Moms and Tots Fire Station Tour

A big thanks to the Mountain Brook Fire Department for our wonderful tour of their station for our Moms and Tots September event. It was a blast!

First we heard about their schedules and toured the inside of the house. Then they pulled the trucks outside and the kids got to climb all around!

Jack in the driver's seat!

Caden and Carter playing.

Becky and her girls, Lindy and Haley

Everyone got fire hats and badge stickers. Jack helped Josiah with his.

Caroline torturing Margaret with her hat.

Margaret managed to get it in her mouth though!

Erin and Becky listening to the fireman.

Grabbing some fun pictures of Natalie!

Joe getting into the truck.

Jack and Josiah checking out the inside.

After the tour, we wandered over to Zoe's for lunch. What a fun day!

Ducks and Donuts

Our Moms and Tots event this month was Ducks and Donuts. We met up at Krispy Kreme for a sugar fix and then headed over to Aldridge Gardens to wander and feed the ducks (and turtles and humongous fish).

The whole crew: Seema and Rohan, Leah and Bailey, me and Josiah, Jessie and Margot, and Melanie and Jack.

Josiah and Laura Leigh

Melanie and Jack


Leah and Bailey


Seema and Rohan entertaining Bailey


Bailey, Jessie and Margot


Jack being king of the donuts!


Leah and Bailey

Sweet Bailey

Melanie and Jack

Seema and Rohan

Margot taking her mom for a walk!

Josiah digging the duck statues.

The boys watching the waterfall.

And feeding the ducks!

Welcome Luncheon

The Welcome Luncheon was on Sunday, July 26th at Ross Bridge Welcome Center. The turnout was amazing and the food from Ashley Macs was excellent too. Thanks to our sponsors Rick and Chris Sizemore at The Paragon Group. It was great getting to talk with current and new members as well as learn more about JCRMA!

Adair, Katie, Areta, Leah, Elizabeth and Lissette (the organizers)

Leah, Katie, Areta, Jenni and Caitlinthe amazing dessert table

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Girls Night Out!

We had GNO last week at Cocina Superior. I think we had 25 women there and it was such a great time! And Adair says it best, "It was yummy and, of course, the company was excellent!!! I love these girls and I am so grateful for the lifelong friendships that have been formed during our short time here in Bham!"

Pool Party

Our pool party was July 18th at Sarah's parents' house. It was a gorgeous day out and all the babies LOVED the pool. Thank you Sarah for hosting all of us and thank you to the men for doing the grilling! Another shout out to Ashley for taking such great pictures! Enjoy!

Splash Pad - Moms and Tots

We had an awesome play date at the splash pad in Gardendale. This place is the coolest for little kiddos, and we had lots of new moms to the area join us. Below are Caden and Caitlyn going through the water tunnel.

Birthday girl Caitlyn was celebrating her birthday that day!

The baby zone

Jack enjoyed getting drenched.

Stomping on the water spouts

Carter is the man!

Erin and Heather at the playground

Sweet Anna, taking it all in

Jessie and Margo (doesn't Margo smile for pictures well?)

The boys enjoying some ice cream. Melanie was sick and couldn't join us, so I brought Jack with us. Children kept asking if they were twins!

Jazz on the Porch

We got together a couple of weeks ago to join in on a Birmingham tradition. Historic Rucker's Place, which is an old antebellum home, hosts for 3 months out of the summer an event called "Jazz on the Porch" on the 1st Thursday of the month. We had a great time enjoying the "old south" flair, with watermelon, a few selections of southern classic cuisine prepared up by Chef Richard Bishop, and cocktails, while listening to a great jazz band. It took you right back to those "old south" days on the porch. We had a great time catching up, laughing and making new friends!