Last week Eric took a week of vacation and we planned our annual trip to visit his family in Georgia. We flew out on Saturday morning and overall the trip went great. Lincoln did not sleep a wink on the plane but got a snooze in the car. Hayden was so excited he just chatted the whole flight and car ride. Eric's parents recently built and moved into a new home so we were excited to arrive and get a tour of the new house. The house is beautiful and they even put in a pool for all the grandkids! (next year we plan to go when we can use it.) We were also very excited to arrive and see Uncle Sean and Aunt Andrea who were also in town from Louisiana visiting. It had been 4 years since we had seen them. Hayden and Sean immediately started building Legos and were best of friends the whole trip.
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| Linc doing some light reading on the plane |
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| So excited! |
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| Lego building with Uncle Sean |
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| Out for a bike ride |
That night the whole family came over for dinner. Our sister-in-law, Aimee, is expecting so we had a big gender reveal party. Aimee and Aaron had found out a few days before but waited until we were all together to share the news. We all took a vote before the reveal....5 of us thought it was a boy and 3 thought it was a girl. Our niece and nephew, Alyse and Aaden, opened a container and the blue balloons were released! Everyone was super excited and we were so happy we could be there to be a part of the celebration and reveal.
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| The votes |
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| Boy or Girl? |
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| The 5 on the left were right! :) |
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| Alyse and Aaden happy for a baby brother! |
On Sunday Mel and George had planned a Housewarming Party in the afternoon. Many friends and family stopped by and it was so great to see everyone. It was a beautiful day so the kids played outside almost all day. That night the immediate family stayed for spaghetti dinner.
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| The girls - Andrea, Ang, Tammy, and Aimee |
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| The guys - George, Aaron, Wayne, Eric, and Sean |
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| The Vaillant Fam |
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| George and Mel |
It worked out great that Monday was a school holiday so we headed to see the new Lego movie. Hayden had been talking about it for weeks and was so happy to see it with his cousins. Lincoln stayed with Uncle Sean and Aunt Addie so Eric and I could also both go. After the movie, Nana had planned an early birthday celebration for Hayden. It was such a fun day! That night things got a little wild and all the guys took a late night polar plunge in the pool. It started with Uncle George jumping in on a dare, followed by Wayne pushing in Sean and falling in with him. Eric voluntarily jumped after that and then Papu and Aaron took the plunge. The kids thought it was hilarious!
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| Hayden talked about this for weeks! It was such a cute movie! |
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| Fun with cousins - Emma, Alyse, Aaden, Carson, and Hayden |
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| Spiderman cupcakes of course! |
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| Party time! |
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| Singing Happy Birthday! |
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| The guys after the Polar Plunge. :) |
On Tuesday we chilled out at the house and went out shopping for a new travel bag for Hayden and all his birthday gifts. That night everyone came over for our last family dinner and the kids played outside well into the dark. We flew home on Wednesday afternoon. The boys pretty much slept the whole flight home. :)
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| Emma pulling Lincoln, Alyse, and Aaden |
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| Papu with Linc, Hayden, and Alyse |
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| Tired boys! |
We had such a great time hanging out with all the family and were
grateful to everyone for making the time to see us everyday we were
there. We can't wait to come back next year!
