holiday weekend that he didn't have to work. So on Friday we headed to the beach, to Destin, FL. My parents were already down there, 4th of July weekend and the week following the 4th is usually our family vacation. This year we couldn't stay for family vacation b/c we already had taken our trip to Jamaica. My sister Sara was already down there too. We got to Destin Friday evening and around 8:00 we all headed out to eat at my favorite place Louisianna Lagniappe! I love it. We had such a wonderful dinner.

Saturday was absolutely beautiful. Rob had to help my dad replace a post on our dock that morning. Allie and I headed down to the dock to see what they were doing and Allie was whining like crazy b/c her daddy was in the water. As Rob was walking up in the water to the shore, Allie followed him and jumped off our dock and went straight for the water and swam to him. It was hilarious. Later we tried to get her to do it again, but she wouldn't. We think that she forgot what water was and once she was in the water she didn't have any other choice but to swim...haha. Allie is definitely a beach dog, she LOVES being outside at the beach. We layed in the sun most of the afternoon and then enjoyed a beautiful sunset that evening with a cocktail in hand. We headed up to the house for dinner. My parents had prepared boiled shrimp, broiled snapper and twice baked potatoes, I could eat this meal every night I think and not get tired of it, it was SOOO delicious!

It was so nice spending time with family for the 4th. We just couldn't stay long enough. Hope everyone had a great and safe 4th!!