Whirlwind weekend

Layla is still recovering from last weekend! Shea, Cassie & Jamie came to stay with us starting on Thursday night. We started Friday with a morning of open gym and open swim with the toddler twosome. After naps, Shea and Layla enjoyed some snacks. Watch out Shea, Layla kept sneaking her little hand into your snack bowl :-)

Friday night we met my parents for dinner and headed to the fun fair at Ryan's school. I know this picture is pretty poor quality but I had to show you Shea and Layla at the cake walk! Shea won some turtle brownies that were very tasty. If we had won earlier, people were winning sheet cakes! Quite the cake walk.

On Saturday, we saw the Long and McLarty families. Laura and Chad's little Grace is getting SO big :-) She is already five months old and is adorable. Here is a picture of the three girls (Cassie, myself and Laura) with our three babies (Shea, Layla and Grace). Layla was very taken with Roger (Laura's dad) all night. It was very funny because normally Layla is so shy with people she does not see often.

On Sunday we headed to see Grandma Baader, Joan and Ann. Joan had all of the fun toys ready and waiting (necklaces, blocks, coloring pages and markers) and Shea and Layla thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Ann even took them for a walk outside, one toddler in each hand and they did great. I was so proud of Layla for going with Ann on the walk, normally Layla would never leave my or my mom's sight to do something like this. Maybe she is starting to spread those wings a little!

Grandma and Joan got a new adorable kitten, Mel (short for Melvin). Joan rescued him from the vet where he had lived for 9 months. Someone had dumped poor Mel in a box in the parking lot and the vet took him in.

He is so cute and so sweet and ran around like a little nut while we were there. I couldn't believe he wasn't scared of Layla and Shea. Here is Mel rubbing up against Layla before we left. I told Joan I would trade her straight up for Howie :-) She didn't take the deal, hee hee! Oh, how I love a new kitten!

We headed back to my parents on Sunday night where we enjoyed my Grandpa Sloan's company for the evening! Whew! Layla finally took a "nap" at 8 o'clock as we were headed home for the night. Busy weekend, but so fun to see so many people. Have a good week everyone!