Aunt Leah is Here!

Yesterday we picked up Aunt Leah at the airport (after packing in several errands, dropping cookies off for friends and dropping Daddy off for work twice (that's right, twice, he forgot his bag and we had to go back to the house and get it)). Koen was so excited to be going to the airport and that Aunt Leah was visiting (although his excitement is not portrayed in this picture.
Leah is a natural with the boys and from the second she got in the car has been such a help to me. It's weird entertaining family/friends after you have kids. Without meaning to, you feel like you are using them as a child attender/babysitter. Koen just likes our friends and wants to play with them too (plus 3 years olds are definitely self-focused and I'm pretty sure he thinks Aunt Leah came to play with him). Koen is already super comfortable with Leah. As soon as we got home from the airport, he wanted to hold Tavin and she was holding him. They sat down on the couch together. Aunt Leah asked him a distracting question and he said, "We can talk about that later, Aunt Leah, after I hold Tavin."

Soon after, Koen told me to hold Tavin and go inside so that he and Aunt Leah could play together in the backyard. They had fun before naptime "watering the roses" which also became watering Koen. A refreshing task before laying down for nap. He took a solid 3 hour nap again. Yay!

While Koen and Tavin napped (Tavin really struggled, but eventually did fall back asleep and napped until quarter to 5!), Doug had to do a wedding and I attended. It was for some friends of ours at church. Lovely ceremony (I'm a big fan of the officiator), beautiful bride, pretty church and gorgeous, hot day. Doug and I ran home after the wedding to relieve Leah with Tavin, although she had things perfectly under control. Tavin was eating a bottle from her as we walked in. Such a natural and so comfortable with my kids! Thanks, Leah!

After Koen's naptime, Aunt Leah played with him upstairs for awhile. Doug and I were both impressed by her imagination and creativity. =) Koen loved it. He didn't want to come down for dinner. Eventually we convinced him that eating was essential to life and he conceded. It helped that Aunt Leah came and sat next to him. It is so sweet to see Koen getting to know her and enjoying her so much. After the boys went to bed, Abbie joined us here and we had a great Mexican dinner, thanks to my husband, the chef, and we enjoyed it out in the backyard as the air had cooled down due to some thunderstorms that passed through. Doug eventually left us to just be girls and it was so nice being "sisters" and hanging out. So fun to have Leah here!