Cousins

Some of you saw the pictures from our visit with the Ellis's but thought I would share a few and a few words of wisdom as well!

Klayton survived a 7 hour drive to Levelland. He actually did more than survive. He did excellent in the car. On the way up there we had what Aunt Mel decided to call a blow out. Not of the tire but of the diaper. I think Klayton may have eaten some of what was in the diaper. Ooops! Oh well maybe it will make him stronger. The weekend at Carrie and Richard's started with a tackle. Klayton has always been kind of shy or slow to get involved in too much commotion. He had finally worked up the courage to stand on the ottoman and Austin was so excited too play that he simply tackled Klayton from behind and when Klayton landed on his back and didn't really seem too excited about playing Austin climbed right over him. It was quite amusing. Then Austin moved on to more exciting things and Klayton was left with bribes from Aunt Mel of ice cream. Klayton finally aggreed and almost immediately tried to spit out the ice cream. I hope he grows out of that because goodness knows we eat enough ice cream around the house. The night ended with the three of us girls staying up really late talking about who knows what like only sisters and good friends can do. With the babies asleep it was nice to chat with no interruptions.

Saturday there was of course more playing and we think the 1st fight as both of the boys wanted to play with the ball. Again Aunt Mel was trying to play with both of the boys and there was a ton of toys but the ball was the most cherished. Here is a picture and we'll pretend they are sharing right?

There was of course some chasing around the house throughout the weekend.

But don't let Klayton fool you. He may look cute and innocent but I think he tried to close the dishwasher door on Austin.

Then to top the evening off we decided to go play bubbles. I think us girls had more fun than the boys but we couldn't resist. It looks like fun doesn't it?

Again, Klayton had a hard time adjusting to the company. Maybe he missed his daddy or maybe he's anti-social (I'll try not to jump to that conclusion just yet) or maybe he was a little fussy because last night he found tooth #6. Yes #6. That means that in one month he has gotten 6 teeth. I might be a little fussy myself. The last picture is him hiding under the table. No matter how fussy he is, everyone once in a while a moment just catches you and you have to smile.

Finally, I have a friend whose baby was born yesterday and now the baby is in the NICU. I can only imagine how scared she must be right now so we will say a few prayers and remember just how precious life is.