Part 2: Pedicures and Pool

One of the first couple days, we girls went for pedicures.
The Cassons weren't there yet, and Neely went with the boys. Paige LOVED feeling big and getting her feet done.
She couldn't quite get her feet down low enough in the tub, but they filled it with water and she stretched her body out until she could get close enough.
She watched us get ours done first, and saw all the tools, and asked me to tell them she didn't want them to do any of that, JUST paint her nails. But she did end up letting her do the salt scrub and stuff like that.
She requested a flower on each big toe and each thumb.
Showing off her fingers along with Lauren:
After the Cassons arrived, we put all the kids in the tshirts Aunt Mollie had made for them, and had a little photo shoot.
I like Neely's chubby smiley face in this last one.
Then we took them all to the pool.
Paige is next to me right now, looking at these pictures:
And said "I had soooo much fun."

Sadly, I realized it was the first time Cason had been to a real pool. It took him a while, and some help from Grama Trudi to get started, but he really started having fun.
The babies hung out at the shallow end of the pool, mostly. It was Neely's first time at the pool too. There was a little fountain thing at that end, and Neely tried to grab it and sent water spraying into her's and Liam's faces. They both cried for a few seconds, but then recovered nicely.
Eventually I took Neely to the car to feed her, and after a while everyone was done swimming, so Jess came back looking like this:
I guess he and Colton had a diving contest, going for distance, not depth. But the pool became suddenly shallower, and Jess scraped his FACE on the bottom! So much for having Michael take family pictures for us.

Norf Carolina: Part 1

(I accidentally changed a setting while uploading a few pictures, so there are a few that aren't centered. But I'm too lazy and tired to go back and fix them, sorry)

We're home from North Carolina. Like we always try and do while visiting family on the east coast, we got sick on the way there. Actually, only Paige and Cason really, but they both had coughs and a fever, and were really lethargic. Cason had an ear infection too. Once in a while Neely would cough, but nothing ever really came of it for her.

We flew there with Grampa, Grama Trudi, and Coco, and Grampa ended up having to wait in line to check in, so we went on up to get ready to board. Grampa didn't make it in time and had to stay the night in Vegas. :(

Everyone was upset at first, but it turned out okay. We stopped in Atlanta for a while, waiting for the second flight.
The kids were SO good on the plane. Cason was just getting sick, so he was really tired and slept almost the whole first flight. The second flight he was up, playing video games.
Neely's our most active baby, so I wasn't sure how she'd like having to sit for hours on end, but she was AWESOME. She slept quite a bit, and was so good when she was awake.
I loved North Carolina, it's another place I'd like to move to, although the humidity would take some getting used to. So pretty though.

We stayed in the coolest old bed and breakfast, thanks to Aunt Mindy and Uncle Randy, the parents of the bride. Also thanks to our older two children, for being part of the wedding party and therefore securing our lodging.


Aunt Mindy got us a room with two canopy beds, mostly for Paige, knowing she'd like the "princess beds". She did.
The bed and breakfast was in a huge park, with nice gardens.

When Cason found this potting shed and kid sized watering cans inside, he decided it was his job to water the plants, and he took it seriously.
There was also a pond with geese, ducks, turtles, and fish.
While we watched this cute goose family leave,

Colton heard something and pointed. We all turned around to see rain coming toward us across the water,

It was crazy looking. It rained so hard, and we (our family of 5, Colton, and Uncle Randy) were all hiding under the slides and stuff on the playground. It was a fun little adventure. Neely was in the carrier, cooing happily and trying to reach out from under the playset to grab the rain.

We had so much fun with family. The kids bonded with everyone.
Especially Paige. Cason would have gotten to know them better too, but he was pretty sick and kind of a zombie. He had a few moments when he felt like himself again,
but mostly spent the trip like this:
Pretty soon the Cassons arrived. We stopped by their hotel the first night, and Neeliam was back in action.Neely seemed quite happy to see Liam, and Liam stared at her like she was blowing his mind.
He wanted her headband pretty badly.
They're pretty cute, if I do say so myself.
There are a billion more pictures, but I've been on here WAY too long, so I'll finish tomorrow.

I'll leave you with this picture of Paige and Cason one night when we got back to our room way late. Paige was SO tired, staring into space, and Cason was very seriously explaining, with hand gestures, how she was on the wrong bed. HIS bed, that is.
She didn't care too much.