Brie's Recital, Fun with Watermelon, and Mom Paints the Nursery

I had my first piano recital on May 31st. Daniel said, "You would have gotten a 10 out of 10 if you hadn't been followed by such a rousing rendition of My Hobby Horse." (The next oldest person in the recital was eleven).

This is me with my wonderful piano teacher and friend, Tia.







Recital Program... it's hard to go first!
















We started to cut into this watermelon when we noticed it looked a little too familiar.













Daniel takes "sympathy weight" to a whole new level.













Mom (a.k.a. Grandmama) drove all the way to Charlotte to paint a mural on the nursery walls. She modeled it after one of my favorite children's book series, Duck and Goose.
























First Duck and Goose meet and become friends.













They jump and play...

















... and share a secret.











Duck and Goose take a peek over the crib.













And of course.... it all ends with a nap.

Brie's Shower at School

The lovely ladies at my school threw us a beautiful baby shower. Lisa made and decorated two delicious cakes.











The color scheme was pink and blue... but I swear we didn't know it when we got dressed that morning!














Tamika made fabulous balloon arrangements for the decorations!













The shower games were so much fun. Daniel and I raced to see who could change the baby the fastest.



Check out the video clip below to see Daniel's tried-and-true "baby shake down" method for dressing the little ones.










It ends in a tie! (... a cheesy grin from me and reluctant grin from Daniel)











Baby food tasting... Daniel really doesn't mind taking big bites!