Anna Kate, Taylor, and Fish

Jacob and I attended a beautiful wedding Saturday, the wedding of Anna Kate Patton to Tom Murphy. Anna Kate, her mom Amy, sister Taylor, and grandparents Judy and Don are long time friends of the Weaver family and Brody thinks of them as part of the family. Often when we visit Mamie and Paw Paw's house and ask Brody who we'll see there, he will include "and AMY!" in the list along with Mamie, Paw Paw, Mo Mo, Cabey, and GG. I think Amy is as big a fan of Brody as he is of her.

Anna Kate and Tom incorporated live goldfish in their wedding decorations. There were three swimming among the flowers and candles in the centerpiece on the place card table. I asked Mamie what their plans were for the fish because I thought Brody would love to have a pet of his own. Mamie returned within minutes and said the fish were ours as long as one was named Anna Kate and one was named Taylor. Deal.

Amy brought Brody his fish Sunday morning and he was so excited. He named the third "Fish" and would happily point to them individually as "Anna Kate, Taylor, and Fish". As Amy left that morning, Brody walked away from the front door smiling and said "fiiiiish" under his breath. He couldn't stop watching them swim up and down the glass. They're active little guys!

We went out later in the day to get them a tank and put it in Brody's bedroom, right next to his crib. He can see them as soon as he wakes up. He knows that he feeds them in the morning and at bedtime and looks forward to those times. Every night before he goes to sleep, he turns off the tank light and says goodnight to his fish.

My childhood memory of goldfish is that they live very short lives. Lucky for us, Anna Kate, Taylor, and Fish are your typical orange goldfish with no distinguishing markings. I have a feeling Brody will have three fish in this tank for a very long time.