In Memory of Grandpa

Yesterday Grandpa Sandroni went to be with Jesus. The thought of his earthly presence being forever gone is a hurt in my heart I simply can't describe. And although I know he is wearing his favorite red shirt, drinking whiskey & diet coke and chasing Grandma around in heaven, I will miss him deeply.

I'll be stepping away from the blog for a little bit to celebrate this awesome man with my family. Thank you for your prayers!

Our First Father's Day!

We celebrated Matt's first Father's Day this weekend.

 Our morning started out with some homemade blueberry pancakes to celebrate daddy, followed by a low key day of hanging out.

 For Matt's gift, I teamed up with my Dad (and Captain Tony) to book a full day, private offshore charter fishing trip on the 32-foot Alexandria Marie while we are on vacation in Florida next month. To say he was surprised would be a huge understatement. Matt loves to fish as do all of the guys in our family so it's going to be a fun day.

Side note, this trip will be exactly 4 years since our last family fishing day. Since I didn't have the blog (a baby, cellulite or a ring) then, here are some throwback pictures of our fun fishing day with my crazy fam.

Matt is so dang good at being a daddy. I always knew he would be but I can't tell you how hands-on and involved he is in Caroline's day to day activities. He spends most of his moments at home cuddling with her, gives her a bath every night, loves to do tummy time together on the floor playing and always gets her ready for bed with story time. He is a super dad and I love watching Caroline's face when he walks through the door. She is well on her way to being a daddy's girl and for good reason, he was truly meant to be a dad - her dad! We are the two luckiest girls to have him and are thankful that God chose us to be in his life!

Happy Father's Day, Matt! We love you!

Five on Friday!

  Happy Friday and Father's Day Weekend!   - ONE - I stocked up on Bath & Body Works candles this week during their semi-annual sale! Lots of yummy spring scents!

  - TWO - Last weekend my best friend May came to visit! Here's a glimpse into our wonderful weekend together!

- THREE - Bows, bows, bows! You know what I do in my small amounts of free time in between feedings? I shop Etsy for hair accessories for Caroline. If one more envelope arrives to the house with another bow or headband, Matt may deactivate my debit card. Just kidding, he secretly loves her hair accessories (I've watched him seriously debate over which shade of pink bow she should wear with her outfits). Anyway, here are some of my recent favorites...

  The sparkly, patriotic bow came from Heart of Hazel and the other two bows are from Meg-Made! I also received the beautiful new flamingo print from Laura Dro Designs for my custom lucite tray where I store all of Caroline's bows!

 - FOUR - Salads! I've been aiming to be a bit healthier this week by incorporating lots of salads in my diet. But then I get all crazy and add things like massive crab cakes and defeat the purpose. Regardless, they are delicious...and at least I'm getting lots of greens!

- FIVE - Your weekly dose of Caroline!

  No big deal, just feeding myself...

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