Home Sweet Longview

This weekend we traveled to Longview to see some of our best friends.

It was such a blessing to be able to celebrate P's first birthday with the same friends

that were there one year ago helping us celebrate her arrival.

It was also a blessing that P got to ride in her new big girl car seat for the long drive.

She was quite comfortable and slept very well. 

Mom and Dad were pleased.

We stayed with our good friends, Julie and Brad, and their son Braden.

Braden is a riot.  He entertained us with many songs, including "Red Solo Cup".

He surprised me the first evening.

I started P's bath and in walks Braden.  He strips down and joined P in the tub.

I said, "Braden, does your mom know you are in here?"  He said, "Yep. She told me to take a bath."

Of course, that was not the case.  Julie came in and just laughed!

Braden would get up and walk across the tub and wave his heiny (and other parts)

 in P's face not even aware of his gestures.  SOOOO FUNNY!

Trent and Braden got to play video games

while the ladies went shopping for P's birthday photo shoot.

Julie, Brad, and Braden got P some big stacking cups for her birthday.

Braden was a pro at stacking them and knocking them down.

 Peyton, "Aunt P", also got a chance to teach P how to build a tall tower.

And "Uncle Jordan" got a chance to teach P all about the Dallas Cowboys.

This book is actually a gift from the Parish's to their future baby.

 (No, they are not currently expecting, but I saw the book and couldn't pass it up.)

Aunt P and Uncle Jordan had a gift of their own to give Sweet P.

THE TICKLE MONSTER!

We went over to Peyton and Jordan's house for burgers on Sunday.

I spilled an entire pitcher of salsa all over their kitchen floor.

For any of you who know Jordan, you will understand that I immediately became scared for my life.

It is a good thing he has a man crush on my husband and adores my child,

otherwise I might have been banned from their house forever.

P also got a super cute dress from the Lackey family.  She was fond of the bag it came in also.

And thanks to some wonderful babysitters, the adults were able to go out!

Luckily, the Phillips family made it home from their vacation to spend a little bit of time with us.

Quinn and P locked eyes and I hear music playing.

Kanyon, P, and Quinn were very exhausted by this time.

They spent the afternoon fighting over goldfish crackers.

I am so glad I got to spend time with all of my friends.

I was even able to visit the school where I taught last year.

All of my teacher friends were very excited to see P.

They were all there to help me out when I was pregnant and then on maternity leave,

and now they got to see Paisley one year later. 

So I mentioned there was a photo shoot for P's first birthday.

Thanks to Julie's amazing photography skills, we ended up with some great shots.

My friend Brandy is nice enough to edit some of them for me.

I will leave you with a sneak peak of P's first birthday photo shoot: