And then they were gone. It was a difficult good-bye, but we know we will see them again soon. They plan to come back for the Buddy Walk, and we will be glad to see them!
Then we had to say good-bye to Daddy Jack and Mommy Sharon; they left early to spend the weekend with their daughter and her family who live in Phoenix. They came back Monday morning, and it was not soon enough! Jack was such a good playmate for Travis! They would play on the porch and feed the ducks, go for LONG walks (Travis' words) and play hide and seek. Jack would muse, "I wonder where Travis is?" and Travis would respond, " I am under the stairs!!" We might have to teach him some more about that game! And it really helped having another pair of hands for Justin too. Then two people could be packing and one on baby duty. Oh, well, it was just us for the weekend!
So, everyone was gone and we got to work! Travis fixed the stairs, and Uncle Johnny taught him all about hack saws, planers, pipe wrenches, crescent wrenches, and ratchets. He really knows his tools now!
(Still working on the w-sitting...without much success!)
We packed boxes and sorted through papers, clothes, everything you can imagine from a house. The boys did very well. Travis was in heaven fixing everything, and Justin spent a lot of time in a laundry basket so he couldn't reach the little bits of paper and other things that shouldn't go in a little mouth. At one point we stripped him to his diaper, took him outside, and gave him a popsicle. Mom was holding it until I needed her help, so she gave it to him and he ended up holding the popsicle part and he started screaming! Too cold, Mommy!
Saturday night we went to visit my cousin, Carl, and his wife Lisa, and their son, Mason, who is almost a year old and just started walking. We had not met Mason yet, so that was a special treat. Travis gave Mason a good workout as Mason attempted to keep up with Travis. We tried to get a picture with all of the boys, and this was the best we could do. Mason's birthday is not until July and look how he compares to Justin!
I think Lisa enjoyed snuggling with Justin since her son is already bigger than Justin and of course he moves much faster than Justin!
Travis and Mason decided to hide under the table and be sneaky. We found them pretty easily!
On Sunday we got to meet my brother's girlfriend, Olivia. She just flew into town for the summer from Pennsylvania. I missed getting a picture of her, sorry! She and Jon had gone to school together several years ago and have just recently reconnected. Travis really enjoyed playing with Olivia. She works with kids and it was very obvious as Travis did not want her to leave ever! He told her that he loves her, and that he wanted to sit by her at dinner. It's good that she has two sides, or Jon would have gotten left out! Some of Travis' favorite toys are ribbons, ropes, strings, or anything that can tie things together so they can be towed or fished. And my mom has stairs that you can see through (see the above pictures of Travis working) so they make for perfect fishing! Travis was having Olivia tie his tools onto his strings so he could fish for them. (Usually my job, not sad to have it reassigned, at least temporarily!)
So, it was a good weekend, with some diversions, but lots of work! That's next...
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