A Great Birthday Weekend

My mom flew into Boise on Friday. My sister, Heidi, picked her up and they hit the road to travel down here to see me and Liam. Saturday morning we went to my favorite breakfast place and the kids were very well behaved as they sat next to each other in the high chairs. I was amazed that Sierra can pretty much eat anything she wants with those chompers of hers. Liam was content with his disolving Gerber snacks and a few hash browns.

After brunch we went to a consignment shop for children. The kids played with the toys while we shopped (Grandma played with them). We found some great stuff for our soon to be 12 month olds and then headed over to Babies R Us and Toys R Us. Mom wanted to get the kids their big birthday toys while she was in town and we can give them to the kids when they have their first birthdays (Sierra Oct. 5th and Liam Oct. 25th). The kids had a good time shopping at Toys R Us, pulling things off shelves and crawling up and down the aisles. Heidi picked out a standing piano thing and I picked out a hammering tool shapes set and a walker helper thing.

We went back to the hotel to relax and Liam and Sierra played on the fluffy bed together. Between me, Mom and Heidi we were spotting babies on three of the four edges of the bed as I took photos. These cousins love each other so much. Sierra wouldn't stop giggling over each and every thing Liam did. She also thought I was pretty funny... Liam was so used to me, so many of the pictures I took were of Sierra looking at her auntie, but not Liam at his mommy. He's heard it all before, but Miss Sierra was VERY impressed!

We went out to eat for dinner and the kids behaved well once again. We had a great meal and a good waiter, which is always important! We got there early enough, too, that we didn't have to wait. Whoohoo for no waiting with two babies on a Saturday night!
Later that evening we got the babies ready to go swimming. They were so cute racing down the hallways in their swimsuits. Liam enjoyed the pool so much... just relaxed then splashed and splashed and splashed and just wouldn't stop splashing. Sierra was not liking the water, but her auntie (me) warmed her up to it and we got her smiling in the water finally. What a dolly she is.

After swimming we stripped the babies and wrapped them in towels to go back to the room. Then we noticed nobody was around once we got to our hallway... we let the nudies loose and they raced back to the room. We just laughed and the babies laughed too! Just like on the way to the pool, they would race, and if one got ahead of the other that baby would stop and wait for the other baby to catch up. It was so sweet! You can tell they love each other so much!

And then it was bath time! Need I say more? They were absolutely adorable splashing and laughing in the tub!

Sunday we went to church and then went to the park afterwards. The kids loved the swings, playing in the dirt and chasing each other in the grass.

It was a pleasure watching our babies all weekend. I can't explain the joy the pair of them brought me. I could only compare it to a bond that twins have. You can see they are friends at a young age such as this. My cup runneth over as I witnessed the pure love they have for each other. I do wish the two of them could see each other more often.