Bowers Blog

Jul 15, 2012

Grandma's Birthday Surprise

This past Friday the 13th was my (Ashley) mom's birthday. My mom is an animal lover and we decided to surprise her with a new kitten for her birthday. (Her cat died about a year ago). Ellie was so excited about it that we had Grandma come over to get her present before we went out to eat. We had a great time celebrating, and I think Grandma was more than pleased with her gift.

Grandma gets birthday hugs and kisses from Ellie and Emma

Grandma and Emma anxiously await the surprise

SUPRISE! Here's Tango!

Papa and Emma discuss Grandma's gift

"Happy Birthday to you!"

Ellie licks the candles clean

Emma assures Freddie that Tango won't be sticking around our house.

Jul 8, 2012

SSI 2012

We have just returned from our annual 4th of July St. Simons Island hoorah with many of our family and friends. It was exhausting and exhilarating all at the same time. It is wonderful to be with so many of our family and friends in one week. We had a blast and ate way too much food! The girls had a ball and were 2 perfect little beach babies. The weather was perfect, and with our crowd, their is never a lack of entertainment! The excitement of this trip was finding out the gender of Aunt Kate and Uncle Jay's baby - it's a boy! We couldn't be more excited for them and the girls are pumped about having a baby boy cousin to boss around! For now, however, we are still de-sanding all of our clothes and beach items and slowly recovering from daily overstimulation!

May 14, 2012

UAB Crew Beach Trip

Last week we made a trip to the Alabama gulf coast for 5 days of fun with 4 other couples and their kids. We were all residents together while in Birmingham and it was good to get together with these friends who we haven't seen in almost a year. While it was a bit crazy with 10 adults and 9 kids under the age of 3, it was also a lot of fun catching up, telling old stories, and spending time with each other. Hopefully we will continue to make this an annual event.

May 9, 2012

Emma Turns 1

I can't believe it has been a year already, but Emma is growing so fast. We had a great party with family and friends to celebrate this milestone. A jump house was involved and so was some cake. It was a fun time and we look forward to many more milestones.