Wedding Season: The Hires

A few weeks ago, we headed to the Maryland coast to celebrate Andrew and Melissa's wedding, bay-side. This marked mine and Jody's first getaway together without Zoe. Needless to say, we were pretty excited...and a little nervous to leave our girl. It helped that we knew she'd be in great hands with Jody's mom staying with her for one day/night and then my parents coming in from Michigan for the rest of the weekend. She had a blast with her grandparents and she was a great girl for them all.

Now, onto the weekend. We flew into Baltimore on Thursday morning and stayed at Lisa and Avi's place on Thursday night. It was so awesome seeing them all. Jody and I got there before Lis and Avi were home from work, so we got a chance to babysit and play with Edin and Adam. So. Much. Fun. The kids adored Jody. He was the ultimate play pal. He taught them all about underdogs on the swings, gave them Gatorade and did plenty of chasing, jumping and upside jiggling. Edin even asked me, "Can we keep him?" So sweet.

On Friday, we headed to St. Matthews, a cute waterfront town along the Chesapeake Bay. Friday night was the rehersal dinner at the Crab Shack. That night there was a high tide in the bay, which meant the rehersal dinner was a bit, well...wet. The water came up above our ankles. So we ditched our shoes, the guys wore shorts and we all enjoyed splashing around as we enjoyed fresh crab and fried chicken. On Saturday, Jody played golf with a bunch of the guys, while I tooled around town with Steve, Jeremy and Karen before the wedding Saturday night. The ceremony was right on the water and so beautiful. Melissa was a gorgeous bride and they were both so happy. The reception after the service was a blast. The dancefloor was insane and Jody got to learn some sweet new bouncing dance moves with The Europeans. The alligator/"Taking Care of Business" dance that some of you may remember from our wedding actually originated in Hire's family. So, of course, that was a real crowd pleaser. We had so much fun all weekend celebrating with great friends. Congrats Hires!