Congratulations, Baby Wranglers!

On Sunday, Tom and Carla - known in these pages as our go-to "Baby Wranglers" - officially tied the knot.  The ceremony was set for 11:30 at Stern Grove, with a tea to follow.  The invitation might as well have said, "Sunday, May 20th during nap time", but there was no way the Salvateenies would miss the big event.

Especially not Caroline, who had the most perfect outfit and wanted to wear who new fancy peep-toe jelly shoes.  I put them on her a few different days at home to get her used to them and each time she'd beam and stare down at her feet in wonder.

When we arrived, we were greeted by the happy couple's guests like we were old friends or members of the family.  Everyone knew about the babies and called them by name.

We staked out a spot in the back for the ceremony.

Max was trying really hard to hear the vows

Daniel was providing musical accompaniment on the stick

Maybe it's a marching band?

"Mommy's glasses are yummy!"

I think Max is doing his little old man impression here

Caroline spent her time climbing on the bench

Being careful as she walks toward the broken end

Getting ready for her balance beam routine

At the reception, Caroline demanded scones.

After some fruit and scones for everyone, the lack of nap started to show, and we excused ourselves to head outside and run around, meeting dogs, chasing squirrels, and talking to ducks.  Caroline is pretty sure ducks speak Chicken, because she persistently said, "bock bock bock" at them.

Joe's favorite moment of the day was when Caroline and Juliet, a toddler from Tom's family, looked at each other, pointed, and exclaimed, "BABY!" at the same time.

We are so very happy for Tom and Carla and were honored to be able to share their special day.  Hopefully the bride and groom were able to hear their vows over the noise we were making!