Two weekends ago, we were up in Baltimore to celebrate my little nephew’s 2nd birthday! Before I get into the weekend, I just need to say that it’s been so fun having a nephew, especially one so close in age to Savannah. Both he and Savannah truly are miracle babies, each with their own special stories! It took quite a while for little Matthew Reagan to join our family and he was prayed for for quite some time. He holds a special little place in my heart and my sister is my hero! God is faithful, indeed.
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| Matthew – taken shortly after he was born! I’ll never forget his long fingers! |
Our weekend was such a quick trip, but a lot of fun nonetheless. We arrived on Friday night around 9:30pm or so, just in time to catch the final deal on Shark Tank (LOVE that show) and get the kids in bed before it got super duper late!
I got up with the kids on Saturday morning and let Kev sleep in a little, but it wasn’t bad since I had some helping hands. There’s nothing like having relatives around to help out! I had lots of plans for Saturday, but few of them actually panned out since we spent the good part of the morning in our pj’s just relaxing. I had hoped to visit some consignment shops and have my Mom help me hem some pants for Kev, but time ran out. I did make a trip out to get Matthew’s birthday present. There’s nothing like purchasing a gift the day of the party, huh?
The party was nice…low key but nice, which I think is perfect for toddlers! The party was in their church gym, so they pulled out all the Cozy Coupes, slides, and other fun toys! I enjoyed talking with old friends (my sister may know them better but I still like to think they are my friends too!) while eating some yummy food. My Ballpark hot dog seriously hit the spot!
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| There’s nothing like an open gymnasium and lots of trucks and trikes! |
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| Kev will be teaching her to drive stick shift b/c I won’t have the patience. |
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| How did my 8 year old niece all of a sudden start looking like a middle schooler? She’s in second grade, by the way! |
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| For anyone who says I have red hair, think again! The girl cutting the cake has red hair (and that would be my sister)! |
The funniest part was watching all the kids as they watched Matthew open his presents. They wanted to immediately open up every single toy and I’m pretty sure they would have walked out the door with them too! So precious! Savannah had a total blast and was super excited that she even managed to get a helium balloon to take home (to my parents house)! Oh, the little things!
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| Oh my goodness! I have the cutest nephew in the world! |
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| Savannah loves Mac so much! Follows her around everywhere!
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| Can’t leave out our little guy! |
We had planned to get on the road somewhat early on Sunday, but didn’t manage to get away until after lunch. It happened to be my birthday, so I was determined not to rush! 🙂 We had a nice weekend, but I wish it could have been longer. The past couple of times I’ve been up to visit my family have been longer trips, so this just didn’t seem long enough! We’ll have to do it again soon!
