Gurnee Trip 2010

Sean had the month of July off of school.

GLORY BE AND HALLELUJAH!

I can't tell you how fabulous it was to have him around all the time. I loved it and the boys loved it.

Since we had so much free time, we took a road trip up to Illinois. It was... long. Liam and Dash did pretty great being in their car seats so long. I was the grumpy one sitting between the car seats, alternately pumping and giving bottles, then taking a turn driving every so often. Sean did a fabulous job driving for so much of the distance.

Oh, we took Pogo, too. Talk about a full car! I think she enjoyed returning to her old stomping grounds.

Liam and Dash met lots more aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Their cousin O was enamored with the youngin's. She was always vying for a turn to hold one of them. Now's one of those times where I can't believe my little niece is growing up so quick!

Cousin E was just as excited to have his turn to hold a baby.

Cousin M, too.

By the way, M's rocking these aviators.

I loved seeing my sister with my little boys. It's weird, you know- I'm the baby of the family and now my sister's holding MY babies. Weird. Awesome.

Aunt Chris has always been excited for me to have kids- she couldn't get enough of my boys.

Then my cousin Diana got stuck holding them both while the rest of us ate dinner. I'm sure she didn't mind a bit. Heh.

Dash made himself right at home on Great Uncle Bob.

I just love this picture with my mom. Liam and Dash make everyone so happy!

We did lots of fun things on the trip like watch baseball games on tv (I'm hardpressed to find a White Sox game down here in Houston), play board games, went to a couple movies (thanks for babysitting everyone!), and mom even watched the boys for a night (though guess who couldn't help but wake up repeatedly anyway...).

Here's Sean walking the boys over to the park. Only manly men push strollers.

M really puts his body into his basketball shooting. That's how he lives his life, giving everything his all.

Dash enjoyed falling asleep and quickly waking up so he wouldn't miss anything exciting.

Liam too, can't miss a thing!

Sean celebrated his birthday while we were there. To celebrate, he hung out with his boys.

(oh swoon, look at Dash peaking up at his daddy)

I think that's a pretty good birthday gift, don't you?