Loads of Pics!!

Get ready for lots of pictures from our trip to Davenport! It was a really long 3-day trip (two of the three days were pretty much spent in the car). The trip was so much longer on the way home. On the way down we only had to stop a few times for feedings and diaper changes and it wasn't so bad - only a few minor breakdowns... on the way home however... we had to stop 4 times for feedings and probably just as many times for diaper changes and we had dueling breakdowns for about the last hour of the trip - both Duncan and Beatrice were just done being in the car. It will probably be a while before we make the trip again.

Anyway, we had a great time during the one day we had to visit! Emma got to the motel Friday night not too long after we got to town. So she got to spend some time with her new baby sister :) we got some really cute pictures of them together! :)

After breakfast on Saturday it was off to Aunt Ally & Uncle David's house where we played with Riley. Grandma joined us there. Duncan and Riley played on the slide together and ate some spaghetti for lunch.

Aunt Tiffany holding Beatrice

The whole Gang!

Duncan and Riley taking turns on the slide

Time for speghetti!

Then it was off to Panchero's for the rest of the fam's lunch!! :) mmmmm....
After lunch I took the girls swimming while Duncan took his nap. He actually slept really good and long.

Then it was time to get ready for dinner with Mike's family. Almost everyone made it to Fay's house. We had Grandma's famous fried chicken and Fay's famous cheesy potatoes :) and some awesome desserts! Lea made a yellow cake with triple chocolate frosting :) can't go wrong with chocolate.

Grandma Campbell Holding Beatrice

Lea giving Duncan a drink. She kept trying to get him to say Lea while we were there, which of course he would't... but as soon as we got back to the motel room he started saying Lea over and over again!! The little stinker!
Lea holding Beatrice

Beatrice smiling for Lea :)

Grandma, Grandpa, Ashley and Alyssa came back to the motel room after dinner for a saxophone performance by Maria ~ who's gotten pretty good in the short time that she's been playing.

Of course by the end of the day everyone was a little exhausted and crabby :) I had planned on getting a family picture at some point over the weekend, but that didn't happen - so I thought at the least I would get a picture of the kids for this year's Christmas card. That proved to be somewhat of a challenge - last year it was fun trying to get three kids and a dog to cooperate, but this year it was four kids and we skipped the dog :) Duncan kept trying to get down, and when he was finally staying put Beatrice got crabby and then spit up all over her outfit! :) Here's one of the outtakes ;)

Loaded up and ready for the trek home... already looking bored ;)