School update, baby name, Owens got married!!

Quinn is VERY affectionate lately.  I went to get her early from school one day this week and the teachers said she had been going around kissing all of the kids in the class-- especially the babies.  Her dad was horrified to know that they are ALL (5 of them) boys!! Before we left, she kissed two of them, it was super-cute!  She is doing great at school, she gets a little bit of separation anxiety anywhere but school, where she waves bye to me and doesn't come running when I go to pick her up.  Her teachers say she is talking now more than the boys (there are 3 that are older).  Her new favorite word is now "ouside".  Oldies but goodies still include "nack", "ju" (juice), "Elmo", "bubbles", and of course "daaaddddyy"-- if she has all of these things, she is one happy girl!


Baby News: We now have a name for New Baby Driskell!  Kathryn Rose.  We are thrilled about this name and love that it honors both sides of our family.  


Kathryn is a very special name to our family- obviously for for Nana Kat & Aunt Laur (her middle name is Kathryn).   Also- Pop Pops Aunt Kathryn- she was very sweet like Pop  and also my Dad's Aunt Kate - a very intelligent woman who own an upscale dress shop in Media- I am told she was a no nonsense gall with a mouth to match!  My parents loved her very much.  


Rose is for Sister (Mary Rose) and my great Aunt Rose.  Aunt Rose lived in the house behind mine growing up and she was a huge part of my childhood.  Above anything, I remember summer days, telling my mom I was going to happy hour at Aunt Rose & Uncle Sam's.  The adults would have their drinks and Aunt Rose would ALWAYS have ice cream for me.  


This past weekend we took a road trip to Birmingham to see one of Dean's Auburn friends get married!  We since we were in town, we met up with Margaret & Wes for dinner one night.  It was great to see them and so much fun to see Maggie & Quinn together.  They held hands and shared food through most of dinner.  Afterwards, we tried to get a few pictures, but they were not having it-- they were too busy chasing each other up and down the side walk.  Here are the few pictures we were able to get:








Too cute!  


Quinn had a blast staying at the hotel.  She thought she owned the place.  She ran everywhere. Up & down the hallways, all around the lobby, it was hard to keep up with her and she wasn't scared to run AWAY from her parents!  We took a short trip to the pool, where she practiced blowing bubbles but her favorite part of the hotel was riding the "ella" (elevator). 




We did have one incident this weekend... In all of Quinn's running, she took a spill on the bathroom floor of in our room.  She hit her mouth pretty hard and we saw some blood.  It was terrible, she was crying and Dean and I were about there ourselves... We think she may have chipped a tooth!  Quinn was a trooper though, a dose of Motrin later, she was back to normal & charming everyone at the wedding.  


The wedding was beautiful, but unfortunately, it was pouring down rain and because of the "tooth incident", we were rushing around and didn't take any pictures!