When Chris and I decided to uproot our tiny family of (then) four to the tippy top of the western U.S. we dreamed of the summers we could spend frolicking through the pacific northwest. With neither of us working for a total of 10 glorious weeks we imagined, well honestly, I think we imagined a life without kids, but instead we decided to have one more.
So in an effort to reminisce over our not so originally planned summer turned absolutely perfect with the arrival of baby Max, I give you 10 weeks worth of pictures.
June -
Scarlett finished preschool and Max was born the next day.
July -
My dad and sister came to meet Max...they were the first family members to meet the little guy.
Once we came out of our newborn baby cave we got on a plane and flew to CA for a little R and R
But mostly we went to CA so Granny could meet her umpteenth great grandchild and to get Max baptized at our "home" church.
We bought a van
August -
We came home from CA to a flurry of visitors.
Joe and Kim and their four kids came for a week long visit. This idea that originally stressed me out (I had no idea what to expect while having a total of 11 people in our house for an ENTIRE week), quickly became one of the best weeks of our summer. We had SO MUCH fun. We made memories with our kids and our family that I will never forget and we hope that this can be a tradition every year.
So, even though summer has officially been over now for a month, and truthfully we welcome the beautiful fall leaves and pumpkin spice everything. We miss the day to day monotony of asking "what do you want to do?" and knowing that it could literally be anything. We were so lucky to have been able to spend that time as a perfect family of five and look forward creating more memories in the Washington summers to come.