Visitors!!

One of my dear friends, Kelly, from college and one of her sons, Gavin, came to visit from New Hampshire last weekend...and we had a blast! Kel and I were roommates for years, backpacked across Europe, skydived, moved to Colorado and were busy sowing our oats for many, many, many years...so to have our children finally meet was incredibly special! We always dreamed of living next to each other, having our husbands be the best of friends, as well as our children...but we all know how that goes...so now we look forward and relish in our yearly visits, now including children! We cannot to do it again next year!

They stayed at a condo on the beach, that had a great water/splash park, perfect for toddlers! Mags drove over from Gulf Breeze, her cute little 9 months pregnant self, and joined us for the chaos of 3 toddlers and a newborn. We were a sight, walking down from the 5th floor condo, across the pool deck and eventually into the splash park. All 3 boys ran like crazy men down all of the hallways; Wade refused to ride the elevator, so me, B and W had to trek down 5 flights of stairs, all the while holding my diaper bag and Jack in the carseat...did I mention the stairwells are not air conditioned?? Gavin had a slight meltdown in the middle of the pool deck, for all to see...poor Kel kept her calm, scooped him up and kept on walking...and poor Mags was holding both B and W's hands, the cooler, her pool bag and whatever else...remember, she is 9 months pregnant...and the heat index was 110 degrees. After a few diarrhea blowouts in our swim diapers and one overwhelmed Momma...we decided to to head back up to the condo for snacks and air conditioning. The visit was a blast, but it was my first outing with 3 kids, by myself, and it was pretty overwhelming!


We decided it would probably be a better idea to spend Saturday in the comforts of our house...just a little easier at this point. And the visit was fantastic...we played in the back yard, in the front yard, downstairs, upstairs...enjoyed bath time and dinner time...really got to actually visit! We miss you guys already! Thank you SOOO much for coming...until next time!!






Wade, Gavin and Brody...next year Madden and Jack will make the pic!


We also had 2 other VERY special visitors pop in and see us on their way back from Kentucky...Uncle Andy and Aunt Marilyn! Thank you both so much for going out of your way to stop in and meet sweet baby Jack!!