"Friends are the family you choose"
I'm not sure who originally said this, but it's so true! People would ask me, "Are you here to see family or friends?" My reply is "Yes"... yes they are friends, but yes they are family. Unfortunately, I did a HORRIBLE job at taking pictures so you won't see much of them. I was so caught up in watching them play with Caylee and enjoying it that I just never pulled out my camera!
That brings me to Caylee.... she did FANTASTIC! I was a little afraid that everytime someone would pick her up or hold her she'd scream. Nope, she cried a little the first night/day, but given that it was about 3 hours past her usually bedtime and she had been up all day and flew on an airplane, I wasn't too surprised. After that, she did wonderful. We were so busy seeing so many people....
The few pictures I have of people:
**Every baby LOVES this girl! Babies that hate other people, LOVE this girl. There is just something soothing about her calm personality that they can sense. Caylee was no exception and went right to her, they played a little and then Caylee fell asleep. I enjoyed time visiting with the rest of her family while Caylee napped!
**Caylee's playmate for the week. Melanie's sweet puppy Lucy! Lucy was so funny and Caylee just stared at her- especially in the mornings :)
**Caylee loved Melanie! It was very sweet when I brought Caylee to the office to visit people and Melanie stopped by, Caylee saw her and smiled so big!
**First off, I LOVE this chair Caylee is in. Sherry brought it home and I put her in it all the time... it's such a great seat and she could hang out there in the mornings while I fixed her bottle or before dinner-- very cool chair. They took this picture and said Melanie was teaching Caylee early how to study so that she could be an Aggie one day too! Gig 'em :)
I told you I did a poor job taking pictures! That's it.. no more of our sweet friends... and actually the last 3 pics weren't even taken by me!! Next time we go I am forcing myself to take more pics.
So to fill you in on what you missed....
*We spent the majority of each day with Sherry, David and Melanie. It was so relaxing being at their house and we LOVED being there! They took such great care of Caylee and entertained us both (Thank y'all for EVERYTHING!)
*In between, we made sure to go to lunches or dinners or yogurt with other friends. I'm sure at times Caylee was overwhelmed by all the people, but I loved catching up and visiting!
--I have to say one of my favorite dinners was the one where Reed entertained Caylee He is 3 and of course tried to feed her things he shouldn't, but it was so funny when he said "Baby, I'll be right back, I have to go to the restroom" and then to a random lady said "Hey! This is the baby I'm petting". Yes- he is super cute and very funny and Caylee just smiled and smiled at him!!
*We attended Sunday morning church and Wednesday night church. At one point Sunday morning I wasn't sure who had Caylee... although the large crowd and no crying told me she was just fine and being loved on by wonderful people.
--I will apologize because I think she spit up on everyone that day... sorry :(
*We also made a point to go up and visit Sonya and the other assistants and staff at the church I worked at. I had some stuff to finish up on-line so Sonya took Caylee and introduced her to everyone and walked her around the office for quite a while. I loved that everyone got to see her and meet her!
Overall, our trip was AMAZING! I loved being there, seeing people, visiting and just relaxing with "family" :) I'm already looking at future dates to visit!
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