For two weeks in May my sister and Noah were in Virginia.  The girls and Justin got to meet Noah for the first time! Cousins!

Grandma and Grandpa with all four grandkids!

We spent several weeknight evenings at my parents.

Poor Noah was so sleepy and I just wanted pictures of the cousins in their jammies!

And Justin and I even snuck over after his birthday dinner for a Noah cuddle.

I totally would do this with the girls when they were babies…they wouldn’t wake up and for a few minutes, I would be in pure bliss.

We enjoyed dinner out at Tequila Grande one Friday evening.

We enjoyed a nice meal at home with Lauren and Noah.  Noah and Harper played.  

Justin and Noah grilled.

And we all enjoyed grilled pork with avocado cream sauce.

We enjoyed Mother’s Day together and you can read about it in my prior Mother’s Day Blog!

Then a week plus passed while Lauren and Noah went to New Jersey to visit Russell and Mary and then to New York to visit friends. They brought Gabriel back with them when they came back to Virginia.  Justin and Gabriel enjoyed a night at The Vienna Inn, while I babysat Noah for a few hours.  He apparently wasn’t too happy that his parents were leaving him after about 10 minutes of me being there.

Friday night I picked Noah up and he came to our house for a few hours.  Again, he wasn’t the happiest camper.  We started out at a quick stop at Fresh Market.

We went for a family walk in our neighborhood and I so pretended he was our fourth!  The girls all wanted turns pushing him in the stroller.

And like the previous night, he missed his mommy and daddy and turned into Mr. Cranky Pants…Mr. Justin had the magic touch.

Saturday he spent the evening AND night with us.  It took a few hands and feet to calm him initially, and after a few minutes, he was finally a happy camper with us.

Noah had quite a few little mommies taking care of him. 

We soaked up every baby snuggle and coo. He slept in our room and while he isn’t the best sleeper, I ironically got more sleep that night than I had in weeks. He woke during the middle of the night, but I gladly got up and when he wouldn’t go back to sleep in the pack-and-play by himself at 5:00 a.m, I gladly brought him into bed with me. We had a fun evening and morning in the pit.

Sunday the kids did a little swimming at my parents in the morning.

Followed by an excursion to Viva Vienna.  The 8 of us squeezed in the van!

We also went to Viva Vienna Saturday – a few pictures from Saturday.

Monday was Memorial Day and we hosted a BBQ at our house with the Brophys, Niday’s and my family.

I tried to soak up as much Noah time as possible. Little man turned 6 months old while he was visiting and he’ll be almost 9 months old the next time I see him!  Crazy!  Miss little man and his mommy and daddy already!