Weekend Report!

Our weekend was wonderful!  We enjoyed our time with family.  There was a new addition to our gathering - Michael and Tawnee have a puppy, named Ginger.  Auger had a few moments of fun with it. 

The little ones enjoy being together and I enjoy when they are together.   Here they are playing with the Duplo's and the empty Duplo bucket (on wheels).

 

 

We had some other guests too, not new to the family gathering, but visiting for the weekend, and different than any other weekend this last couple months.  Brandon and Megan and we all loved having them here - it didn't take long for the kids to really enjoy being around them.  Wish we could do this more often.  (I'm so sorry for the blurry photos, it's not a very good camera for movement, so it's tricky to get it right, but just look at the fun they are having.)

While we were together we decided it would be a great idea to have a Thanksgiving meal.  I didn't want to do too much for the décor because we weren't going to be home very long, making clean up a bit tricky with so little time.  I did however use the assorted china and goblets - a look I love.

 

It came time to say good-bye to Brandon and Megan - we will miss them until next time, but we are grateful for the time they spent with us this weekend.

I had almost forgotten to give Elsie her birthday gift, so I was happy when I remembered to do that before we left.  We won't be able to be here for her birthday later this week.  ;(  We gave her a blanket and a baby doll.

Elsie enjoyed her doll for a moment, but was very anxious to be up and going. She has such a sweet smile and we are anxious to watch her grow.  It was so fun to see some of the new little things she is doing (like climbing up into a children's rocking chair all by herself) and will be anxious to see her growth in a few more months.

We gave Akleigh a baby doll for Christmas, just like this one we gave Elsie, so Akleigh was worried that we had taken hers. We assured her that hers is at her house and this one is for Elsie.  She still loved and hugged it for a minute.  She loves babies.  It's so sweet to see her be so tender with them.

Tuesday morning came and it was time for us to travel back to Seattle.  There was rain, but it wasn't bad, and there was a lot of traffic when we got past Issaquah, but thankfully, we were able to get where we needed to be with some ease.   So we are back in Seattle again and anxious to get this transplant going strong.  It was a simple blood draw appointment that brought us back for the day, but each day gets us closer to T-day (transplant day). Our home visits are probably done for a few months so we are happy that this last one was such a good one.