One Year Ago | Cousin Time!

This time last year while I was waiting in Seattle for the twins to be born

my auntie and sweet cousins made a 9 hour (one way) road trip up to be with me for the weekend.

It was SUCH a blessing and a great time of refreshment for me to be with family.

We. laughed. so. much.

Their visit was medicine for my spirit.

These girls bring out the giggle in me and I'm so thankful for them!

While we were together Emily Weaver Brown took these maternity photos for us!

Auntie Ruth, Sara, and Kirsten

Laying on hands in blessing

I am so thankful for these photos of all of us together before the babies were born.

Emily also took individual maternity photos that were beautiful. 

She is amazingly talented - and skilled.

Emily did our newborn photos of the twins and included a maternity session in the package.

We were unsure at the time, how early Cliff would be able to come to Seattle so 

Emily offered to do a maternity session during this girls weekend and then 

if Cliff made it in plenty of time, we could do another when he arrived.

We felt good about this option as we definitely wanted maternity pictures.

We had waited so long for these sweeties and wanted to have photos of this precious time of waiting.

My poor feet and back were quite sore at the end of my pregnancy.

I could barely reach my arms around the babies.

 

A vintage pink phone at a cute cupcake shop, the space needle, and 

shopping with Ikea in a motorized while laughing the. whole. time.

The three girls went together to buy us a Petunia Picklebottom diaper bag that we found at an
uber cute consignment shop for a bargain!

Fun mirror we shipped to Joy in their new CRV that was barged up!

Auntie Ruth hosted us all at a downtown Seattle Hilton and we had such a good time!
Kir & Sara went out for a while one evening while Auntie stayed back with me so I could nap.
I remember getting up when the breakfast buffet opened at 5:30 and hitting up the buffet again
for second breakfast in a few hours!
I had to eat very often then, the babies were so big.

We went to Pike Place Market where I picked up some new fiesta salad plates, 
we all had such fun together looking at all the sights, smells, tasts and sounds.  

 

Chukar Cherries and the fish market at Pike Place

The Denver Crumpet and the Vermont Crumpet at the Crumpet Shop!

We ate a Mexican Restaurant - Senior Moose, 

a Thai restaurant, 

an Italian restaurant - Gallianos Cucina-Tukwila

British-ish restaurant - The Crumpet Shop and a French Crepe place!