Sunday, September 12, 2010

Labor Day Weekend!

Labor Day Weekend we went on our first trip with Maddie! We traveled to Houston to visit our good friends Tim and Randi Jones. They have a beautiful little girl , Tessa, who is 3 weeks and 3 minutes older than Maddie. The trip was a wonderful experience. We learned a lot about traveling with a little one. I was never good at packing light but packing with a little one was a whole new experience. We did manage to fit everything in the car without needing a trailer!!!! Maddie slept most of the way there with one pit stop for a feeding and a clean diaper.
Saturday we all woke up and let the kids play and we did some shopping at Costco. (Chris and I love going to Costco since we don’t have one in Tyler). Saturday night we celebrated Chris’ birthday with steaks and cookie cake. Sunday the guys went fishing and Randi and I took the girls shopping at the outlet mall. Sunday we all went and great dinner. It was a great weekend! We love spending time with them and I am always sad when our visits have to come to an end. We have all been friends for a long time and we hope the girls grow up as close friends too!

 
The girls in the car.  Tessa is on the left and Maddie is on the right.
 
Maddie on Tessa's tummy mat.  She loved it so much we had to go buy her one.
Randi with both girls.  Maddie is on the left and Tessa is on the right.
Chris' birthday cake.  It was supposed to be a hunter and it looks more like a baseball player!  Every time we get together with the Jones' we find a reason for cookie cake!
The boys caught blue crab! 
Chris and his flounder!
 
Well coming home took a bit longer than getting there.  We had to stop 3 times for diaper change, twice to eat and burp, and one bathroom stop for Mom.  We also had a few more items to bring home since we did some shopping!  Thank goodness for SUVs.
 
We came home Monday evening and went to my grandparents house to celebrate my grandmother's birthday.  It was a special treat because my Dad came in town to see Maddie.  We all had a great time at Mamaw's and Dad got to catch up with Maddie!
 
Mamaw with the Grandkids and great- grand!
Happy birthday Mamaw!!  We love you and are so thankful to have you in our lives!  Maddie is so blessed to grow up and have you to look up to.

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