Sunday, May 20, 2012

Cousin Lovin'

This long weekend has been great so far! Ben, Jess, and Abby made their first road trip together to come see us for the weekend. They spent 2 nights and Abby did wonderful! She slept the whole car ride here and back home. Braden wouldn't stop talking about Baby Abby coming to visit, and he absolutely adored her!
Braden & Abby
Braden & Abby
Braden & Abby
Braden & Abby
Braden & Abby
He oh, so gently crawled in next to her, pointed up at the musical star, tried to give her toys, read her the books on the play gym. Heart officially melted. And then he disappeared to return to me like this:
I think NOT, sir!
We have been soother-free for over 3 months, he hasn't even mentioned it at all, but we gave Abby a few of his newborn soothers to use and he found them!
I think NOT, sir!
Then this was the look I got when I told him to give it back to baby Abby and that he doesn't use one anymore!
Braden James
Braden James
Enjoying the Play Mat
Abigail
Abigail
I tell ya...these kids are just amazing! Then we went over to the farm for a bit to celebrate Marchella's 5th birthday, so Braden got to see all EIGHT of his cousins in one day!
Marchella's 5th Birthday
Marchella's 5th Birthday
Marchella's 5th Birthday
Marchella's 5th Birthday
Marchella's 5th Birthday
Marchella's 5th Birthday
Sometimes Braden gets sick of being around a lot of people and would rather spend time with the tractors!
Marchella's 5th Birthday
Marchella's 5th Birthday
Marchella's 5th Birthday
Marchella's 5th Birthday
A great weekend spent with the cousins! Also, a little potty training update - for the last 2 days Braden has told us "go pee potty" and has not had one accident! He was very happy and proud to show Uncle Ben that he could pee on the potty, wash his hands with his Elmo soap, and get a potty treat. I could not be a more proud mama of how well Braden has adapted to potty training!
Sarah

8 comments:

  1. What a great time with the family you had!
    Those first few pictures are so beautiful x x

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  2. Love thd picture of Marchella & Danika sitting together on the grass from behind!

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    1. Braden is there too! You can hardly see him, but he went over there, I told him he had to stop and stay on the grass...so he did and he sat, and then the girls joined him!

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  3. The second to last photo of the two children facing the barn(?) is really great! This is my second time visiting your blog - back to explore your site some more! Your potty training play by play cracked me up (while simultaneously taking notes as we will be doing that ourselves this summer)

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    1. Hi, Shelby! Thanks for coming back and for the comment! That's just an old shed, no animals on the farm, so no barn anymore! :) I'll be doing a "review of the 3 day method" coming up a bit later once we have some more days under our belt, so keep coming back!

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  4. Oh my goodness! I just had uterine twinges from all the cuteness! And I might've turned into a pile of mush with Braden playing with Abby. Might. :)

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    1. Haha oh thanks! He's sure smitten with her, it's adorable. Now we just have to work on not slamming doors and being QUIET when "Baby Abby is sleeping"!!!

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