this photo is borrowed from my cousin - our first night at the Family Reunion - Mom, Kendra, Dad, me and Baby A. I love my family!

She was lovin' the cousin time, too. :) (Not too sure how the cousin felt about it...)

lovin' a little cousin time!

on the road again (I guess I didn't take pictures of our incredibly messy home before I left....).

home for now

just a little farther...

Grandma made her cupcakes! Sweaty baby A after many many hours in the van with mom, wonderful Grandma, and siblings. Lucky for Baby A she has so many people to make her feel special when her mother is loosing her mind in the middle of a move and can't quite remember to celebrate birthdays.... And good thing she's only 2 and didn't care either way. :)

Moving Day - the last breakfast, the emptying of the fridge, the last time through with broom and mop. Mom and I thought this egg was very existential. Whatever that might mean. :) (egg-sitential?)

I feel the same way, LE (this girl is so sweet and perfect - she let me taken hundreds of pictures and put her in all kinds of crazy positions and poses).
Joseph left that night w/ J-boy in the truck (he had to get into town before the banks closed on Monday). After about 5 hours of driving they stopped off at a hotel for the night.

I love these girls! What wonderful people to belong to!
I also love this place - I miss the Columbus Temple.

Empty house, full truck. After loading Friday and Saturday we were finally all ready to go. (My Dad and Joseph are BEASTS!) (that's a good thing.)


Fun w/ sparklers - that's Ryan, Joseph, Dad and I - Heather took the picture. "O-H!" (now you shout "I-O!")

Combined celebration - Heather just couldn't let Joseph not have a birthday cake, so this was for Joseph, for LE's 1 week birthday, and for Baby A's 2nd birthday (a few days early)!

After an earsplitting rendition of "Happy Birthday" we let Baby A blow out the candles - Grandpa helped her. :)

We all went to Toy Story 3 - cried my eyes out. :) Baby A and J-boy shared a seat - she thought it was a little loud. :)

I took these ladies to the post office to ship off to friends. :)

Joseph didn't want a cake, so we did fancy ice cream - Baby A was a BIG fan. :)

two pictures the 12 - Grandpa kept Baby A entertained while we waited for dinner.

Grandma, Grandpa, and all the Heather/Ryans (4-day-old Baby LE was in her carseat) celebrating Joseph's new job (kind of weird that we bought a job, right?) and (one-day-early) birthday!

Meeting a brand new cousin!!! (I didn't want to take them to the hospital and let them wreck havoc, so they didn't get to meet LE till she was 3 days old)

I think Baby A took this one - I'm editing baby photos on the computer - putting off packing!  :)

LOOK at those EYES! She was one day old at the time - so perfect and sweet! I miss her.

 sad - this was the day my newest niece was born, my mom and dad were both in town, and the only pictures I took on July 8 were for posting our basement carpet and couches on craigslist to sell them. 

I'm missing a few days here and there -- things got kind of crazy in July.... But on the 6th we played one last time at the bunny fountains with Heather (her due date!), Ryan, cousin L, & my wonderful mother! Baby A finally warmed up to it, thanks to this one little squirter that was broken and spurted low instead of high.

LATE Sunday nap = late bedtime, but she was calm and cute and fun to have around. Can that possibly be comfortable?