We've been quite blessed to have so many family visitors in the month of March and this weekend was no different! My brother, Chris, and his wife, Bronwyn, arrived on Saturday afternoon with my nephew, Owen. They flew into NH from Virginia and made a pit stop to see our Granny before driving down to our place. We haven't seen Owen since he was just about ten days old and now he's 3 months! By strange (really strange) coincidence, Owen and Finley were both due to enter the world on December 6th. However, Finley popped out 3 weeks early and Owen decided to stay in for an extra week--which made them turn out to be one month apart. My brother and I (and spouses, too) are so excited to have boys nearly the same age, cousins and friends for life! Building lego towers, pillow forts, and sandcastles together :)
Owen was zonked out when they arrived and Finley was just up from a nap. We knew we should take advantage of any time when both kids were awake so when it happened, we tried to snap some photos. Both wiggly worms cooperated for some choice shots:
How do you like that? Owen was nice enough to share his blanket and Finley tries to push him off! We took a nice long walk around the neighborhood since it was nearly 70 degrees and quite sunny. The rest of the evening was about bedtimes, feedings, sharing baby trade secrets, and a delicious thai dinner from one of our favorite Arlington spots, Sweet Chilis.
We decided not to put the two boys in one room to sleep and risk one waking the other, but perhaps we should have done it since neither one had a great night's sleep...Owen had a good excuse, but Finley--come now! Sunday morning was fairly leisurely as we prepped for a family brunch. Dan got the challah sliced for french toast and I cut up lots of fresh fruit. Around 11, my cousin arrived with his wife, 20 month old son, and 6 week old baby. Yes, that made for 6 adults, 1 toddler, and 3 baby boys for brunch. Mixter family name, be proud!! The eldest boy, Ethan, really enjoyed meeting our pet bunny, Peanut (probably too much...). Dylan was asleep for most of the time and Owen and Finley were pretty well behaved and interested in the whole scene. My desire for a baby group shot went out the window pretty early, so my apologies. Dan cooked up some wonderful french toast and we all enjoyed a tasty brunch. Here's my brother with Finley, what a great uncle to hold someone else's baby on the rare occasion he didn't have to hold his own!
Most people would think that challah french toast with maple syrup would be a sweet enough meal that no dessert would be necessary, but not in our house! It was Bronwyn's birthday, so a chocolate cake was in order! Happy Birthday, Bron!
As everyone (babies, I mean) started to lose it, it was time to wrap things up. Ethan and Dylan got ready to drive home for their respective naps and my brother, Bronwyn, and Owen had to make their way north to the NH airport. It was a wonderful day and super fun to have this group together, hopefully it won't be too long before we can do it again. We said our goodbyes and Dan began to tackle the dishes while I played with Fin for a few more minutes before it was naptime.
It was a busy weekend, but between the lovely weather and the terrific visit from my brother and his crew--we couldn't have asked for better! We'll be down to see Owen again in a couple weeks, can't wait to see how much our boys will have changed by then :)
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