Mimi!

Continuing my trend of being about a month late on posting... Mimi came to visit!!! It was so great to have her here. Well, it wasn't great. It was FABULOUS! All of us absolutely loved the time we had with her. As usual, we ate a lot, we visited a lot, and Harper and Mimi PLAYED A LOT! Harper was thrilled to have someone's (almost) undivided attention, it was too cute. Jon and I were thrilled to have our third player for Hand and Foot. And Jasper was so excited to finally meet his Mimi. We loved it!!

Everyone was clamoring for Mimi's attention!

We went with Mimi to the MayFest in Downtown Fort Worth. They didn't have too many things for kids Harper's age to do. But it will definitely be more fun in a couple years. We made the most of it and Mimi got to see how much fun Harper has in bounce houses. She got a kick (as we all do) out of Harper's reckless abandon and the giggles that come from her as she throws herself around in there and has not a care in the world. Such fun!

Daddy's the Champion Burper.

We took a little trip up to Decatur to see Aunt Nancy because we love her antiques shop so much. Lucky for us Cousin Diesel was visiting for the day! Uncle Eddie also stopped by, so it was a great visit. We walked around the small town square and went into the children's clothing shop we had gone into when Harper was about Jasper's size. They had some really cute bows, so Mimi got Harper all stocked up since her hair is finally long enough for them to look good. :)

Harper was a bit of a pill here and didn't want to pose for this picture. But Diesel is so stinkin' cute, I had to include it!

Here we are on Mimi's last day with us. Harper is sporting the adorable outfit Mimi bought her, along with one of her new bows. Oh, and here's my new hair!

So cute!

Here's Mimi saying goodbye to Sarge. He might miss her the most when she's gone. When she first walked in the door, he had so much to tell her! He barked and whined about all that had happened since he had last seen her. It was pretty cute, but pretty pathetic at the same time. We were sure he was telling her that we had brought home another one of those little crying creatures, so now we had even less time for him! Mimi always gives him great massages and he turns into a little puddle for her.

We rented a minivan for Mimi's visit since our car only holds 4 people. It was a fun treat and Jon and I were both surprised at how well it drove. We both knew we would probably really like it, and we were right. I think a minivan will definitely be the next car we get. I can't believe I just wrote that!

When we dropped Mimi off, we all had a hard time saying goodbye. However none more so than Harper. We were telling her that we were taking Mimi to the airport and she was going home, but once Mimi got out of the car, the big, giant tears came and she didn't want her to leave. It made all of us tear up and made saying goodbye that much tougher!! We cant wait for her to come back. And we hope she brings Poppy with her too!

We love you Mimi!!