nanny’s visit.

this past weekend, my mum came down and stayed with us while dad was in dallas for a rotary event.  she also brought my yellow lab, peaches, and my brother’s heinz 57 mutt, baley.  poor brian had 7 girls in his house :)  mum and i spent the day saturday shopping, getting the rest of the fabric together to give to our friend who is making the little man’s bedding, and eating at our favorite seafood restaurant, outriggers.  by the end of the weekend, everyone was pooped!!  mum and i were able to make some mini-bumpers for a mini rocking crib my great-grandfather, pa burl, made.  this crib has been used for my uncle ben (who is 7 years older than me), me, james, and my cousins brooks, lindsey, and jackson.  now it is the little man’s turn!! can you believe 3 generations so far have used it?!?!  anyway, back to the bumpers, mum and i aren’t sewing gurus so it was bound to be interesting but we were able to get them done in a few hours and we were impressed with ourselves.  i will post pictures once i have attached the ribbons used to tie them to the crib. 

i don’t think anyone was more pooped than the puppies…

rylea helping nanny knit a sweater for her little brother. peaches curled up in one of rylea & addie’s beds. addie on her couch – just missing daddy to snuggle with. peaches crashed in the middle of the floor. rylea on her couch – just missing mummy to snuggle with. rylea & her daddy snuggling. addie & her daddy snuggling.

notice there are only pictures of 3 dogs on here.  that is because my brother’s dog, baley, is a little on the anti-social side of life.  don’t get me wrong, she “plays” with the other dogs when she feels like it but most of the time, she is off somewhere by herself – either outside or in the guest room on the dog bed.  we love her to death but rylea & addie are a bit much for her sometimes and it’s best to just leave her be.  anyway, our two are still recovering from entertaining all weekend.  they thought they were in doggie heaven when they woke up saturday morning and their nanny was still there to see them.  i wonder how they’re going to handle everyone coming over to see the little man once he’s born :)  it ought to be interesting to say the least!  they are such sweet babies!

ps…ryleaquinn & addison savannah turned two on monday and cadbury turned 5 (it truly is rylea & caddy’s birthday – we don’t know addie’s for sure but decided to just keep it the same day to make it a little easier).  it’s also easy because it is my little brother’s birthday too!!! he is officially 24 – getting up there ;) 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!