Goodbye San Diego Hello Arkansas

The last few days of my San Diego trip were fun and very busy. My hotel was in the downtown area and it overlooked the bay. I could have stayed on my balcony all day and watched the boats come and go. One afternoon I had a few hours to kill so I walked down the boardwalk area to an aircraft carrier. The boardwalk had tons of shops and food places to stop into. I got Michael some hot sauce at a place that only sold hot sauces. The area was all about the military. They had statues and tributes to the military around the aircraft carrier.

View from my hotel room

Me and Bob Hope

Can't tell if she had anything under

Friday morning I left San Diego bright and early to fly to Arkansas. I was so excited. Michael and I had tons of things to do; a wedding, our engagement pictures, cake tasting, and I got to see my cousin's new baby. Friday night we went to the Bride's parent's house for a cookout. It was tons of fun. Michael got to spend some time with his friends who he hadn't seen in a long time.

Saturday morning, we got up early early in the morning to go have our engagement pictures taken. I will write more on this later, once we get some pictures to show everyone. Saturday was Brad and Jodie's wedding. Michael was an usher and looked so handsome in his tux. The wedding was beautiful and the reception was extremely fun. Everyone danced and hung out until almost midnight. I wish I had taken my camera to the wedding, but I am sure other people have good pictures from the party.

Sunday was the day I was looking forward to all week. The day I got to meet the newest addition to my family, Ava Elizabeth Grady. She is the sweetest baby ever. Aden loves his baby sister, he would love her more if he still got all the attention, but he does love her. I brought him a present to make him feel special, a monkey with a baby monkey on it. Michael and I took Aden to my church picnic. They had a big slide and bounce around. He loved playing. Here are some pictures of baby Ava and Aden playing. Aden is going to have tons of girlfriends when he is older. When I dropped him back off at the house he gave me a big hug and told me he loved me. Melt her heart. He knows how to work the ladies already.

Me and baby Ava
He was giving her a kiss
Michael thought I was going to break her
He looks scared but he kept going back up
He had so much fun!