marina and corey hosted some peeps over at their house, in celebration of carol being in town. we were blessed with great weather and it was fabulous to be able to hang outside.

i brought over some cookie desserts {yum} and corey was cooking the burgers. we mingled, ate apps, and swapped babies. i was excited to hang out with amber, chris, and the family! we don’t get to see them very often, so it was nice to catch up!

[me, olive, jaime, carol, and liam]

[the boys hanging out]

[jaime, amber, and carol doting on liam]

[the beautiful ladies]

[pretty food prep for the burgers]

[olive’s bestie – jaime]

we were all in anticipation for the arrival of parker! pam and ryan were on their way to the house with their new baby boy. they finally arrived and parker was passed around amongst all the ladies. wow…my how times have changed. we are all mommies now! so many of my friends have babies. what amazing milestones we have hit. i love stepping back and reveling in on where we are at in our lives. it’s so overwhelming to see the little miracles we are making and how life circles around.

[pam and parker finally made it!]

[how adorbs is this?! hendrix and parker]

[awww…parker allen]

corey grilled up burgers, we noshed on some good eats, and relaxed. we all just hung out and shared stories, mostly about babies and fun stuff like that 😉 well the girls did, while the boys hung out outside and talked about manly things.

[yum]

[rina and me loving life]

we set up the desserts…the kids went crazy over the cookies and cookie cupcakes. so did the adults…hello! we all need our sugar fix! after that, i decided to head home. baby olive needed a bath, a feeding, and to be put down for the night. hc stayed behind to hang out and off i went.

it was another wonderful evening with some great friends. as usual, it’s fantastic to see some old friends and have a grand ol’ time with the kids! it was the last time i would see carol for her stay here in chicago but it was quite a fun filled week together!

thanks marina and corey for hosting! i hope to see everyone soon!

xoxo