Bad Hair Days...

With Vivian's longer locks of hair... bad hair days are going to come with the territory.  She has her fair share, a quick barrette on one side doesn't really cut it anymore...

She's not always willing to sit down and let you do a good set of pig tails, it might seem ok, until you turn her around and it may look like this.   

These days she's getting a lot of ponytails... and cookie bribes to sit still.  And then there is a good old stand-by that shows off her waves and curls, and not all days are bad hair days. 

And I originally posted this without including the worst hair of them all.  The style called "A 4 year old takes kid scissors to his own head".  Also known as "thank goodness he's a boy and we could just shave it off and he's ok because he didn't do it to his sister".

My Baby loves Babies...

On our big trip we had the chance to meet many of our friends new babies, I'll give them all a proper introduction soon... but I had to quickly put up a few pictures of my baby, Vivian... loving on all the babies.  I thought she might be a little jealous, but she wasn't at all.  In fact, she showed quite a little maternal instinct. 

In Arlington Heights on a play date.  Vivian hijacked Baby Avery Brown's play mat with her baby doll.

When I was holding Baby Ben Hager... Miss Vivian couldn't get enough.

We finally let Vivian hold Baby Ben

And she was in love.

One of the twins, Samantha Butcher.  Vivian couldn't wait to get her hands on those babies!

Sweet Cecilia Funk was cozy in her sling, but it didn't stop Vivian from checking in to be sure she was doing ok.

I loved seeing my little girl love on all these babies... but I was also a little sad because it made me realize she's not really a baby herself anymore!

Movie nights...

What is a vacation and visiting with cousins and friends if you don't have a few movie and popcorn dates before bed?  A great way to wind down my little busy bodies after a big day of playing hard!

With the Ramsey cousins in Normal, IL... Jack, Brady, Kylie and Logan.  Viv was already asleep. 

Maple Grove, MN -visiting the Hagers - Braden, Vivian and Jack

Homewood, IL - Braden, cousin Raina and Vivian

Stats...

24 days.

60 hours in the car.

183.3 gallons of gas.

480 pictures.

3889 miles.

A memorable trip to see family and friends... PRICELESS.

We got back almost a week ago.  I'm just starting to get back into a routine.  While the trip was long, (I hit a few days of exhaustion the beginning of the second half), it was totally worth it.  We got to see many friends, spend a lot of time with family, and I have stories and pictures to prove it.