It's Friday!

Today is Miss Madeline's 2nd birthday -- Happy Birthday! She is my good friend's (Allison Solomon) little girl. We hope you have a great day!

We said good-bye to our dear friend and Catherine Ellis's namesake (she really lobbied for Catherine with a K, but did not win), Katherine Webb, on Wednesday. Katherine and I worked together at Girls Inc. and became great friends; she's now headed to UNC Wilmington to get her Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing! YAY Katherine. Catherine Ellis, Cain and Emma LOVE Miss Katherine -- she is going to be greatly missed!

Katherine & Miss Emma at Ruffner Mountain

Katherine & Catherine Ellis (Katherine is working on her CE faces!)

Katherine & Cain playing (this is Cain's most favorite person in the world, besides Pop)

I'm glad I got to post some pictures of Cain & Emma, as most of you know they are our first children and I don't want them to get lost in the mix -- we still love them very much! We don't get to spend as much time loving on them as we'd like, but they are still very much a part of our lives.

And last, but certainly not least I'm going to post a picture of one of Catherine Ellis's favorite people at the YWCA, Miss Carolyn! Miss Carolyn also happens to be the COO and one of my bosses; she oversees the day care and we couldn't be happier about that. Miss Carolyn is a FABULOUS child development guru and I don't know what I'd do without her. She loves on Catherine Ellis during the day, is on our emergency contact list when I'm not in the building and Catherine Ellis needs something (like Tylenol on Wednesday when she was running a low-grade fever from her shots!), and she keeps me calm when I'm freaking out like a new Mommy! Thanks for all you do Carolyn!

Miss Carolyn & Catherine Ellis