weekend in Traverse City

We got to spend last weekend in Traverse City with our friends, Brian and Jill and their little man, Lincoln.  He will soon be joined by baby boy Hammer in about a month and we can't wait! Any time our families get to hang out, it is wonderful.  It's therapeutic for me to see another family in the same life stage as us and to see that we're not all crazy! We had great food, conversation and lots of fun together.

It also helps that our little ones are sort of in love with each other.  We took a walk Saturday morning and Lincoln drove Kate around in his blue car.

can't you tell, we're having fun!

After not falling asleep until 11:00 pm Friday night (she does not transfer from the car to the pack n play!), Kate was absolutely not about taking a nap on Saturday afternoon either, so after fighting her for almost an hour, my last resort was to drive her around and hope she fell asleep in the car.  She did take a catnap in the car and I got to drive out to the end of the peninsula and see a lot of beautiful homes, orchards and wineries along the way.  After naps, we went into downtown and walked around for a while, in and out of different shops.

Both munchkins needed baths Saturday night, so they took one together.  Does it get any cuter than this? Seriously?

Lincoln is recovering from Kate's maniacal splashing

sharing toys:)

hugs!

"dude, why are you drinking the bath water?"

Saturday night we spent a long time planning our upcoming vacation to Hilton Head, and made the crazy decision to fly instead of drive down.  Actually driving was probably much more crazy.  We are really excited.  Is it May yet?

these two played a little hide and seek after church on Sunday

lots of hugs... 

...and kisses

As you can see, they are in love.  No, but really, they played super well together which makes us really excited for our trip so these two can play some more, we can meet the newest little Hammer man, and we can spend a whole week together.  Thanks, Hammers, for a great weekend!