Monday, April 13, 2009

visiting cousins... (April 10-12)

After dodging Masters traffic Friday night (it took us an hour to get to the other side of Augusta!), we finally made it to AL for a family-filled weekend. Our 1st stop (bright & early Saturday morning) was Greg & Shelley's house in Birmingham. Molly & Carson had a great time playing with Madeleine Ann. Now that she is 2 1/2, she's a lot more fun! She looks up to Molly & Carson and they like showing her new things. They played all morning (except for breaks to take pictures with baby George). George is an adorable baby - mostly likes to eat and sleep at this stage but appears to be quite good at both. Molly (who has always been nurturing/mothering) absolutely loved holding George and didn't even want to give him back when he started to fuss a little. She just rocked him a little until he fell asleep! Jeff & Greg picked up BBQ for lunch (a must if you are in Birmingham!) and we headed back to Anniston at nap-time. On our way, we stopped at Bass Pro Shop for a little shopping and Easter fun (egg hunt, arts & crafts, pics with the Easter bunny...). Granna & Gramps fed the kids dinner and then they all watched a movie on the BIG TV in the basement. While Jeff and I went out to dinner and did a little shopping (at Dicks and Target). It's always nice to take advantage of a little free grandparent babysitting.

madeleine ann (2 1/2) and molly

molly and carson with baby george (12 days old)

molly LOVES babies

granna & gramps with all of their grandchildren

plus greg & jeff

molly & mommy with the Easter bunny at Bass Pro Shops