Busy Weekend: Lots of vistiors/Lots of fun!

We did have a busy weekend at our little house. Ethan got to meet many more friends and family. Friday Grandma Jean came and spent much of the afternoon with us until Emma began her meltdown mode just as Grandpa Bud arrived, sorry Grandpa Bud. As soon as they left Emma, Ethan, and I all passed out on the couch for a good hour. I think we all needed that. Later that night Pops and Nanny stopped by too. Thank goodness Emma napped so she wasn't miserable for them too.

Saturday the Cumberland Almeidas came over. Emma was so excited about the visit. She must have looked out the window at least 30 times. Matt and Steph were nice enough to bring us dinner. They brought so much lasagna it took me three meals to eat my share, but it was good! Emma loved the pizza too.

We thought it would be neat to get a picture of all the cousins together so we sat them on the couch. Hayden was less than thrilled about the whole ordeal but after a few minutes he calmed down just in time for Emma to freak out. Matt said it was like Hayden tapped out and Emma tapped in. So the picture on the couch was a no go.

Later Steph noticed the little guys all huddled around the art easel. We gave Toby Ethan and told him to stand over at the easel. Emma was not into the picture taking at all.

This is take one:
Notice Emma is hard to see. If you look closely you can see her hand just above Gabe's right shoulder.










Take 2:
You might be thinking this is a little better but poor Toby has his eyes shut and Hayden is too distracted with his art to even care that there is a camera in the room.
















Onto take 3:

As you can see it didn't get any better. Emma looks like she is mad at the world. Poor Toby's arms are about to fall off and now Gabe and Hayden are way to into their art.



This is when we gave up. A child photographer I am not. I did get some more pictures of a few of them at a time. What do you think of these?

Emma and Hayden in the Playroom

Ethan and Gabe
I really like this one
Toby, Gabe, and Ethan
I didn't know Gabe knew any gang signs

That is all of the pictures I took. Slim pickings, huh? I guess we will have to try again someday.

Sunday came with more visitors. It was great to see some of my girlfriends. Emily, Michelle, Gina, and Oscar came to play. I don't get to see them as much as I would like to anymore so every visit is always great. Emma was so excited to show "Uncle Michelle" her new big girl room. She was still talking about it tonight. She was also very happy that Oscar, Gina's dog, visited too.

Emma and Oscar

Our last visitors of the weekend were Auntie Lauren and Chris. It was great to see them too. Emma always loves when Auntie Lauren visits.

It is a good thing that Josh has Mondays off because we need a day to recover from our weekend. Tomorrow is supposed to be a beautiful day so we are hoping to enjoy a lot of it outside.