Wilmington Air Show

It's been a beautiful weekend here in Wilmington, and Mark and I took full advantage of it yesterday! We walked Honey down to the Farmer's Market in the morning, and spent the entire afternoon at an air show :) The Wilmington Airport hosted a great show, which included TONS of static plane and helicopter displays, lots of stunt planes and fighter jets putting on a pretty cool show, and the Air Force Thunderbirds! This was my first air show, and I really enjoyed it, and of course, Mark had a blast too :) We've been seeing the Thurderbirds practicing over our house for the last couple of days, and it was nice to see them "officially" in action - they're very impressive! (We live so close to the airport that I can see them out the window right now for today's show!) Lily seemed to like them too... every time a plane taxied by us and made the ground shake, she started bouncing around :) See below for some pictures and short video clips.

Video of the Thunderbirds pulling out to take off

Video of the Thunderbirds flying over us

One of the many stunt planes

Old WWII plane

F-18 (I think... I always get them mixed up!)

This little orange plane is not much bigger than our SUV!!

Helicopter (Pavelow - thanks Mark!) Display

All 6 Thunderbirds

F-15 (this thing is LOUD!!)

Wing Walker (a.k.a. Crazy Lady who stands on the outside of the plane while it loops and dives in the air)

Chinese Cabbage...

I get these e-mails every week, and thought some of you might enjoy reading :) This week, Lily weighs about 2 1/4 pounds (apparently as much as a Chinese cabbage!), is almost 15 inches long and has eyelashes! (Though I'm betting she's a little ahead of the weight and height curve!) Only 12 weeks to go...

http://www.babycenter.com/6_your-pregnancy-28-weeks_1117.bc

Azalea Festival & Diana's Visit

We are having a very busy weekend! Mark's mom flew in on Friday night, and we've been enjoying all of the activities (and shopping!) that the Azalea Festival has to offer :) Yesterday, we went downtown and looked through all the booths and vendors out for the weekend, and enjoyed a very nice brunch at The Wilmington Tea Room. (Which Mark complained was "too girly" the whole time we were there, even though I asked him 3 times if he wanted to come. His initial response was - "It's food, isn't it?")

This morning, we got up early and went to tour Airlie Gardens. Mark and I had never been there before, and it was really nice!! Then Diana and I went back downtown to make sure we didn't miss any good vendors downtown on the last day of the festival :)

Lily has been busy and active too, and was nice enough to let Nana feel (and see!) her moving around yesterday. I can't believe how much she's grown in just the last 7-8 weeks. It doesn't seem like that long ago when I was complaining that I didn't "look" pregnant, and now I'm looking at these pictures and thinking - "Is my stomach really that big?" And I know it's not getting any smaller at this point!! We have our second childbirth class at the hospital tomorrow night - 2 hours of fun :)

Here are some pictures of our trip to Airlie.

Tulips & a live oak in the Spring Garden (this branch grew into the ground & back up!)

Camelia from the Winter Garden

Azaleas

Azalea up close

Water feature in the Showcase Garden
Airlie Oak - almost 500 year old tree!

Kelly, Lily & Nana

Mark & Mom

Airlie Lake

Mystery flower, but we thought it was pretty :)

Another mystery plant... Diana didn't even know what this one was!

Wedding Pictures!!

Sorry it's taken me so long to get these on the computer! Here are the pictures from Hillary and Quinn's wedding weekend, as promised :)

Kel & Hil (and Lily!) :)

"Last Shot of Freedom"

Shot with Grandpa (he's hiding behind Ann on the left)!

Azaleas in the courtyard at the Pena-Peck House (location of the ceremony)

Pena-Peck House

Dashing Groom :)

Glowing Bride

Joining sand (beach wedding ritual)

Husband and Wife!!

Finally Married!!!!

Wink ;)

25 1/2 weeks and Lily's 3rd wedding!

Just in case you forgot who they were...

Finally - a picture of the four of us! It only took us 4 years to get one!!