A Mother's Day in pictures!

I decided to make lunch for my mom and family for Mother's Day. I had some recipes that I wanted to try out so I went to work on them the night before. I was determined to make red velvet cupcakes from scratch...

I ended up with red fingers.
The cupcakes turned out pretty good, but the cream cheese frosting was to die for! (Recipe courtesy of Bobby Flay Throwdown)

The next day (Mother's Day) we headed over to my mom's and while I made...

Coconut Crabcakes...And Mexican Cornbread...

Payson showed off her Lilly Pulitzer Surfer Girl dress (Not as great as the Cape Cod dress but still pretty cute!)...


And played bubbles with grammy on the deck.

After we ate we headed outside for some pictures (good luck seeing our faces as we were completely shadowed by the pear tree)...

And Lily enjoyed celery??
So, it was a great first Mother's Day and I am happy to be able to celebrate another holiday. Afterall, who couldn't use another holiday to celebrate! The food came out awesome if I may say so myself. The crabcake and cornbread recipes were from Padma (the lady from Top Chef). Sooo Goood!!!

Today is Payson's 7 month birthday and we will be doing her photo shoot tonight when I get home from work. Stay tuned for a picture post tonight! Oh, and the little one is sleeping better...for now. She only woke up once last night and we didn't feed her. It took a little bit of convincing but she went back to sleep and slept until 7am this morning (she was in bed by 9pm last night). I fed her this morning and we snuggled for a little while in our bed and she looked sleepy again. I put her in her swing in her room at 8 and she slept until 10. Not bad huh? I could get used to this, but I won't because I know that it will change!