Hannah can't quite sit up like her cousin can, so she gets assistance from the Boppy & Bumbo! 
The front porch swing...a favorite hang-out spot.
A few years ago my mom started having all of us kids come home to West Virginia either the first or second weekend of August. Since my sister is in DC and my brother in NYC, we're quite spread out....and Mom was anticipating the day when we would have our own families and not be home for holidays. She thought August was a good time - no school, no other competing holiday, and good weather. It has worked wonderfully the past several years, as we know that if we're with in-laws or doing our own thing for a holiday we will still get to see each other at least once a year. I think my parents are even enjoying the years when Karen & I are with our in-laws at Thanksgiving (every other year)....they've been going to New York to hang out with Daniel and even watched the Macy's parade live one year.
Hannah was actually laying on the table when this
picture was taken...what an ornery look!
This year we got to have Hannah and Liam at the farm together....and of course we took lots of pictures. Uncle Daniel hadn't seen his niece or nephew since March, so they had both grown quite a bit in the past 4 months! Daniel probably had the craziest travel story, with a flight from New York to DC getting delayed just long enough that he missed his connection from DC to Morgantown...and was then re-routed to Pittsburgh....with his bag never showing up where it was supposed to (somehow it ended up in Beckley, WV). His bag finally was sent to New Jersey and he just picked it up at the end of the weekend on his way back to his apartment, having not had it the entire trip - fortunately he is a low-maintenance guy! Of course, my brother-in-law, Brian, had a rough time too...a work project had them leaving later than anticipated (after he pulled a few all-nighters before leaving DC), and he spent two days working while in WV (he actually had to go to my mom's church to use the computer because "high speed" at my parents' house wasn't exactly "high speed" ....and the wireless connections at the local libraries dropped out too much).
Uncle Daniel & Hannah
Uncle Daniel playing with the babies
Yes, our daughter is already climbing trees...
(or maybe she is eating them!)
1 comment:
The word ornery used for kids must be a WV/SWPA thing. My parents use it all the time to describe Dylan's looks and those of this cousins and martin thinks its hilarious that they do. Apparently the word doesn't mean mischievious but is usually associated with grumpy old men. Anyway, I thought that it was funny that you used it...I'll have to tell Martin.
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