Catching up..

Wooo y'all. I am tired. I am writing this from a hotel room in Nashville after driving 762 miles in the past 6 days.. 531 of those with a toddler. WHO knew the third week in August was going to be so insane when I started booking all these things months ago!? MJ's face below would have been the look I would've given if I had only knew! haha! So let me go back a little bit... 

Last Tuesday night we headed to the Pryor Family Reunion at Lake Keowee in South Carolina. We had a pretty uneventful ride and headed out to the lake with our cousins the first thing Wednesday morning. 

Maddie Jane looooved being with those boys and definitely held her ground at being rough and tough. No vacation is ever relaxing with a toddler, but we really enjoyed spending time with AJ's family that we really never see.. some we had never even met! 

Maddie Jane has a little cousin about 9 months younger than her and they played so well together. So sweet seeing tiny little relationships form. 

I think the highlight of both Maddie Jane and AJ's trip was kayaking. 

That girl floated around with her Daddy for almost an hour! I would have loved to hear what all they were talking about :) 

Thursday night we had a big celebration for AJ's Uncle Buzz and Aunt Diane's 50th wedding anniversary. And what better way to celebrate an anniversary than with trying to get 30 people to all smile at a camera in 90 degree heat!? hahah 

I snagged a behind the scenes pic of the grandchildren group shot and I can only imagine that the big group looked about the same! 

We all survived and will be so happy that we captured this time together (and remembered that it was real life with a bunch of tiny kiddos!!) 

Maddie Jane insisted that "Baby" make it into every single family photo.. Mind you this baby doll isn't hers and she discovered it 5 mins before the shoot. #pickyourbattles 

These outtakes are just too good not to include ha! 

Everyone's reward for smiling for the camera?? Lasagna! Maddie Jane thoroughly approved. 

Elizabeth and Mary Grace are the oldest of the grandkids and were just SO sweet with MJ. Elizabeth was my savior in being able to get anything done! She helped me out soo much!! 

And Friday morning we were up at the crack of dawn to get to Sandersville. We took a very interesting route home that included a couple dirt roads, ha! 

We dropped AJ off to get some work done before his video conference and Maddie Jane with Grandma Audrey and Mom and I went to Dublin. She had a hair appointment that I tagged a long to, got my nails done and had an ahhhhmazing lunch at Company Supply. 

We got back to Maddie Jane wiiiide away and chomping on some Dairy Lane ice. 

Then we headed to Brentwood for their 500th football game. 

They recognized all the past football players and cheerleaders and it was pretty cool to stand by my husband on that field! (I want to say we were the only couple??) 

Maddie Jane only made it through the first quarter (which was still wayyyy past her bedtime), but she loved every minute she was there! 

Especially the big run out with cowbells and smoke extinguishers. 

That girl. Those piggies. I die. 

Alright, next stop. (Are you tired of reading yet??) We went to Lake Oconee Saturday to host a baby shower for my sweet friend, Brittany. 

It was so great seeing so many of my girlfriends, their husbands, and showering our girl! She is going to be the BEST Mama and I cannot wait to meet Hudson in just a couple weeks! 

After that shower, we hopped in the car and drove to Atlanta. We dropped Maddie off at AJ's dad's house, did a quick outfit change and headed to a wedding shower for one of AJ's fraternity brothers. 

Take one and two with the ginormous fans keeping us cool in that Georgia heat. Love these Fiji wives so much and that we get to do all these simple little things together again!! 

We stayed in the city Saturday night so AJ could watch the fight with his Dad and finallyyyyy made it home to Woodstock Sunday morning. I came home to a bunch of dead plants so I went ahead and got fall flowers planted. And bought groceries, and unpacked our clothes, and washed clothes, and cleaned the house and repacked my suitcase... 

Then last night we went out to a great little family dinner to spend some time together before I was on the road again this morning! Isn't that little kids meal boat cute Maddie got at that sushi restaurant?? 

I am in Nashville now for work through Friday and I am SO thankful I didn't plan anything for us to do Labor Day weekend, because I am pooped!! Happy Monday friends!!