Oh, hey. It's been a while. I've been busy jump starting the Crafty Elephant and taking a week and a half long trip with the kidlets to my hometown in Oregon. It was great fun, very busy, and slightly exhausting. Especially for the girls. Brandon was not able to come along since it is a 12 hour trip and such a long time away that he couldn't get the time off work so close to the vacation time he is taking off for Christmas. So Haylie had two break downs where the only fix was calling Daddy to talk to him and say how much we missed him. Lexi, being 13 months was a little overwhelmed with all the new people and places, but she took it really well, with that chill manner that she takes almost everything. But the drive home was trying and she cried often.
We stayed the first weekend at my Grandparents beach house in Brookings and the girls got to see the Pacific Ocean for the very first time ever. Lexi loved it. And Haylie got over her fear of water long enough to stick her feet in the waves. I forgot how much I missed the ocean. But of course, we wished Bran could have been there.
After that we spent a couple days at Brandon's mom's house, swam at my best friend's house, had a birthday party with my side of the family for my mom and cousin, spent time rubbing on my sister's belly and saying hi to the girls' cousin, Ashton (still in the belly), meeting up with friends, going to the park, and having dinner with Brandon's dad's side of the family. It was a great time for everyone. Especially since it had been 10 months since we had seen them.
The girls and I missed Daddy though. And we were so happy to be home and sleep in our own beds, to get up early and spend a whole day at Silverwood with friends. You know, for being moving non-stop for almost 2 weeks the kids did amazing. Pretty proud of those little girls.
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