I have been acquainted with Alison for years but have become much better friends with her since she joined the stay at home mom world and get to see her more often. She and her husband Bill invited us and another couple (who we hadn't met yet) out for the weekend. Each couple has one child around 2 y.o. so it was perfect. We all also like to relax, laugh and have a cocktail or 3 so it was the perfect set up. :) The kids got along beautifully - we were all a little surprised and really impressed! The Cooks have London - I've never met another little girl like her! She has a confidence, determination and a will that makes her seem 20 trapped in a 2 year old body. The Millers have Grayson. Yes, another Grayson! He is 22 months and has a vocabulary, like London, that would blow you away. He is also obsessed with soccer so you won't see too many pictures of him without a ball. ;)
The rest can be told through pictures but I want to add an update on Grayson's sleeping really quick. We took a twin air mattress for him and were so nervous! But he did great, stayed put and slept like a champ. Beau tucked him in, read him a book, he went right to sleep, and didn't wake up until the following morning. I'm really relieved that this bed transition has gone so well. I was just certain he'd give me grief. :)
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| London: "I think you should wear these right now. Yes while we are taking pictures. Sit still." |
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| A Grayson sandwich |
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| Group pictures don't come easily. |
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| Sweet hugs! |
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| Nature walk Sunday morning |
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| Loved how not-hot it was! |
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| The whole group |
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| The kids all ate really well. Everyone brought way too much food! But it was ideal really. |
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| The boys with their kids. It was precious to watch. |
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| The Reynolds Family |
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| A topless London and an over-dressed Grayson |
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| Interesting - Grayson hated the sand on his feet shortly after the pic above was taken! He decided he needed his feet propped the entire time. The same kid who used to touch dog poop. |
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| Sweet London in her yellow polka dot bikini bottoms devouring a cherry snow cone. |
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| Grayson's first snow cone of the summer! (and perhaps ever) |
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| This is how his eyes always are but how I rarely capture on camera! Thanks to Alison for being a great photographer. |
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| London's mama had to see my baby in pig tails. I won't include Beau's reaction when he saw this. ;) |
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| Beau made his cinnamon pecan pancakes Monday morning and they were a huge hit! |
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| One last picture before we left Monday. |
Grayson napped on the way home and once we returned, we had two sets of neighbors telling us to change clothes and to join them at their pool. Who wants to do laundry when you can actually HEAR the fun next door?! So we did and had a blast!
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| Going to say it again, happiest baby ever. |
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| And look at that bathing suit! |
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| If I ride, I ride in style. |
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| Watching the big kids on the trampoline with the sprinkler and shaving cream. Pretty much thinking they were crazy. :) |
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Later, we cleaned up and headed to dinner with the Phillips and Seemans. The Blodgetts had to cancel but had they made it, this would have been the first time in probably a couple of years that we were all together again! Bummer, but we still had fun. We just don't get everyone together enough! Here is the latest picture of the kids...
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| L-R: Grayson, Finley, Cole, Emily and Joseph |
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| Stillll going. |
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| I've never seen him quite as delirious as he was at the end of this weekend! :) |
1 comment:
This might need to become an annual tradition, or something of the like. We can not get over how much fun we had. GR has the sweetest disposition and I'm still laughing about him trying to saw off Bill's leg. You know, I could go for some pancakes, though.
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