The Swearingen Family: Spring Time

I know that we are already in Summer, but I did not post much about our Spring so I wanted to play some catch up on April and May

After we arrived home from my Sister's Wedding, we had one weekend at home before Travis and I did a lot of traveling over the next two months. We spent the third weekend in April in New Orleans for Butler Snow's annual meeting. I mainly wanted to tag along because we were staying at the Ritz Carlton and while Travis was in meetings, I treated myself to in afternoon in their Spa. That evening they had a huge welcome party at the hotel complete with a New Orleans Jazz Band for entertainment. I spent the rest of the weekend catching up with the Butler Snow wives and even made it out on Bourbon Street.

The week after we arrived back we had a contract put on our house only after 24 days of being on the market and we started our plans for moving out on June 1st.

The following weekend I did a girls weekend with two great friends, Calle and Samantha, along with Calle's Grandmother as we celebrated her 80th Birthday. Over the last seven years we have done five girls trips with Calle's Grandmother and they are always so much fun. For her 80th Birthday, we made our third trip back to Birmingham which is a great place to meet in the middle. We spent the weekend eating, shopping, and catching up and had a great time.

We spent the first weekend at home in May and helped my father move into his new home in Columbia and then the following two weekends, Travis and I were out of town on a trip to Mexico. We realized that we have not taken a vacation with just the two of us since our Honeymoon so we felt like it was time to have a week away. We stayed at the resort the entire time and took advantage of their spa and went every day to use their hydrotherapy area and we also treated ourselves to couple massages and facials. It was the perfect week away from work and packing.

The following weekend after we arrived home from Mexico was Memorial Day weekend and we spent a fun weekend at the Collignon's lakehouse with great friends. The next weekend was our moving weekend and after selling our townhouse at the last minute to our renters for the past three years, we ended up closing on our townhouse and our home both on May 31st. We had until 5pm on June 1st to be out of our home and at 4:00pm I did one last walk through, left all of the lights on, and had a bottle of wine and a note waiting for the new home owners. I never thought I would cry so much in one week but I am excited to be moving on to our next home even though we are not sure where that is yet.

In all of our busy travels, we still made as much time for our beautiful baby girl and Ava had a fun time with and without us. We took her to Cheekwood in April to see the 55,000 tulips that had bloomed. She also attended a Birthday Party for one of her classmates and spent the morning laughing and playing with her school friends. She also got to spend a lot of time with Nana, Papa and Katie playing with choo choos and the kitchen set. Ava also saw her Grandpa and Grandma K at their home in Columbia and loves the swing that they have in their yard. Finally she got to spend time with Mimi, Uncle Matt, and Aunt Mandy, who all came down to watch her for part of the week while we were away in Mexico. Ava finished the month of May with an end of year party at her school where she danced and played with her friends and teachers.

We are so lucky to have so many people who love Ava and help us out by watching her. Ava definitely is a social butterfly and is a born leader in her classroom. She is very independent thinks that she can tackle the world on her own. She is talking more and more each day I love having conversations with her. I remind myself everyday that we are so Blessed to have Ava Marie.