1st Sunday in May.....Go away rain!

This weekend is the first Sunday in May. For those of you from the South you might be familiar with a tradition called The First Sunday in May. It used to be pretty big in the South but has since seemed to fade away. A little explanation, on Saturday or Sunday or go the cemetery and decorate your family members' graves. This might seem odd but it's really a celebration of their lives and almost like a family reunion. Then you eat a huge meal and visit with family. My Great-Grandmother passed away earlier this year. She was from Alabama and that is were we went each year for the First Sunday in May. Since this year is the first year since she passed we thought it was very important for Granny, Mom, Lauren and me to go down and put out flowers and eat lunch/dinner with family. I woke up this morning....well David woke me up this morning! But on a side note in all fairness he was feeling for Elijah to kick and he felt two good ones! Back to the story. When I woke up Granny called to say that in Alabama they have storm warnings and tornado watches! So it probably wouldn't be smart for us to jump in the interstate and head down. On another side story, my Great Grandmother's house has been hit 3 times by a tornado!!! The last time it hit it completely destroyed the house and she built there again! So we are waiting to see what the weather does. I'm really sad that we might not be able to go down today. I know this really meant a lot to my Grandmother (Granny). If we don't get to go today I'm hoping later this month we might be able to drive down and put flowers out.

I have some very late breaking but very excited news.....I have a new cousin!! Smith William was born in New York on April 10th. He is absolutely adorable! To help you make the connect my Aunt Karol and Uncle Allen live in New York. (My mom's brother). Mom and baby are doing well and I hear Moose (the big brother, black lab) is adjusting well. I think it will be so much fun to have two little boys together at family get togethers.  We all can not wait to see Smith, for me it will probably be a while because Elijah is due soon!

I have a ton of pictures I want to post so I am going to upload some in this post today and will work on getting more later this weekend

With Love,

Mrs. Jones

Mom, Me, Granny, MalMal (Great-Grandmother) and Lauren 2007

Me 27 weeks, I am now almost 29!

David and I Easter 2009