New Orleans

Aunt Kayla is getting married to future Uncle Scott at the end of June, so David and Mommy packed up and headed to New Orleans at the end of February for a bridal shower in Kayla's honor.

Nana and Papaw were so excited to get to see David again (and if you live anywhere near Nana you know that "excited" is an understatement). We had lots of fun visiting with Aunt Kayla, Nana and Papaw. Aunt Jess even got to fly in from Nashville! Nana really liked the handprint/footprint tile that we made at Granny's, so we made one for David. It was absolutely hilarious to see how many adults it took to get one kids footprint or handprint on a tile. At one point four of us were involved - between putting on the paint, putting his hand on the tile, holding David, taking pictures and keeping his other painted appendages from touching anything else - I'm not sure that we could have done it any differently. This was an early morning adventure - so of course no one looked decent enough to post a picture, but here's a pic of what we accomplished.

Saturday morning David was really busy. Besides the art project David got to spend time with Sadie. Nana didn't want David going outside where Sadie could run him over, so they decided to have the meet and greet at the window. I'm not sure who enjoyed it more - David or Sadie! She kept coming back to that window for the rest of the weekend, but so did David!

David also likes to move shoes from place to place. Here he is playing with Papaw's shoes.

In the afternoon we headed over to Aunt Joey's "new" house for Kayla's shower. Stacey, Stacy, Aunt Joey and Mamaw did a great job putting things together.

The Hostesses

Kayla and the Bridesmaids

Mamaw, Kayla and Nana

David loves tissue paper. So he was more than happy to help Aunt Kayla with her presents.

Eventually we had to figure out another way to entertain him. Anyone up for a game of "Where's David?"

David and Aunt Joey

On Sunday we went to White Oak in Baton Rouge where the wedding will take place. We had a great time tasting all the yummy food and sampling cake. David really liked the pastry shells and the cake (but mostly the icing).

Jess, Mindi, Kayla and Melissa

David and Mindi - 8 months after our first visit to White Oak

David and I had such a great time in New Orleans. He did great on the plane both ways, which was a relief because this was the first time we flew just the two of us. We can't wait to come back for the wedding!