I am exhausted just thinking about our weekend! Uncle John, Aunt Christena, and Camille came for a visit and we packed about as much as one can pack into a weekend into ours.
We started our Friday night by meeting them at the Rendezvous for dinner- a first for Miss Emily. Saturday morning we got up and did our usual weekend morning routine. I met Christena for some quick shopping and then we met everyone for lunch at one of our favorite spots, Huey's. Emily had her first whipped cream when she and Camille shared a dessert. After lunch we hit the Children's museum- another first for us! It is a little "big" for Emily right now, but we had fun. We followed Camille around and then we "fished" and played in the 4 and under area. Emily had a good time playing with Camille and this other little boy about her age. We got a quick nap in and then met the entire family for dinner at the Grove Grill. My Aunt, Uncle, other cousin, her son, and my mom all came to dinner. Emily got to bed waaaay past her bedtime but she conked out pretty easily.
Sunday morning we met Camille at the hotel for our first swimming adventure. I jumped at the chance to get Em into a pool to see if she would like it as much as the bathtub. It was a HUGE success! it took her a few minutes to kind of take in our surroundings and the difference in temp of the water....but she LOVED IT! After swimming, we went to the zoo! (I mean crazy busy right?)! FOUR hours of the zoo! - from one end to the other we looked and pointed out the animals to the girls. Camille road the carousel. We saw the dinosaurs- Em got a little freaked/scared by one of them so I turned her quickly away from it. Fit averted by some soothing from mama and a sippy cup! we are ALL about our sippy cup now. Seriously, I dont' know what clicked but in a week, she's gone from not wanting to really hold it much to being all about it. YAY! After our zoo adventure, we capped off the weekend with a "linner" at Newks- another of our favor tie spots! It was an insanely busy weekend that I seriously needed to recoup from by the end of it- but so fun and worth it!!
Camille was so sweet and good with her all weekend. She wanted to hold her hand and show her how to swim and float. She worried about her when she was eating and coughing a bit (Emily is all about waaay too much food in her mouth at one time) UGH! We don't get to get these two girls together enough and it was such a treat! (Even if we need to rest afterwards)!
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| First whipped cream |
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| this is gooooood |
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| cleaning the face |
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riding the horse at the children's museum
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| Em and Camille at the Children's museum |
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| with Poppy at dinner |
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| big scary dinosaur |
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| HIPPOS! |
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| that's all folks! |
