Grandma's Birthday and Family Reunion

PWe recently got back from a family reunion/my Grandma's 90th Birthday celebration in Warrenton, MO. Definitely a longish flight, and the first flight we've done with Evey, but all went well and we had a great time catching up with my Dad's side of the family that we haven't seen in a while.

First leg of the trip had us flying out at 5:30 am, which meant we needed to wake up really early. Evey didn't wake up til we got to the airport, so that was nice. The airport was packed, which was odd for an early Thursday morning, and our flight was delayed a bit so everyone could make it through the long security lines. On the short flight to Vegas, Evey decided to take a little nap. 

With our flight being delayed, we didn't have much time to get to our plane and had no time to get food, and we were starving, although we had plenty of food for the kid. As soon as we got to St. Louis and got our car, we quickly hit up a Jack n The Box!

Chris changed Evey on the plane, and he offered!

Waiting for the car rental shuttle 

Cruising at the car rental place, gotta stretch those legs!

After we checked into our hotel, we went to my aunt and uncle's house and hung out with my cousin and her two boys. They were really awesome with Evey.

The next day we ate at the Waffle House (we'd never been to one before...we may or may not go to one ever again:) And we went to Walmart to get food for the wee one.

My parents came in right when we were leaving, so my dad got to meet Evey for the first time and she got to see my mom for the second time!

Evey and my aunt.

She loved swinging everyday!

The festivities took place over three days, starting with a pizza party, then a lunch, and the last day was a brunch. Some of my dad's cousins came in as did another of my cousins. My aunt and uncle did a really great job organizing everything!

The birthday girl! My grandma with one of my cousin's kiddos.

We had a great time, and like I said, it was really great to see family, and really awesome for my grandma to meet Evey.

The flight home wasn't bad, she slept for two hours on the long flight. However, on the flight from vegas to reno, we ran into a storm when we got to reno and the pilots didn't have enough fuel to wait it out, so we had to go to sacramento to get more fuel and then head back to Reno. Evey did pretty well, but it was bedtime by the time we landed and she was tired. 

Father's Day

Holy moly, it's been bananas around here! I started another part time job almost two weeks ago and am now working full time...still not sure if this is the right move for us or not, but I'll give it some time. I have to say though, trying to cram everything into the evening and weekends sucks...bad...anyway, onto the point of this post!

Today is Father's Day, yay! And our 7 year anniversary! We pretty much celebrated the former and not the latter, maybe next year we'll start celebrating anniversaries again? 

Evey slept in, and by that I mean til 7:30, and Chris slept in too.

Then they woke up and we started off our day opening gifts and cards.

And putting on gifts, and this year's matching father-daughter shirts were super cute!

 

I'm going to do this matchy matchy as long as I'm able, bwah ha ha. We then went to breakfast at Squeeze In, which was scrumptious but kinda took forever.

You can write on the walls and furniture there!

After that we had a lunch time BBQ and invited some friends who were celebrating their first Father's Days. After that we kinda hung around.

And then went to Yogurt Beach!

I think Evey knows what this place is now, we were walking up to it and all of a sudden she started bouncing up and down and making excited noises...maybe we come here too much...

Baby girl definitely had too much yogurt,it took forever for her to fall asleep tonight!

And here's a flashback to last year's Father's Day. Happy Dad's day to Chris , my dad, and my dad-in-law: thanks for being awesome dads, I love you all!

Renaissance Faire!

We went to the Renn Faire in Tahoe yesterday! We've gone many times before, but this was the first one with the kiddo! Three out of five of the McLaughlins joined us as did some neighbors, so it was lovely spending time with all of them. I realized we hadn't been to a Renn Faire with the McLaughlins in 9 years! Before Aidan was born! So this was his first Renn Faire and the poor kid did not know what to make of some of the ridiculousness, like people talking funny, boobs hanging out, and weird clothes;) We had a great time and I can't wait to do it again next year! 

Belated One Year Photos

The weekend before last we decided to go to Rancho San Rafael and take some one year photos of Evey, even though they were a bit late. We put her in a yellow tutu and plopped her in front of all kinds of pretty vegetation in the arboretum as well as the dinosaur park! Our friends met us at the park because they're 10 month old wasn't taking her afternoon nap that day either! We had a blast and had an impromptu dinner at their house afterwards.

One Year!

So these are the last of her monthly photos! No more, finito, kaput! It's kind of sad, but it means we're entering into a new phase, one in which she doesn't change significantly from month to month and is more like a regular kid. Here they are, the very last ones...