The things you find at Costco....

Well, as most of you know, Costco seems to be the place to find ANYTHING. Today I found the first season of the Muppet Show. Hoping Gwennie would think it was cool, I picked it up and as you can see...she got her munamuna groove on.

Another Great Family Weekend...

This weekend was super busy! We had lots of family in town staying with us for both the Duncan/Webb Family Lake weekend and the Widespread Panic Concert. Russ, Corbin, Rachel, Parks and "Wheels" (poor kid's name is Hunter but Russ refuses to call him anything other than his "wheels") headed to the concert while Gini and I got a mommy's night out and saw Avenue Q at the theatre. Alex was an amazing help to Jennifer while she was watching Blythe and Gwennie. As you can see from the pics they all enjoyed bath time! Gini and I decided to get all dolled up but forgot the makeup part so please excuse our "au natural" look.

I don't know why but this is one of my favorite pictures from this weekend. I am sure most of you have no idea who this is in the picture but for those of you at the lake weekend, you know this is Uncle Robert in his "natural habitat". To the untrained eye one would think he's catching a few Zs. He's really just taking in all the conversations around him and resting at the same time. My theory on the Webb/Duncan family weekend is if you need to know something...ask Uncle Robert. He probably was "playing possum" as Lynne calls it and can tell you the scoop. He also tells some of the funniest stories out there so every conversation with him is a good one.

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Best Scam Out There...

So chalk this post up to me being cheap (and Gwennie not feeling great that day) but as much as I wish I could say it....Baby Loves Disco is not worth $12 per "walking person". Especially if they don't throw in a beer for mommy and daddy! Anyhow...we headed up to a bar in uptown with our neighbors (that's Stella in the pictures...Stella loved giving Gwennie kisses most of our pictures were an attempt to capture the moment) to check out this Baby Loves Disco event. Basically they clean up the bar, throw some hula hoops, noise makers and scarves onto the dance floor and this nice DJ plays 70's music. Downstairs they have goldfish, pretzels, fruit and juice boxes along with an area that they put some pillows down that they call the "yoga zone". As you can see from the pictures they will also paint your kid's hair a different color which takes about 3 washes to get out.

Gwennie wasn't really into the whole thing and was pretty tired so we only lasted about 2 hours. On a good note we did get a cool goody bag when we left so that was a nice surprise. Might be more fun when she's a little older. The kids that were 3 and older seemed to be having the most fun out there.

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Lots of Family and Sun!

Last week Grandma V (Gee gee now...Grandma was just too hard to pronounce) flew in to play with Gwennie. They had so much fun going for walks, shopping, going to the pool and playing dress up. Gee gee seems to think Gwennie needs a new outfit every time we leave the house so I am pretty sure she had at least 3 wardrobe changes a day. The good news is that Gee gee loves to to laundry so I didn't feel like I was constantly having a date with the washer and dryer. Gee gee also seems to think Gwennie is still 2 months old and loves to nap so whenever I noticed the house was quiet I'd check the bedroom and there they were...rocking in the glider. I think Gwennie appeased her because she liked having Gee gee around but was sick of nap time by Saturday!

Saturday morning we headed down to Sparkle City for the July birthday lunch with the Gary/Meek/Crawford side of the family. Great Grandma Gary, Great Aunt Nina, Great Uncle Bob, Grandma Nancy, Grandpa Bob, Megan, Corbin, Gwennie and I all had a nice lunch and then headed back to Great Grandma Gary's house where Miss Gwennie decided it was her job to check out EVERYTHING in the house. She was all over the place in drawers, rooms, hallways, grabbing magazines, books, and checking her reflection out in the television. The good news is that after all the running around she passed out as soon as we left the driveway and slept all the way home.

Sunday as usual we had breakfast with Miss Jen at the Pancake House (ergo the new bathing suit...70% off sale at Shower Me With Love...can any kid have too many???) and then headed over to the pool with our neighbors. Gwennie is obsessed with running through the water and has so much fun playing with the other kids when we are there. We think she's so popular because of her funny nature but really it's because she's armed with 20 buckets and plenty of beach toys. By the end of the summer we will probably be down to 1 bucket and a rake with the way kids run off with them. Corbin and I spend a good 15 minutes searching the pool to find any toy with "MEEK" written on the bottom :-) Needless to say by the time we are all home everyone is ready for bed!

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Miss Madeline Grace has arrived!

We are very happy to let everyone know that our friends Michelle and Michael Leichtner have a new daughter Madeline Grace. She's a wee little thing at 5 pounds 14 ounces but as you can see from the pictures she is a beautiful baby.

Driving Vacation up the East Coast!

Well we are back at home now and I can honestly say that I don't think Corbin and I will do another driving trip for a while. Gwennie was actually great! She loved to check out the rest stops and entertained herself or slept most of the way there and back. We started on Tuesday night and headed up to visit Gwennie's godfather Clark. Clark and Nancy are going to have a baby in December so Gwennie is great practice for Clark, Nancy and Morgan (who is very excited to be a big sister). Gwennie was all over the place checking out the house. Her favorite places were anywhere near Bristol (the cat), Trout & Brooke (the dogs) or climbing up the stairs; which scared both Corbin and I...especially when we would find her at the top of the stairs laughing at us because she was up there before we noticed (or blinked an eye). Thursday Nancy and I went shopping while Clark, Morgan, Corbin and Gwennie headed to the park to play. Clark and Corbin got their cooking grove on Thursday night and the rest of us got to enjoy all of the food!

Friday we headed over to Gwennie's godmother Heather's house. Heather, Alan and Ari all welcomed us by putting the pool out for Gwennie to play in. As you can see we barely made it out of the car before Gwennie was running into the water. Luckily we quickly changed her into her swimsuit before she was soaked. We then headed to their friend's house for a barbecue which was lots of fun. All the kids were testing out their new swing set and Corbin and I have decided the recycled tire rout is the way to go for playground mulch! Gwennie and Ari were so excited to go down the slide and by the end of the night were pretty exhausted so we headed home to give them a bath and put them to bed. As you will see from the pictures they got their second wind in the tubby. Saturday we took the kids to get some pictures taken and then Heather and I had a girls night and went to the movies. Sunday we all headed over to the Baltimore Farmer's Market to check out the produce and local fare. Then around noon we headed home and are happy to be back in Charlotte.

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