Welcome Baby Zay Party!

by Holly

Our dear friend Erin hosted a reception in her home for us in October, to welcome Baby Zay so that our friends could come to us instead of us having to try to make all the rounds. It was so sweet of her and we had a great time. So many people were able to make it and oh, how it made me miss my Allen/Plano area friends!!!

Kay Lyons, Lauren and DeeDee Murray at the refreshment table. Nice spread, Erin!

Erin Jones and Kim Whiteside, dear friends

Amy Tokarz with her sweet kiddoes Shelby, Knox and Jerzy

Abbey and Salomae Mulder- Abbey kept Eli for a few months after I went back to work, and what great memories!

DeeDee Murray with Baby Zay, me in the background. Our little angel!

Fun at Stonebriar Mall

by Holly

We made a quick trip to Allen back in October to visit friends and introduce Baby Zay. The first big event of the trip was a visit to Stonebriar Mall (Zay's first, and the first that Eli remembered). We started with Build A Bear, where we had our nephew's bear repaired (his voice box was broken), made a puppy for Zay for Christmas and picked out new clothes for Eli's bear for Christmas. Eli had fun doing this and was so sweet to watch.

Next up was a man outside of Build A Bear making balloon animals. Of course we chose Elmo- how cute is this?!

Daddy with Zay and all of our loot, hanging out at the food court.


Our dear friend Erin paid for Eli to ride the carousel- fun!