Day 88 & 89

Friday was another fun and busy day. I think I saw Bryce and Skylar only a handful of times as they were busy playing with all of their cousins. And each time I did see Bryce, he was usually covered up in stickers. Poor dude. The stickers were bad again this year (a re-occurring issue) and Bryce seemed to find them all. It took him a good day or 2 to finally realize that you can NOT walk through the grass without shoes. But even once he got that down he'd get so excited that he'd trip and have them stuck every where else. He handled it pretty well and seemed to be right at home in the country. I made a comment at one point that while he likes to get dirty and I didn't really see him as a country boy because he doesn't like bugs or other creepy-crawling things. But seeing how he rocked a junebug to sleep while singing "rock-a-bye-baby" I obviously had no clue what I was talking about. He also took little adventures with Uncle B (who he called "Papa") to go see the tractor and the moo-cows. I'm pretty sure our little Brycie was a big hit and this little shindig and I heard often "he's so cute" or "he certainly is ALL boy."

It goes without saying that Eva was also a huge hit since most haven't even met her yet. She was so spoiled this weekend with just about everyone taking turns holding her. I can only recall a handful of moments that she was in her swing or her stroller. Most times it was someones lap or shoulder. Her best buddy of the week had to be Melissa (Matthew's eldest cousin) and she took a few naps curled up in her chest. But Aunt Biggon even got to love on her and a few of the kids also took turns loving on her too. At one point she and Aunt Biggon were "talking" and Melissa called out "look, it's Eva and Reva talking." As I mentioned in an earlier post Aunt Biggons twin sister is Eva (Matthew's grandmother) so seeing the Aunt Biggon get a chance to meet little Eva evoked so much emotion. This was a much needed trip as I think that our sweet Aunt Biggon won't be with us much longer. Matthew and I are so happy we made this trip for her to get a chance to meet our sweet Eva-girl just in case. I loved that Eva was not afraid one bit and smiled and cooed at every thing Aunt Biggon said to her. I only pray we can have one more year.

This is Cara holding her which is just craaaaazy since I can remember Cara being this little once. Crazy how time files. We don't have very many pics of Skylar because the girl was always gone. She had SO much fun and each night crashed hard from all of the playing she did. She was either in the bounce house, playing softball, coloring with chalk, hiking in the woods, fishing for tadpoles, or going on a tailgate ride. It was always a busy day for her and she always came back looking filthy and smelling foul. She may look "country girl" but she did it in such a girly way that I couldn't help but laugh. She would go on her adventures and come back saying "it's too muddy for me" as her face and bottom were covered in dirt. I love that she got to make memories and one night as were putting her to bed she said "mama, I LOVE my friends but act-sha-we, they're my cousins too!" She had her own name for Uncle B too but it wasn't "Papa" like Bryce called him. It was "Ugga-Bee." I love her sass and she was NOT shy to jump right in and tell it like it is. We had an amazing trip and Matthew and I were sad to leave. In fact, we were supposed to leave Saturday but just couldn't bring ourselves to do it and left Sunday instead. Matthew spent what time he could with his Aunt Biggon and I'm so glad that he did. LOVE our family!