tanglehood

a year ago tomorrow, we got to meet baby eliza.  she looked a lot different back then.  and in fact, jamin and cora didn't get to meet her until almost a whole month after her official birthday, since she was in the hospital for a while.  but when you look at this fantastic trio today, you'd never know that one of these amigos weighed just over two pounds at birth.  

so of course the first stop on our summer adventure had to be a visit to our best friend baby eliza.  jamin and cora had an exciting adventure day with jtrent as well.  it involved a trip to the mall to ride the train, a chikfila pit stop for some waffle fries, and a run to the dump (everyone's childhood dream, I know).  while our kids were making memories with their grandad, eric and I went to see the great gatsby so we could see what our summer on long island will really be like.  thank goodness we aren't rich so we won't have all those problems.

(please pardon the view of cora's undies.  and yes, these lovely ladies ARE wearing matching dresses, thanks very much to the wonderfully talented heather manner!)

so glad moments like these are what will send us into our summer far away.  and that a family as great as this one will be one of the draws to remind me how much north carolina really is home.

happy birthday, baby eliza!