These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things

Before Lily came to officially join our family, I always wondered how Madison would feel with a new little one in the house. How would she feel towards Lily? Would she get jealous? I knew she would be a wonderful big sister, but how long would it be until she knew that for herself? Over the past few months, I've watched Madison and Lily together. Madison took her big sister role on like a charm. She's been so protective and loving right from the start. She runs to her bedside when she's cries yelling "I'm coming Lily! I'm coming" until she reaches her destination. Then she ever so gently rubs Lily's face and makes her smile every time. She reads to her, in her own language (lol), any book she can find until she falls asleep. If she can't hold her, she'll always find a way to be near her. It's in these moments that I've felt the Lord putting my worries to rest. My girls needed each other and it shows in both of them how happy they are to be together at last. I will be forever blessed being their mother and I'll always be grateful to have them. So I wanted to share with you all some of my favorite things.

Road Trip!

If you've ever seen Nacho Libre, my siblings says this was Lily's "Get That Corn Outta My Face" look. :) She was not fond of the super bright sun at the beach.
Madison loving on my mom (her Nana)
Madison burying herself in the sand
The Villains
The Superheroes
Honey with her grandbabies
My mother-in-law (Honey as Madison calls her)
Madison and Aunt Kristen having tickle fights. :)
Lily has such beautiful big eyes and makes this face a lot. So Kristen thought it would be funny to try and make the same face as her.

My sister Kristen flew in from Rexburg to stay with me and the fam for two weeks. While she was here, we took a very long road trip to see my mother-in-law in Georgia and my grandparents down in FL. My family was also driving from CO to meet us in FL so we were all very excited for the big reunion. We had an amazing time! Went to the beach, had our Superhero/Villain themed night, spa night, and had lots of fun souvenir shopping. It had been so long since we've seen our family in FL, 10 years to be exact. It was incredibly hard to say our farewells, especially when I had to watch Madison cling to my mother sobbing because she didn't want to leave without her. It makes me grateful that we are forever families. Makes it a little more bearable every time.
It was great having Kristen here as well, I miss my little sis. She was such a huge help with the girls and it was great fun exploring Williamsburg together. Bryan's already trying to figure out when we can get her back. lol Those two are quite the partners in crime! Anyhow, here are a few pictures from the two weeks of fun.