Family Visit

Here the brief rundown on July...

Mark, April, Jared and Lydia came to visit from Colorado.  Marmee was also here for 2 weeks, which we had been looking forward to all year.  It was the beginning of a super busy, super stressful month.  My sister Janine and her family came to visit and it was great, then Kaylee got the flu after they left.  Then  Sheri, April, Mark, Jared, and Lydia arrive, we have fun, they leave and then Kaylee gets a cold.   Then Susie, Ryan, Lisa, Lyra, Derek and Allison visit, fortunately, Kaylee didn't get sick that time.  Then everyone goes home after a couple of fun weeks and my nanny Emily gets Shingles so we have to find alternate childcare for a couple weeks and watch her for symptoms of chickenpox for a week.  We were unable to find care, due to so many people gone on vacation that we had to fly out (last minute) my sister Emily for a week so we could work and then we found a nanny to replace our current one who is leaving for school.  She then quits 6 days before she is suppose to start giving me only a week to find a new one.  I have to start the interview process all over again and luckily we found an even better one and she is starting on saturday.  Whew...

That is the fastest version of July that I have :)  All in all we had several wonderful visits and enjoyed seeing our family.  Every time you see someone that you haven't seen in awhile, it makes you miss them more once they leave.  Here are some pictures of the fun we had.  Thank you to all who traveled so far to see us.  We love and appreciate you all.  

I was surprised how fun "Ride the Ducks"was, Kaylee loved it.

This just shows how cute Lydia is

Don't worry, I cleaned it off first :)

At Pikes Place

The three cousins are so cute together...

Jared looks so TALL!

Hiking at the Mill Creek Trail

Cousin picture, I am amazed they got Kaylee to look forward :)

Bar far my favorite shot of Kaylee the whole week, glad Jared is the star :) 

Onward to photos of the next group of family...

At the Mariners game

At Maltby Cafe looking like a proud Grandmother

The family

Kaylee looks the most like her Aunt Susanna. Same eye color, same hair, same skin.  

I love this shot-all 3 look awesome!

Here are the pictures from Emily's visit...
(Saving us from a big childcare problem, but still got to have a little fun)

Playing at the beach on Puget Sound

Deciding whether or no she was scared of the waves

Willing to put her toes in

Eating Lunch

Getting all nice and dirty, lots of sand in the mouth

It feels so different

Testing the water out

Playing in the water, too cold to put a baby in though :)  

Snuggling with Auntie

My blue eyed girl

What a smile

Thank for the July Summer fun...it was a blast and went by really fast!