Mother's Day weekend

Miller had her baby dedication over the weekend, so we packed up the car and headed to Nan and Pop's house. I was a bit nervous about how Miller would react in church because her personality is much more reserved with strangers than Colby's was at this age. The story of his baby dedication is here. At the same age, Colby smiled with delight at anyone who looked his way, and was actually offended if someone did not stop to ogle him at the grocery store. When strangers talk to Miller, she usually just gives them a blank stare....and if they keep on pushing for a smile, she will cry.

While I was worried about how she would react in church, what I did not predict was her reaction to scary old Pop. The minute Miller laid eyes on him, she thought that something just didn't seem right about him. Every time he came into a room, she burst into tears. I think Pop kind of enjoyed the reaction, and he made sure to make eye contact with her every chance he could get.

However, after a couple days of seeing him in the room and realizing he wasn't out to get her, she sort of warmed up to him. Sort of.


Miller enjoyed visiting with Miller #1...


and Nana...


Granddaddy (or Grandducky as Colby calls him) fed Miller while trying to catch some flies for himself.


On Sunday morning, we snapped a few pictures before heading off to church (most of these were taken while Miller squeezed in a last minute nap)









Just as predicted, Miller did cry when the minister took her from me. However, Lee was a quick thinker and put a Cheerio in her mouth when she was turned away from the congregation. That perked her right up, and it was pretty smooth sailing after that. Well, smooth sailing with Miller. Our mistake was not preparing Colby for the fact that his mommy and daddy would be walking to the front of the church with his nemesis....the adorable baby sissa. As soon as we walked in, I started to hear "Mommy...I want Mommy...MOMMY....I WANT MOMMY.....I WAAANT MYYY MOMMMMYYY!!!!!" Chip quickly whisked him away and ran out of the church. I felt terrible because we really should have prepared him better for what was going to happen. Oh well, I'm still kind of new at this whole thing.

The absolute highlight of Colby's weekend was playing with his 3 older cousins. It was so fun to watch them play together, and I was amazed at how patient the boys were with him. They ran around outside for much of the weekend, and they really included Colby and made him feel like he was one of the big boys.


Nana and Granddaddy gave Miller a special gift to remember the occasion: Nana's juice cup from 1948, and a new silver spoon. Miller wanted to do a taste test to see which she preferred.

The spoon was mighty tasty....


but the cup was also quite flavorful...


The verdict...

It's a tie! They are both equally delicious!


To top off the weekend, Miller perfected her crawling skills on the morning of her dedication. She is officially a crawler!


Thank you Nana and Granddaddy for making the long trip up from South Carolina. And thanks Nan and Pop for hosting all of us, cooking all the great food, and putting up with all the noise, spit up, poop, muddy dog mess, and chaos.
We had a wonderful weekend!