Visits

This weekend we had the pleasure of hosting friends from California and Indiana. We enjoyed showing off our Rosie and watching her bask in the attention of her guest audience members.

It was especially fun to watch Rosie interact with Mikayla. When Mikayla and Rosie were last together, Rosie was 10 months old and Mikayla was 20 months old. Rosie was a wobbly pre-walker who hadn't yet said, "Mommy," and Mikayla was running around in circles talking up a storm. They were more interested in taking each others' toys than playing together.

That was not the case this weekend. Cut to high fives and hand holding. And that was just in the car where they both reached out from their car seats and giggled with excitement when they made contact. Rosie, who normally protests during long car rides, finally had some good entertainment back there. She literally watched every move Mikayla made and tried to mimic every sound she uttered. And since Mikayla is pretty verbally advanced, that was a lot of sounds.

We had a blast watching the girls together. Jennifer and I took them on the metro together, and you would have thought they were at Disney World. We pretty much could have just ridden the metro up and down the red line all day, and they would have been happy campers. But we also took them to Union Station for lunch, the National Building Museum for playtime in the kids' room, and a family farm with hayrides, slides, animals, cider, pumpkins, and climbing structures. These kids were in heaven.

With Auntie Aja in town, Rosie also got some 17A spoiling. Aja brought the pink poodle Halloween costume that has been handed down from the Mounts and Rabuck girls. Can't wait to see her in it! We got in some good Eastern Market time, and Mommy even got some ladies-only time at dinner and brunch with Aja and friends.

What a great weekend. Sad to have it come to an end. I'll post pics when I finally get them uploaded. The best news is that more visitors are on the horizon! We're looking forward to seeing Nana and Papa Blake in just a couple weeks!