Labor Day Weekend (Yes, I'm a week late!)

We had a BUSY, FUN-FILLED Labor Day Weekend with friends and family!

The weekend started on Friday afternoon as we made our way to Omaha, NE...first stop, Kansas City to visit the Lewis's! We don't get many opportunities to see Nathan, Heather and Jack, so we (aka Chad) had a brilliant idea to break the 7 hour drive up for Olivia and stop in Kansas City to catch up with the Lewis's...thank you all for being such great hosts!

Jack is 1 1/2 and really started to enjoy Olivia...he thought it was super funny when I said "Right, O (short for Olivia)" and he'd repeat it to her "Rhino!" and laugh...he thought we were calling Olivia Rhino...too cute. Below is Jack playing with his superr cool rocket toy...for those of you needing gifts for little boys, I would highly recommend this...he loves it and it's super cool!

Saturday we woke up early to make the 3 hour trip to Omaha for Adelayna's 1st birthday party!!! Happy Birthday Ade! We hadn't seen Ade since March and she has grown/changed so much in those six, long months! The first thing any of Anny's family said when they first met Olivia was how much they both look alike...I don't really see it, but probably if you're around one more than another it's more obvious.

Anny made Adelayna's cake...how cute is it???

Birthday Girl!

Ade went after her cupcake...it was great!

Ade rockin' her birthday outfit with Mommy and Grandma Wrinkle

The party was awesome AND Olivia had her first opportunity to try out the swings at the park and she loved them! There were two, so Ade and Olivia had the opportunity to swing together...it was too cute!

Ade and Oliva with Grandma and Grandpa Wrinkle

Olivia sporting Daddy's hat

After the party we had time to spend hanging out at Anny and Landon's...Olivia's not quite sure what she thinks about Ade, but hopefully as she gets closer to 1 she'll be more open to ones that are about her size...I think Ade moved to fast for her and scared her a bit.

Sunday we made the 7 hour trek back to host a BBQ for several of our friends...it was a good time to catch up with everyone...Chad's friend Jen was in town for the weekend...it was great to see her too. Olivia also had a chance to chill with Alex again...she scares him! Yes, she screams until she looks at him because she's so excited to see him and he, in turn, cries! Sorry, Justin and Sarah!

The weekend didn't stop there...Monday we took Olivia and Alyssa to the Botanical Gardens for the Japanesse Festival and although the festival was just okay, the Gardens are a great spot for photo opps...Olivia and Alyssa take the best photos.

Alyssa!

Blogs are going to become more spread out since I've started back to work...I'm going to try and get one up a week, but we'll see how the goes. The fall is super busy for us...look for some great posts to come...Olivia's first football game today...Let's Go Rams!