Gone, But Haven't Forgotten

I have been removed from our blog for quite a while...this is the first weekend in about four weeks that we haven't been out of town and had a big event going on. Although we have had an amazing month, we have also experienced a very sad loss.

Our crazy family-filled event began with a special day for our baby girl, Adelyn's Baptism. Thank you to everyone for making the journey to St. Patrick's Cathedral to share this special day for Addie. And a big special thank you to her godparents, Aunt Christine and Uncle Drew.

The next weekend was Amanda's Bridal Shower in Boston. It was such a beautiful time with friends and family. Amanda was such a gorgeous bride-to-be. My little Addie would not take a bottle, which prevented me from joining the girls for the Bachelorette Party...but that's okay, because I would do anything for my little ones and I know my little sister still had the time of her life (can't wait to see the pole-dancing video)! Look out Bermuda, we will be there in one month for the big day.

We then headed south to say our goodbyes to Pop Pop. This was such a difficult time for our family, but it was so comforting to all be together and remember so many special memories. Our hearts now have a hole with the loss of our beloved Pop Pop (Daryl's father). Thank you for being such a wonderful grandfather, father, friend, road trip warrior, doctor, scientist, and sports enthusiast! We miss and love you so very much!

Blake, Daddy and Pop Pop holding hands

Sweet Home Alabama...we had just a few extra days left to go look for our future home. The four of us had a whirlwind trip to Birmingham. In two days time we viewed about fifteen homes with a toddler and baby, it was a bit challenging at time, but overall our little ones were troopers. After a VERY long two days and many hours of deliberation, we have finally decided on the last house we viewed. We are SO excited for our upcoming move.

We then headed home with a minor detour up to Connecticut for Laila's (Daryl's niece) First Communion and we also celebrated Mother's Day together. There were five very special mothers there and we were each blessed with having our beautiful families with us. Thank you Daryl for the delicious truffles that were gone in less than three days!

The cousins playing outside the church together

A yummy Mother's Day meal with lots of great mothers

Now on the horizon we have Daryl's graduation from Residency, our big move way down south and Amanda and Tony's wedding...all in the next five weeks. WOW!

Our happy family