mom-cation

anabelle & i just got back from spending the week with a dear friend up in maryland. sweet betsy is an amazing momma, a special friend, and a very busy lady with three kiddos under 4 at home. we met when our husbands were in flight school together back in kingsville, texas. we have had a lot of fun together over the years, enjoyed some tasty meals (especially at the bread basket), and definitely shared oodles of conversations. now here we are, both mommies with amazing kids. it was a low key & joyful mom-cation . . . with several lattes & four carseats in the minivan, ha!

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here is betsy's youngest, sam (11 months)

"hey sam, what ya doing over there?"

this robot looks like he's working a bit harder these days. not sure how much longer anabelle will be able to wear this onesie.

we headed to the playground one day. as you can probably guess by the picture, we didn't stay long.

looks like sam told anabelle a pretty great joke here.

anabelle with matthew (3) and grace (4)

hugs & love to the meyer fam!

sunshine

. . . you make me happy when skies are gray

proof

proof that a 3 hour nap does a body good!

flower fields

we took a break from resting at the house (yes, we're both still a little stuffy) and went up to carlsbad to see the flower fields on saturday with amy.

we even made our way through the sweet pea maze quite successfully and it smelled lovely!

stuffy but still busy

anabelle & i are working through our stuffy noses, but it's not slowing anabelle down much at all. she is still doing her best to figure out how to move her little self where she wants.

as you can see below, anabelle gets pretty excited about bathtime!

sweet 'do

great hair requires great hair accessories . . stuffy nose & all

(we both have the sniffles now, but are doing great)

here are anabelle's two new hair goodies:

want one?

hair clip from banana pies

headband from zuzii

just taking it easy

relaxing with charley

i swear, i left the room & came back to find her like this

a stuffy nose can just wear you out

i'm going to need to find a new spot to keep belle's toys . . looks like the fireplace isn't the best idea anymore