Adam's sister, Hope, is expecting her first baby on March 21, a son named Charlie. Everyone in the family is so excited to have another child to put in the mix. Grace has been such a blessing and has brought so much joy to the Parrish clan that I know it is only going to get better as the family grows. A large group of family and friends threw Hope a baby shower. She had about 40 guest so it was quite a large crowd. Hope was beautiful and she is more than stocked with all of the essentials.
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Here are the four Amigos (as you can see, Kelly is expecting as well)
I made the centerpiece for the shower. They wanted to have cupcakes at the shower so they asked me to make a "fake cake" that could be used as a centerpiece. I was pretty proud of this one as it was the biggest cake I have made!
Another view...
Beautiful Brooke...
Cutie Pie Marilyn Grace...
Here I am with these lovely ladies...
I previously wrote about the sewing lesson that my friend Brooke gave me the Wednesday before the shower. After learning, I quickly turned into a sewing fool every waking minute. Between working, sewing, make petit fours, attending Blake and Rebecca's shower, implementing a 5K race, sushi-making class with Adam, decorating the centerpiece, and helping with Hope's shower, I was absolutely exhausted. I knew that I wanted to give handmade gifts at the shower and I had a quick deadline. Everything seemed to work out but I have a feeling I will look back on that weekend and think "I could never do all of that again!"
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Here is Hope opening the gifts I made...
"C" Initial Burp Cloth
Elephant Burp Cloth
Bowtie Bib
Whale Onesie
Tie T-shirt
Fish Onesie
The shower turned out fantastic and everyone had such a nice time celebrating this special time with Hope!
My mom, dad, Anne Marie, and I headed down to Savannah for a weekend getaway. Unfortunately, Adam and Joey were out of town the weekend we planned to go. We all piled into one car that was loaded down with way more luggage than even one person would need for a week.
We took long walks around the city and along the river. I had never visited Savannah before and I fell in love with the moss-lined trees, history, and southern twang.
On Saturday we took a carriage ride through the historic city to learn more about the origin of the landmarks.
Our trusty Steed...
Below is Paula Deen's Famous Restaurant, Lady and Son's. We never ate there but people lined the streets at times to get in for something either fried or covered in butter- I bet it was DELICIOUS...
Our last night we had a fantastic dinner at Belford's. Everyone that we asked about the best restaurant in town directed us this way.
Of course the weekend ended to soon, as they often do, and we headed back home. It was a great weekend and the only thing that was missing was Adam and Joey.
