houston!

last week mae and i made another trip to houston to stay with brittany and the kids while matt was out of town.  i've always enjoyed being with brittany, but we've never been able to spend that much time together. i'm so glad i was able to get to know her on this trip.  she is so awesome! we had so much fun.  mae of course had a blast with noah and tessa.  they are so sweet to her, it's so fun to be able to live near cousins!  (why is it that your children are so well behaved when you're somewhere else?  mae was so sweet, nice and happy while we were there.  boy, did she make up for it these past few days!)

we had a special treat on wednesday night, we took the kids out for ice cream.  mae and i shared, and i had to eat fast because she was inhaling the ice cream.  notice how she's the only one who wouldn't look for the picture?  too busy eating.

i love noah's face in this picture!  he is a riot, i had so much fun with him.

the next day while noah was at preschool we went to the library and to the park.  tessa is so sweet.  she was helping mae, and looking out for her.  she's a good big sister.

mae absolutely loved brittany.  when brit got out of the car to walk noah to preschool mae lost it.  she was bawling!   she just wanted to be near her, and hold her hand.

so sweet. i love that she loves her aunts!

mae would not get out of this little car! she loved it.  it was pretty funny.  here tessa is brushing mae's hair.  how cute is that?

 while we were there, mae did not want to eat in the high chair, she wanted to sit at the table like the big kids.  i've been holding out on moving her out of the high chair, because i like that the mess is more contained when she's in the high chair.  but she screamed bloody murder when i tried to put her in it.  so, now she eats at the table like a big girl.  so far the mess hasn't been too bad.  but if you ever come to our house, try not to sit in her chair. who knows what kind of treasures you'll find.

frozen has become an essential at our house.  she would watch it all day every day if i let her.  we usually watch for a little bit in the evening when she's drinking her milk.  i'm not sure who likes it more, daddy or mae...

 

it's been warm enough for shorts the past few days!  mae and i are loving the warm weather, and we're outside for pretty much all of the afternoon.  we were at the park the other day, and she just looked so grown up! love this smile and those thunder thighs!!

 of course i take her to this really cool playground, and she wants to climb on the lanterns.

this is how she fell asleep in the car on the way home from church the other day...