two weddings, a milestone birthday, and a baby

(not to be confused with four weddings and a funeral)

lots has gone on on with our extended family recently.  on may 14, my little sister tied the knot in a super-small affair (just the four parents) in san francisco.  we're looking forward to celebrating beach-style with everyone in august.

my new brother-in-law richard and my gorgeous sister leslie

on may 26, my cousin alli got married in dallas.  this time chris and i flew out and left the kids in raleigh with chris's parents.  (think they missed us?  nope.  "we want to stay at grammie and granddad's house forever!" they wailed as we prepared to take them back home at the end of the long weekend.)

what's that, you say?  a proper wedding picture needs a bride and/or groom in it?  oh - we were so excited to be kid-free for three days we forgot to take any

the kids got to help celebrate their great-grandmother margie's 90th birthday (!) with chris's extended family while we were gone.  liam can never pass up an opportunity to play any kind of sport, so he was nice and sweaty from playing baseball with some of his older second-cousins.  (unfortunately, we are at the mercy of those who were there for pictures, and we don't have any of the kids with the birthday girl)

and the day before that, my brother and sister-in-law had their first baby.  theodore grant atkins was born on may 25 -- exactly one week following susanna's birthday and exactly one week before my mom's.   with his birth, chris and i became uncle and aunt for the first time.  which means that liam and susanna finally have a first cousin!  (susanna was terribly disappointed when i shared the news with her that it was a boy.  but once i pointed out that this means she's still the favorite granddaughter, she perked right up.)  i cannot WAIT to get my auntie hands on this sweet bundle of love in just a few weeks!

the most perfect nephew the world has ever seen -- and look at that hair!

mama and baby