Finley O'Carpenter

Finn has the perfect St. Patrick's Day name. And we had a perfect St. Patrick's Day weekend to go with it! Dody came for the end of the week since it was her spring break and Tiffany and Austin came too to go to the parade with us. Matt didn't think he would be able to make it to Savannah since he had spent the prior week at a course in Richmond, Virginia but he missed us too much! After driving the 7 hours home to Augusta, he dropped the other guys off and headed to Savannah. So, needless to say, I was on favorite people overload. 

The absolute craziness that descends on Savannah during this very green holiday every year is well-known. In fact, we have skipped out on the fun at least once or twice since we've lived here just to avoid the hassle of squeezing ourselves into a tiny downtown area with everyone else and their brother (and sister, and mama, and 3rd cousins). But this year I really wanted to take Finn for his 1st St. Patty's and we thought Austin would be old enough to really enjoy the parade. We are SOOOOO lucky that we have some friends that live right on the parade route and they are sweet enough to invite us over each year for breakfast, drinks, and most importantly, a place to use the bathroom that isn't a stinky port-o-potty! So we got up early, rallied the troops and hit the road. Parking wasn't too difficult (and only $15...well, that was the parking ticket I received...but that's a whole separate story...) and soon we were enjoying breakfast sandwiches and vodka soaked gummy bears (just Dody was partaking in this delicacy!). Then we walked out to the parade. It was great! We stayed for about an hour until the kids reached their fun limit (plus it was really hot) and then we loaded up all our stuff and the munchkins and headed home for naps. 

 Watching cartoons. Well, it looks like Finn is watching his best friend Austin!

 All decked out in our finest greenery! 

Trying to get a picture of these two together was not easy! 

A beautiful, sunny day for the parade 

After our naps, Austin gave Myrtle a good work out throwing the ball in the backyard. 

 

Such a serious celebrator 

I was SERIOUSLY sad when Tiff left, then even more so when Matt had to leave. As Dody packed her things I thought I would lose it! I'm so busy during the week that I don't think much about being lonely, but having a full house all weekend was so awesome and makes the empty house seem a little unbearable (at least at first). Thank goodness my mom came to the rescue with a quick visit on Sunday. It has been a few weeks since she had seen Finn and we loved having her!!! 

 My Nana always tells me such interesting things!