Home Sweet Home

We are back home after a fun weekend in Birmingham celebrating this sweet girl's first birthday!

We really enjoyed spending the weekend with family, but it certainly made us wish we all lived closer! Derek was lucky enough to get the whole weekend off during a wards month..we were thrilled! Derek was on call on Thursday, so he left the house before 6am and was home just before midnight. Derek had to go into the hospital early again on Friday morning b/c he was post-call, but we hit the road as soon as he got home around 5pm and made it to Derek's sister's house around 11pm. Shelby didn't get to bed until 11:30 that night. She did manage to get almost a 2.5 hour nap before the party on Saturday afternoon and slept a solid 13 hours that night. But she didn't have a real nap on Sunday due to the drive home. {Although she did fall asleep in the car for about 45 minutes after we had stopped for lunch...we couldn't believe it!} Weekend trips are definitely not easy on babies {or residents..ha! Derek is back on call again today}, but we wouldn't have missed this for the world! We are so thankful all three of us were able to be there for Elly's special day!

More pictures and details to come after we recuperate! ;)