Noah's week and the Seafood Feast!

So Noah spent the week with Grammy and Papa last week and did all sorts of fun things with Grammy!  Monday, they drove home from the lake and I think got a Christmas tree that night.  On Tuesday, they went to the Science Center in Baltimore.  Wednesday, they went into DC and went to the Natural Science Museum and then Thursday (before Kylie and I arrived), they went to a local train museum with Roz and Max.  Wow!!  Busy busy week!  Pictures from Grammy.....

Uncovering dinosaur bones

Shaking hands with Cal Ripken  :-)

Washington Monument

Capitol building

Apparently, Noah asked Grammy to take this picture.  :-)

Grammy said Noah really enjoyed the butterfly room because of our recent butterfly experience!

Holding a butterfly on a paintbrush

Apparently, he told this lady all about his butterflies.  She told him she thought he was going to be a scientist.  :-)

At the train museum with Max

So, while Noah was off having a blast (and not missing us much at all!), we were all living it up at home.  Kylie was enjoying being the center of attention and Waylon and I enjoyed some time also.  I went to Happy Hour with a coworker and then a movie with Andrea on Tuesday night and then Waylon went to a basketball game with Cory on Wednesday night.  Well, that is, they tried to go together.... before the game even started, Cory had to leave because Jennie went into labor!!!  So exciting!  I was upset thinking I might miss seeing Baby Sam before we left town but they had him at 6:17am and said it was okay for me and Kylie to come by on our way out of town!!  We stopped by the hospital at 9 and got to see him!  He was so sweet and everyone was happy and healthy! 

Sweet Baby Sam

Proud Daddy

What a beautiful family!!

Kylie and I took off from the hospital around 10 and had a fairly uneventful trip to MD which was really nice.

Sweet Kylie girl at lunch

Noah was SOOO excited to see us.  It was so cute.  He was outside when we pulled in the driveway and he was jumping around so excited.  He came running when I stopped the car and had big hugs for me and Kylie, too.  Then he had to tell me all about his whole week and even gave me a poinsettia flower the he convinced my mom to get for me because 'red is my favorite color'.  :-)

This is pretty much how the next few hours went.

Then, Roz, Duane, Jill, Dan and Max came over for dinner on Thursday night.  Kylie's very short nap in the car and Noah's lack of a nap at all that day caught up with them and they were quite the handful that night but we had a good time!

Friday morning, we went to the mall to mess around for a bit.  Noah met a cute little girl in the play area and they were just smitten with each other.  It was so cute.  They followed each other around all over the place.

Noah and his friend, Hannah   :-)

Look at this big girl!!!  (and she looks like Cindy Lou Hoo I think)  :-)

Friday night, Waylon flew up and arrived at 7:30.  Grammy and Papa put the kids to bed and I picked him up and we went straight to dinner with Julie and Peter.  It was so nice to catch up with them!! 

Saturday morning, the kids were so excited to see Waylon.  :-)  Then it was straight into prepping for our big seafood feast!  Yummy food, great family and fun fun fun!!

Helping Papa make french fries

Playing on Grammy's iPad

We got Kylie down for an early nap before everyone arrived around 1:00.  Noah was so happy to have bigger kids to play with - first up was Jennie and Tracy.  :-)  They made up a game where they tried to catch these little flying discs that Noah was shooting at them.  It was so funny!!!

Noah loved it.  :-)

The cooks - brother and sister

5 of the 6 cousins - Jennie, me, Ronnie, Leah and Tracy - we were missing Eric in the picture!

Kylie watching Katelyn, Matthew and Tracy play a game

Noah made fast friends with Jonathan - they rough housed all day!  He loved it.

Noah helping Aunt Marie make crab cakes - he loved them, too!!

Kylie climbed up in Bill's lap and asked him to read her new Dora book.  :-)

First presents of the season!

Noah and Matthew playing Knock Em Sock Em Robots while Kylie watched

Kylie really got into our adult White Elephant gift exchange.  She handed out all the presents, helped people open them and also stole them from people when asked!  So funny!

Helping Papa open his gift

And of course, our traditional family picture - 'normal' and silly  :-)  So much fun to celebrate with this group every year!!!

We left pretty early on Sunday to get back and settled in.  A pretty good uneventful drive again.  We just relaxed at home that night and regrouped for the week.  What a fun few weeks we've had!  And several more fun ones coming up with the holidays fast approaching!!  I hope you all enjoy it as much as we are!!!