Family

We returned Thursday night from visiting family. It was a whirlwind trip with one night in Allen, two in Gainesville, and one in Aledo. There was a family shower thrown by Kevin's side of the family. The two main highlights of the day were Jake and Cohen's first meeting and Jake meeting his great-grandmothers. For now, Jake and Cohen are each other's only cousins. For now, neither of them have any idea of that, but we did capture some pics. Here's the first meeting....Here are the proud grandparents, Big T and Nana, with their two grandchildren....

Jake took to Great-Gandmother, Mom Barr, instantly. He was smiling and talking to her like they were old friends.

Jake also loved Memaw instantly. He is named after MeMaw's husband, so this was an especially special meeting.Mom Barr has 5 great-grandchildren and every one was at the shower. Here they all are: Cohen, Gavin, Jake, Hogan, and Olivia. The kids had a great time playing with each other--except I think Olivia didn't like being the only girl. Maybe we'll have another girl joining her in the near future?!?

I thought this pic was really cute. It looks like both Jake and Cohen are really engrossed in the book. I told you, Jake likes reading!Since it was a couples event, there was a game where the guys competed to see how fast they could diaper and clothe a baby doll. Kevin was the champ!!!! I guess he's had a lot of practice over the last 11 weeks.

It was really great to spend time with Chad, Cassy, and Cohen. Unfortunately, we don't get to see them as often as we'd like, so we really treasure the times we do. Cohen is talking and playing a lot...he's such a big boy...it's really hard to believe. It was really fun getting the chance to play with him and to also see what our future holds with Jake. Here are Kevin and Cohen hanging out. They had been practicing their animal noises--Cohen is an expert at animal noises.