mortierworld: Jessie and James come to visit!

Earlier this month my friend Jessie and her son, James, came to visit. We missed Josh and are praying for him while he's deployed!! Josh and Jessie were stationed here when James was born so Jessie and I got to go through the end of pregnancy and first year and a half of motherhood together. :) We hadn't seen them in almost a year and it was so fun to catch up and watch James and Evelyn reconnect and enjoy playing together. :) James is all boy - he moves twice as much and twice as fast as Evie (which is saying something :)), eats three times as much, laughs easily, does everything with 110% energy and is just as sweet and delightful as can be. We loved our time with him! :)
The first evening they were here we raked a big leaf pile for the kids. Evelyn hadn't been that interested in leaf piles before. I think she didn't know what to do with them. Thanks, James, for teaching her the joys of leaf piles! :) Oh and the bears had to of course play in the leaves as well. :)

Gracie, wishing she could join in the fun. Don't worry, little girl, you will be right out there with them next year! :)

Watching George together to wind down while we made dinner. photo 1.JPG

Trader Joes is way more fun with a friend :) photo 4.JPG

James' special blue bear and Evie's bears were quite popular during the visit. This picture was very hard to get with two squirmy two year olds, but here are James and Evie sharing their most special bears with each other. They were so sweet in agreeing to share with each other! photo 3.JPG

Eating breakfast on the floor together in their jammies.

On the day Jessie and James left we went to the Richmond Children's Museum with our friend Amy and her kids. Joshua, James and Evie had a blast! These pictures aren't the greatest, but trying to get three two year olds to look and smile at the same time is pretty much impossible, but these pictures give you an idea of how much fun they had. :)