Brody met his cousins for the first time!

On Thursday night, I called my sister, Christy, who lives in Chicago to wish my nephew a Happy Birthday and make sure he got the package I sent him. She then tells me that they are thinking of heading our way to surprise my parents the next day, but they aren't sure. They were originally scheduled to be off this week because they were going to go to my brother-in-law's parents house for the week, but they decided not to. So...I convince her that she should come so Brody could meet his cousin's for the first time. They left Friday afternoon around 3:30 and stopped for the night in Ohio and got here around 5:00 on Saturday. My parent's still had no clue. So, we headed over to their house and surprised them. It was awesome to see the look on my parents face when they saw my niece and nephew walking up the stairs! We have been having a great time this weekend and the best part is they will be here all week. My other sister, Missy, came down from Fredericksburg this morning and is staying until tomorrow, maybe Tuesday. It was nice to have the family together (with the exception of Ted, who left today for a week to do some work in Maryland! :( He is scheduled to be back on Friday).

My nephew, Anthony, is the biggest fan of Brody's and wanted to be everywhere he was. He just turned 7 and can't get enough of him. Maybe it is the age because my neighbor's daughter, Kaylie, is 6 and she does the same thing. (I posted a picture of her and Brody a little bit ago). He kept telling everyone he was on Baby Brody duty. (Both Anthony and Ashleigh call him "Baby Brody" not Brody....it is super cute). Anyway, he is constantly wanting to hold him and feed him and be around him. I told my sister she needed to have a little baby....she of course, laughed at me!. My neice, however, didn't really want much to do with Brody. She did want to hold him but that was only after my sister asked her or Anthony was holding him. I think she just did it because she thought it was the thing to do. Here are a couple pictures from this weekend!

On another note, Ethan had a really good birthday on Saturday. We decided to get him a skimboard and a boogie board and he loved it! He said he wants to go to the beach every Friday, Saturday and Sunday! We pick him up next weekend and then will have him for a whole month. It should be fun! I plan on taking him to the beach often!

One final funny note.....I had to tell this because I almost peed in my pants when it happend! Anthony, my 7 year old nephew, tells me yesterday that there is a kid in his class that is really mean. I said, "What does he do?" He tells me, "he calls all the girls bitches!" I know it was wrong, but I couldn't help but laugh. I couldn't believe he said it. Watching my sister try and tell Anthony that that was a bad word, while trying to hold her laughter inside, was priceless! :)