Friday, January 31, 2014

Trip to Atlanta 1/24-1/26

Michael had to go to Atlanta for work on Friday, January 24th, so Liam and I decided to go with him to visit family and go out for my birthday. We traveled down Friday morning because Michael's work meeting was in the afternoon. Liam and I visited with Aunt Laura and Kayla during the afternoon while Michael worked.

Michael and I went out for a nice Italian dinner (and yummy wine) at a restaurant called Valenza Friday night. Laura, Bob, and Kayla kept Liam while we went out. After dinner Michael and I had dessert at a place called Cafe Intermezzo. We loved this place! They had a book of different coffee drinks and desserts. We ordered our desserts from a big glass case (you just stood in front and pointed and asked what was what) and our waiter helped us pair our drinks to go with them. I had a 7 layer chocolate cake and Michael had some white chocolate raspberry cake. We both had coffee- mine came with some sort of caramel Bailey's shot :) It was a great night out on the town- we stayed out until after 9:00 pm!

Saturday morning we went out to breakfast with Michael's grandparents. Liam behaved and we had a nice visit. Saturday afternoon Michael and I went for a run around the lake and then took Liam on a walk to feed the ducks with Uncle Bob--we even got to swing! Saturday night we had dinner with the Atlanta family and Melissa made me a birthday cake. 

Sunday Michael played basketball with Bob and Liam and I went to church with Laura. Liam and I went on a nice long walk on Sunday while we were waiting for Michael to get back from basketball. It was a sunny day and it was nice to get to walk around before heading back to Knoxville!

Cafe Intermezzo
Delicious Coffee

The yummy wine!
Playing with Uncle Bob while Mom and Dad were out on Friday.
More fun with Uncle Bob! 
The dogs loved having Liam there.
Feeding the ducks.
Swinging
Staged candle shot.
Sunday walk... Liam napped.
Pretty berry bush I saw on the walk.

Liam's First Trip to the Zoo

While my family was in town for Liam's party we were able to go to the Knoxville Zoo with my sister and her family. It was a sunny day and it was so nice to be outside walking around and seeing the animals! Liam even got to go on his first merry-go-round! Below are some pictures from the day.

















Sunday, January 26, 2014

Liam's First Birthday Party- 1/18/14

We had a wonderful first birthday party for Liam. We had so many of our family and friends come to the party. A lot of our family traveled from Atlanta and Louisille traveled to be at the party. We had two sets of great grandparents there! (Stockelman and Ellingsworth) Liam was a champ and conveniently took a 3 hour nap before the party started. He loved watching the other kids at the party. He played with his cake, but wasn't really interested in eating it. He got a lot of fun presents and his cousins graciously helped us open them :) We had a wonderful weekend with family and friends- we are blessed!



















Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Liam's First Birthday

On Liam's actual birthday (January 11th) we went to Grandma and Grandpa's for a birthday dinner and cake! It was a lot of fun. They made a train cake for Liam and we had holiday spaghetti. Chad, Meredith, and Jackson joined us for the celebration. We are looking forward to his party this weekend!