It was a WHIRLWIND to say the least but as always SO wonderful to see the fam and some of our closest friends! I will say it again, but I SWEAR our kids come back SMARTER after being around their wonderful grandparents. We started in Baltimore this time and flew back to Dallas out of Philly.
Aunt Kris picked us up from the airport on the Saturday before Thanksgiving and the adventure began. She looked FABULOUS being 37 weeks preggo! It was so awesome to give her a hug.
Sunday morning was an early brunch at the Blakes and then we headed up to Bel Air to see Rick's mom, John, Ryan and Kallie. Of course, it was a Ravens/Steelers game so Liam wore a Ravens jersey and will continue to be completely confused as to what team he should actually root for! ;) But so much fun. So much fun actually that we got ZERO pics! Ugh, completely forgot to break out the camera for most of this trip, but it was still an amazing time.
Monday morning, we headed back down south and spent the night with the Blakes. We had a delish jumbalaya dinner that Rowan made us laugh with yet again...she LOVES rice and meat and that was all her eyes saw...she had no idea how spicy it was, however, she gobbled it up with teary eyes and all. After, she proceeded to put her feet on the table while cracking up...I guess to let us know she was full, happy and satisfied???! HA! She is A MESS! Liam LOVED playing with pop-pop and visiting with the doggie.
Tuesday we headed to NJ to beat the traffic and Kev picked us up from the airport after we dropped off our rental car.
Tuesday was pretty relaxing as we got settled in AGAIN. ;) Wednesday, Aunt Patty, Uncle Stan and Melyni came over for a visit which was so fun and then I headed out for some bday shopping for my dad while the kids were napping. Wednesday night, we went to dinner with my bestest Laurie and her hubby and were all home by 10! She is prego and I could not be happier for them. So awesome to give her a big hug!
My mom, dad and I woke up at 5 on Thursday morning to start the cooking. Well I pretty much just gagged at the scrubbing of the turkeys and scrubbed the kitchen after my mom washed them out. UGH! YUCK! My mom worked so hard even with a broken back. She is SUCH a trooper and I loved spending the time with her...even if I was not much help! ;)
We had a visit from Aunt Patti and Uncle Jim later in the day and sat down to eat around 5 pm. It was DELISH!!! Rowan and Liam LOVED spending time with Uncle Kev and he was soooo sweet with both of them. here are the ONLY pics from our whole trip. UGH! Dinner...
So apparently after 1 hour of trying to upload the only pics we had I learned I am "out of storage space"????! Anywho, here is the rest of our adventure in words...
Friday we woke to spend the day celebrating my dad's 60th with my sister, her hubby and nephew. We relaxed all day, had a visit from the McDevitts (great friends since we were 2 years old!) and then went out to an amazing italian meal. There is nothing like those good ol' nj italian restaurants. Fresh bread, BYOB, and amazing seafood pasta. Great way to end a wonderful, but CRAZY busy trip. Our flight left at 7 am on Saturday morning and we were in our house for naps at 1 pm.
Now it is December and we are loving every minute of the holiday season thus far. More to come on that!!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS! :)
