Easter

Easter has come and gone. Elly had so much fun getting to search for Easter Eggs in Gramma Bea and Grandpa Bill's backyard with Cousin Lily. We can't wait to do again next year!

Seeing her Easter basket for the first time

She LOVED playing with the eggs in her basket, even though their was nothing in them.

She thought she was such a BIG girls carrying her basket around the house.

Searching for all the eggs

Cousin Lily being so sweet and helping Elly look for eggs

"I got this"

"Yum! Plastic eggs taste so good"

Sweet Lily helping Elly pick up her eggs after she dumped her basket over

Dada helping Elly get an egg out the tree

So we wanted to get a picture of the girls, but Elly would sit still long enough

Happy Easter!

From the Fingars

A little late.........

OK so I am a bit behind on blog post, again. One of these days I am going to get in a better routine of posting entries.

So as previously mentioned in Elly's 1st birthday blog post, we did her first birthday pictures the first part of April. I have had these pictures for awhile, posted some of Facebook and actually got around to ordering some larger prints for our bare walls! Elizabeth Pettey Photography did such an amazing job (anyone in the Birmingham area need a photographer for their family, check Elizabeth out)! Elizabeth is a former student of mine from Birmingham-Southern College and she is just amazing with children! (You might remember her name from our Christmas photo shoot with Brittany Arias of Be Love Photography. Brittany loves to do weddings and Elizabeth loves kids and families)!!.

So without further to do, here are some of my favorites! All pictures were taken at our house and I would have never thought to use some of these locations (Thanks for the ideas Elizabeth). It was such a beautiful day and I could not have asked for better pictures or for Elly to have cooperated any better!

Birthday Pictures

 Elly wore her #1 onesie and polka dot leggings. She wasn't really keen on keeping her birthday hat or her bow on so George wore it for a few of the pictures. She enjoyed getting to sit on the dining room table and eat her cupcake!

Easter Pictures

So another "outfit" change was for Elly to wear her Easter dress that Aunt Ali and Uncle Justin gave Elly. Cousin Lily has one to match! Elly had so much fun playing with the eggs and playing on the front porch! I absolutely LOVE all these pictures, especially those in color as Elly's eyes are so blue! She turned into quite the diva when we stripped her down to just her boomers in making sure she was posing for the camera.

 

Flower Girl

So another one of Elly's outfit changes was to take a few more pictures in her flower girl dress from Aunt Angela and Uncle Eric's Wedding. These were taken in our backyard and Elizabeth found some beautiful flowers from one of the trees to sprinkle all over the ground. The rocking chair that Elly is sitting in was my rocking chair as a child. I am so glad that we were able to use the rocking chair. Now to get Aaron to stain it and make it in a little better shape. 

 

Lace Sweetie

So of course I had to get a little lace romper to take a few pictures in. She was getting a bit tired at this point but Elizabeth was able to capture quite a few adorable pictures and even got one with her beloved lion, Lonnie from Mrs. Mary. 

Thanks again for a great photo shoot Elizabeth! Can't wait for the next time.  

Going to the chapel.....Aunt Angela got married!

The weekend of March 28, 2014 was an exciting time for our family as Angela got married and we celebrated Granny Vi being inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records for over 70,000 volunteer hours at Slidell Memorial Hospital.

On Friday we all headed over to Slidell for a reception that the hospital was having in to recognize the huge honor that Granny Vi received. It was over a 2 year process and though Granny Vi was not with us in the flesh to receive the award, she did know that SMH was applying on her behalf. Though the weather was not the best and the streets in Slidell flooded, it was a great turnout. Ellyson and Aaron stayed at the hotel as I didn't want to get her out in the weather and I needed her to have a good nap as the rehearsal and dinner was that evening (though she didn't nap, little stinker). Several city politicians came as well as several resolutions and honors were read from state and local officials.

Official certificate from Guinness Book of World Records indicating that Granny Vi holds the record for most volunteer hours.

Whole Cocran family at the reception - minus Aaron and Ellyson

Granny Vi's grandchildren and spouses at the reception.

When the reception was over we all headed back for a little rest and to get ready for the wedding festivities. We met up at the New Orleans Museum of Art for the wedding rehearsal. The rehearsal took place indoors as it was still raining outside. Elly was the flower girl and I was the Maid of Honor.

Waiting for her turn at the rehearsal

The day of the wedding was just beautiful. Angela and Eric could not have asked for a better day to celebrate. She was absolutely beautiful!!! Ellyson did a great job walking down the aisle as the grass was a little uneven but with a little help from daddy she almost stole the show from Aunt Angela ;-).

Her cute little rosette bloomers with a bow!

Getting her pretty bow tied by Mrs. Jennifer. Ellyson wore cousin Lily's flower girl dress from our wedding. It was so adorable on her!

Sporting her bloomers and bow ;-)

Hanging with Cousin Charlie!

The whole family!

All the cousins

The only picture we got as a family. Too much going on!

 

It was such an amazing weekend and we LOVED every minute of it. Sharing in the joy with Angela and Eric. So glad that Eric is now officially part of our family!

So beautiful!