August was a month of fun with lots of family visitors - and we closed it out with a visit from Steph and Jimmy! They flew down from Washington DC to meet baby Reese AND to reveal the gender of their baby (due January 17, 2016). It was a blast of a weekend!
Didn't take long and Aunt Steph had baby Reese in her arms :-)
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| Hey there Aunt Steph - love you! |
They came bearing gifts! Drew loved Jimmy before this weekend, but by the end of the weekend I think he had a new bestie... Jimmy is just as fun and as silly as Drew and bought him a FART BLASTER! Yes... it's a horn that plays different fart sounds, it was right up Drew's alley!
After gifts it was time for the BIG REVEAL! Jimmy and Steph had an ultrasound appointment the day before they flew down and they had the gender of the baby sealed in an envelope. I fixed some pink and blue cake pops and everyone had to take their guess before we opened it.
Steph's pick: Boy
Jimmy's pick: Boy
Ron's pick: Boy
Cathy's pick: Girl
Ronnie's pick: Girl
Katie's pick: Girl
They let Grandma Cathy do the honor of opening the envelope and (drum roll please)... it was a GIRL! It's going to be so much fun with Reese having a girl cousin just 6 months apart from her - can't wait!
We had a fun night celebrating the news!
I don't have a picture of this, but Drew is really in to finding his shadow and he calls it "TWO DREWS!" Everyone got a big kick out of it and we encouraged him to find his shadow for awhile.. it was hilarious!
On Saturday we all hung out at Grandma and Grandpa Merrill's pool. Drew had a great time playing with Steph and Jimmy in the water.
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| "Hey Aunt Steph - let's shoot Jimmy with this water gun!" |
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| BFFs |
The expecting couple stopped by one last time on Sunday to say good bye and do more "hit the ball" with Drew and hugs with Reese.
It was so great to see Steph and Jimmy and it was an awesome weekend! Thank you both for making time to come down and see us, and for letting us be a part of your big news - love you!!
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