We had a great time! While Grant was working, we took the kiddos to the pool, a farm, and several parks. Then over the weekend we went to the zoo! We had a great time visiting with all of the family that was there. Emily was shy at first, but it didn't take long for her to open up... especially once her Uncle Cameron arrived! He's her new best friend :) While Grant was gone, she always wanted to stay fairly close to me until Uncle Cameron came in. Then she was totally fine! By the end of the trip she started getting very cuddly and was always wanting to hug Ava! It was sweet! And now that's kind of carried over. She wants to hug every kid she sees! We're so grateful to Amanda and Ben for being such great hosts to us while we were there. Thanks for a great trip!
Aunt Amanda makes yummy cookies!
she wanted her own seat on the plane :)
Then when we got back, Grant took the rest of the week off for a break. We got back Monday, and he already had Thursday and Friday off, so he really only had to take 2 extra days. It was so nice having him around all that time. Emily's really been feeling the loss this week. Now she doesn't want to go to bed in the evenings because she hasn't had enough daddy time. When we put her down she always starts crying for daddy. Poor girl :( While Grant was home, we were able to get a lot of projects done around the house. We worked a lot on the garage and took down the swing set in the back. It was sad to see it come down, but it was in such bad shape after the previous owners that we decided it was just too unsalvageable and getting more dangerous for Emily. She's going to miss it!
We also had a lot of fun celebrating the 4th of July. I had some family come in town and we went swimming, had a big feast, and watched The Woodlands fireworks show from my dad's office balcony. It's perfect because they shoot them off from the building right across the street. We played games in the conference room while we were waiting for them to start and then for a little while after while traffic was dying down. I was worried about keeping Emily up so late, but she did awesome! She really didn't get cranky at all! And she LOVED the fireworks! She was a little nervous at first, because she was facing away from them when they started and she just heard the booms. She looked so scared and scrambled over to us :( But then when she saw what it was she got really excited! She giggled and clapped most of the time :) Love that girl!
And in other news, tomorrow I'll be 16 weeks along in this pregnancy! I look like I'm much further, though. I had always heard that you start showing earlier after your first pregnancy, but I wasn't expecting this! I feel like at 12 weeks, I was already showing as much as I did in the 20s last pregnancy. But it is fun because it makes it feel like things are happening faster :) I can't wait until I start feeling the baby move!
