Caroline Reed is 1!!

My adorable niece is such a big girl...she turned 1 on May 12th! It's hard to believe this sweet baby girl has graduated from "months" to years already! Happy Birthday sweet thing! Reed & I love you so much!

CR loves cake!!!

Married 2 Years!

Reed & I (or rather I) have decided that every year for our anniversary we will take a fun long-weekend-ish trip to somewhere fun SO this year we landed in Chicago to celebrate our 2 years as Mr & Mrs! We really had such a great time seeing all of the sights! We had dinner on the 95th floor of the Hancock Tower, went to 2 Cubs games (and saw Vince Vaughn throw out the first pitch!), had the famous Chicago-style pizza, walked around Navy Pier, shopped on Michigan Avenue (that was only me!) and had a fantastic steak at Gibson's. The weekend was so perfect that I'm seriously ready to move there...maybe. Odds are slim-to-none on the chance that the Stacy's will ever move to Chicago but it has definitely made it to my favorite cities list!! Below are various pics from our weekend...

My Ironman Husband

On April 18th, Reed competed in his first half ironman in New Orleans. A half ironman consists of a 1.2 mile swim, a 56 mile bike and a 13.1 mile run. The swim was in Lake Pontchartrain (eww!) and the bike/run courses were around downtown New Orleans and the French Quarter. Reed crossed the finish line in Jackson Square in 5 hours & 14 minutes...needless to say, he did AMAZING and I'm so very proud of him for all of his hard work! It was such a treat to cheer him on and see a few of the professional athletes too!!

reed & me after the race...i wouldn't EVEN be close to standing up after going 70.3 miles...he did so great am i very proud of my ironman husband!!

me & ashleigh waiting on our husbands at the finish line in jackson square...it was HOT!

reed coming in at the finish line from his 13.1 mile run

reed taking off from the transition point for his 56 mile bike

all of the competitors on the shore of lake pontchartrain...getting ready for their 1.2 mile swim

I had a celebrity sighting while waiting on Reed to finish up his orientation session! Drew Brees was filming The Amazing Race in the lobby of our hotel.

Bachelorette Bash

My precious sister-in-law, Katie, is getting married and we had such a fun weekend at The Alluvian celebrating her engagement and her "last fling before the ring!" We spent the weekend eating great food, getting spa treatments and having lots of FUN conversations!!! Congratulations Katie...you are going to be such a gorgeous bride!!

our group after our spa treatments at the alluvian...AMAZING!!

our crew at lusco's...it was my first time there and it was DELICIOUS!!

katie's ADORABLE shirt (courtesy of allison...thanks allison!!) that we made her wear on friday nite...she was SUCH a good sport!!

A Tennessee Easter

We spent Easter weekend in Dyersburg with my family and it was WONDERFUL! Reed got some great training in for his ironman race in mid-April, we ate supper at the Lake with my memama and uncle, went to church and after 40 days, I was finally able to eat MEAT! It was great!!! Below are some after church family pics....

Washington, DC

i had to go to DC on a work trip and was able to sneak in a little bit of sightseeing...below are some of my FAVORITE historical landscapes...this city is truly beautiful!!! i even "ran into" the president of france and his gorgeous wife, carla bruni (too bad i didn't get that picture!)...i guess that is just an average day in the big city!!!

the washington monument

the u. s. capitol

the white house

march madness

reed and i had A LOT going on in jackson during the month of march...st. paddy's day parade, birthday parties and engagement parties....it was march madness for us!!

with the girls at wilson & jenny lind's engagement party

reed & me at wilson and jenny lind's jackson engagement party

hanging out with morgan at the st. patrick's day parade