More Tales from Memphis

Okay, it's really mostly pictures and just one long rambling tale, but here goes...In some ways, our trip to Memphis was not so different from being at home. We ate a lot, we just did it in non-matching chairs borrowed from kindly friends and family.
And we still had storytime before we went to bed each night, although we had to climb stairs to get to our beds which was new and interesting and quite tiring for the adults doing the carrying especially if you ended up doing for all four kids-up the stairs, down the stairs, up the stairs, down the stairs. Boy, am I glad WE don't have stairs!

But, in some ways it was very different! For one we got to visit with lots of people we don't often get to see. We got to see our new cousin Kallen!

We got to ride in a wagon and play with Daddy Bud and get our pictures taken at the park by the fabulous Julie of 1:17 Photography!

We got to roam around much more freely than we do at home because Daddy Bud and KayKay don't have a great big gate to confine us to one room. Plus there were so many new things to play with. Some were actually toys and meant to be played with. (A great big thank you to everyone who lent my parents toys for the visit!) And others were unbreakable decorations left out where we could reach them and strew them about the floor.

We got to dogpile on KayKay! And anyone else unlucky enough to put themselves within our reach!

We got some presents like these super cool shades from Aunt Nancy and Uncle George!

We got to play in the nifty old rocking chair that I believe belonged to KayKay when she was a little girl.

We got to make new friends, like Evan (pictured here with his daddy Martin) while Mommy visited with her friend Whitney, Evan's mommy.

And we got to play in the pool! This is just like home too, but here we got to play with Kinley...

...while Kallen napped nearby!

The only other major event of the trip is one that went un-photographed. We had a big get-together at my parents' house with a bunch of the special people in Memphis who have been involved in our lives and have been so interested and concerned in the babies' lives. It was so great to get to see them all and for them to get to see the kids, even if Reagan's diaper did do something weird and leak all over my poor friend! I'm so sorry, Steph! Other than that, the event, like our trip, was great!