Marcy, Drew, Laura, Dean (grandpa), Susie (grandma), Mallory, Emily and Josh
What a crazy, crazy weekend. We got to Illinois a little after midnight. Laura and I spent the last hour and a half on the road thinking of camp songs. It was a blast...I can't believe we remembered so many. Eventually we ran out of camp songs and started thinking of cheers. Everyone was up when we finally got there. It was great to see family again. We haven't all been together since Amy's wedding (about 3 years). My dad didn't know my sister was coming. He was very surprised when he saw her sitting in the front seat. He also didn't know that my brother was flying in from Maine (Drew's girlfriend picked him up) so he was surprised again earlier that day. Dad couldn't believe that we 'pulled one past him'. Well he didn't know about the other surprise...his 60th birthday party on Sunday. It was great. We had him take grandpa Bidney (Spencer) to Macomb...about 1/2 hour away and while he was gone we got everything set up for the party. Friends and family came to surprise him. It was great to see the look on his face. Surely he didn't think Laura and Drew flew in just for a long weekend.
It was Aunt Laura (aka lala) and Uncle Drew's 1st time seeing Mallory. I think they love her more then Josh and I do. It was so great seeing them holding her like it was like 2nd nature to both of them. I just wish we all didn't live so far apart. Oh well, that just means more traveling (which I love) for us.
Mallory loved seeing everyone. Plus she got held 95% of the time we were there...which is a total bonus in her mind. We did have some rough patches though...grandma didn't have a baby swing so sometimes it was quite a challenge to get her to sleep. Sunday night Aunt Lala was holding her and she fell asleep around 7:30...she didn't wake up until 7:30 the next morning. Of course she hasn't repeated the 12 hour snooze...but it will come eventually. She's still sleeping 6-8 hours so I am thankful for that.
Also Sunday night we had a campfire and sang camp songs after everyone from the party left. We didn't have much participation with the songs but we enjoyed the fire and smores. Marcy (aka fire nazi) enjoyed building a fire for us...and a fine fire it was.
So the weekend was wonderful and short. We got back to Liberty on Monday evening. Laura flew out Tuesday evening and then everything was back to the same ol' thing.
Here are a few pictures from the weekend:
Uncle Drew holding Mallory next to the huge maple tree in the front yard. Yes there is a face in the tree...but it doesn't talk
Grandma feeding Mallory...she is in the classic "I'm tired" pose
Cousin Amy holding Mallory...it was quite cool this weekend so Mallory got the oppertunity to wear her camo jacket that Grandpa Sutton got her
Uncle Drew rocking Mallory to sleep in the porch swing. She loves being outside and to be able to fall asleep while outside is heaven for her.
Aunt Lala holding Mallory in the famous porch swing...this time she wasn't quite as happy to be in the swing
Cousin Sarah holding Mallory...she thought she was flying
Grandma and Grandpa with Mallory before we had to leave
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