myrtle beach, sc, and piper's birthday invite!

Please excuse the far too many times I have had to publish this post. I am having issues.
This weekend we went to North Myrtle Beach, SC with Trevor's parents. It was fun. It was restful. I took a nap in the sun. We were upgraded into a penthouse because the resort was empty-- mid-May isn't technically in season. It was a beautiful place to stay and our time there was too short. It was so cool to see Piper experience the ocean. We took her to the beach last summer, but she was very little and mostly slept in her car seat. Piper had a birthday celebration at the beach with Gran and Grandaddy-- they brought an entire party with them. Piper loved her cake, but she especially loved the float they gave her. She had so much fun floating in the water with us. She will have two more celebrations--one in Gatlinburg this coming weekend with part of my extended family, and one here at home the second weekend of June. Her real birthday is May 29th. You can see the invitation for the party here in Athens posted below, along with some shots from the beach. As you can see, Piper was especially camera shy this weekend (just like she was in her ultrasound :) I kind of wanted to not invade her time on the beach by making her pose. We are headed to Gatlinburg, TN this coming weekend to spend time with my grandparents, my sister Anne and her family, my mom and dad, and my cousin Carla, her husband, and their son Thomas. I am hoping to do some portraits of the Pierces there (baby girl Pierce is expected at the end of July!) and maybe my grandparents as well. Also, I included a shot of my new haircut-- I was inspired by my friend Emily to go shorter-- if you look through her pictures, you can find her pixie cut, and she looks so cute. Be back soon with more pictures.