So for Melissa's 30th birthday, she told Brett all she wanted was for me to come out to visit- so that was her birthday present: me! What an awesome present, huh? :) We played and played and played all day. Julia was so happy to be with her cousins and to be in a house full of fun toys! Her and Kirra LOVE to play with each other- such a huge difference from even Christmas time! We shopped, went and saw movies, decorated Melissa's house, went to Chuck-e-cheese (haha so fun. Julia and Kirra lived on the coin operated machines. After each ride was over, Kirra would come get a coin for each of them and off they'd go again!) We went to the beach, we swam, we ate lots of good food (you know you were waiting for that line), and we even went to Shlitterbauhn Waterpark! Oh my goodness so much fun!!! The kids did so great- it was the first day Julia skipped her nap EVER, and she was a total champ. Although she did fall asleep eating her Taco-Bell cheese roll-up mid bite on the way home. I even made Melissa check her mouth because I didn't want her to choke. Haha she was that tired. It was also one of the worst days of my life too... we lost Tavin for a half hour- Melissa and I were sobbing wrecks when Brett finally found him. But minus that, it was SUCH a fun day. The best part of the 2 weeks was getting to love on that sweet little baby. Shad is such a cute, happy baby boy and I couldn't get enough of that little chunk. We had such a good time with the Jones family- Brett thanks for Melissa's birthday present- it felt like my birthday too! Can't wait to see them all again when we head to California this Friday!
