Another WI Visit

We had yet another excuse to go back to WI to visit :)  There was a couple's baby shower for friends of ours.  Dan and Melanie are due end of October with their first baby.  We enjoy seeing our Wisconsin friends so much, but we do not enjoy the drive!  Brie is a pretty decent traveler, but it is still a pain in the butt during the drive and staying at other people's house with her!

For the shower we did a Baby Q theme (a play on BBQ), and it was so great.  The hosts did an amazing job, the food was fantastic and we all had such a fun time!  

It was great to go to our old church and seeing lots of people.  When I went to pick up Brie from the nursery this is how I found her, totally passed out asleep in the baby swing:

We stayed at our friend's house, Brad and Jessie.  We are so thankful to them for hosting us for a couple days!  It was a little bit of a crazy time for them, Jessie is a teacher and is just back to work after having a baby in April, but we were so glad to spend some time with them again.  Brie showed them what a disaster an almost 1yr old can be!  She loves to get toys out and make a mess and for some reason hasn't figured out how to clean up after herself..... :)

Brie didn't have much interest in the Packer's game (which is ok with me, I didn't either!  We both ended up taking a little nap during the game.)  But she loved hanging out with all the people and providing entertainment for all!

We got to meet up with Preston, Jennifer,and Anna for dinner one evening.  Both girls are ridiculous picky eaters so they had no interest in Chipotle food.  But they did have a good time checking each other out!

On Monday while Alec was working, us ladies hung out for a little bit with all the kids.  It was so fun spending time together with our babies.  So crazy that we are all moms now, we are so old!

 We tried to get a picture of all 4 kids....this is literally the best picture I got.  Poor Anna was bawling her eyes out, Erin had ZERO interest in staying on the couch, Bennett was wondering what all the commotion was about, and Brie was just sitting there like a bump on the log.  I could not stop laughing!

The real reason we all got together was to celebrate Erin's 2nd birthday!  We got Panera for lunch (Erin's favorite!).  Brie and Anna (queen and princess picky eaters....) did not really eat Panera, they don't know what they are missing!  

Erin got some great gifts :)

Brie even got an early birthday present, a baby doll in a bathtub!

Her present came in handy for the ride home!  I taught her how to give the baby a bottle :)  I am very excited for the baby doll stage, Allyson and I played baby dolls until I was probably WAY to old to be playing dolls.  Very very fond memories!