So i’m a little late for saying “hello” to May on my blog! It’s been eventful so far and will continue to be so until the end of the month… a couple First Communions, one of my best girlfriend’s wedding celebration is at the end of the month (and lots of other fun wedding stuff in between) and unfortunately a lot more people leaving where I work by the end of the month so lots of “goodbye” things too. Anyway, this past weekend was my niece Gracie’s First Communion. Since my sister and her family live in San Francisco, we journeyed over there to her celebration Mass and party–which was Cinco de Mayo themed!
Gracie’s special day!
Cousins!
Gracie with grandma & grandpa (my parents)
Getting party preparations done!
Gracie is quite the character and since she’s the “littlest” of all the “big” cousins, she stands out for me in a very special way…(sshh, don’t tell my other nieces and nephews–of course, they’re all special to me :P). As a baby, I was so gaga over her, it was ridiculous. Even to this day, I think we still have that relationship and her sweetness to me just makes me so happy. Well, it was so cute and I’m SO smitten over how that transpired to her and Will’s growing relationship on Saturday. I was so busy Saturday that I didn’t get a lot of time to sit down with her and play and do my auntie duties so she hung out with Will (of course until the other kids got to the party). He told me that she kept finding things for them to do…they played on the Wii, thumb and arm wrestled, played games, she even tried to teach him the “cup song” from Pitch Perfect (Anna Kendrick’s You’re Gonna Miss me”) and sang the whole song to him. I just thought it was the cutest thing! She would even tell her mom/my sister, “I’m spending time with Uncle Will” whenever she asked her to do something…lol. I even noticed it because they came into the kitchen for a snack together and she was waiting for him to get his plate together so they could go outside and eat. I even mentioned something along the lines of, “You guys are like BFFs now!” I didn’t know exactly they did while I was preoccupied so when he told me that story it made my heart melt because they are two of my favorite people in the world 🙂
Uncle Will & Gracie ❤
Saturday was so much fun getting to spend time with my family and the kids! It's so hard for us to get together like that all the time so I really cherish it when we do. Makes my heart happy!
dear abby 