Fun with Cousins

We had a lot of family fun this past week. My older sister, Maggie, her husband Kyle, and their kids, Kirsten and Mason, came to Houston for Kirsten's birthday. We had a great time together. Jack went to the zoo with Mason and went bowling, shopping and out to eat with Kirsten. (he didn't actually bowl, but was in attendance.) Quite action packed for the day and a half they were here! The top pic is Jackson with Kirsten and Mason. Then Kirsten and Jack playing at the bowling alley. He adores Kirsten!

Then yesterday, my younger sister, Molly, my brother-in-law Dave and their baby girl Emma, came down from St. Louis for Spring Break. Molly and Dave had a dedication ceremony for Emma by my Uncle Allen who is a pastor in Luling, which is our hometown. It was so sweet! She is such a cutie. She is now almost 5 months! Jack was quite the character in church. He now has a new way of moving across the floor (which he did for the 1st time in the back of my Uncle's church.) He lays on his back and scoots backwards on his back and bottom with his legs. The funny part, was when his cousin, Chloe, (who is 14 months) walks over and lays next to him and starts doing it too. I wish I had my video camera. He now has carpet burns on the back of his neck from this new maneuver.

The next pictures are with Chloe, who is my cousin, Sally's daughter. She was really funny with Jackson. When we were at my grandmother's Jackson worked so hard to get to his ball, then Chloe comes over and takes it from him. He through a little fit and then looked over at her with his sad eyes for taking his ball. He got it back, but it was pretty cute! She is 9 months younger than Jackson and he is 2 feet taller! Sally and I were just like Jack and Chloe at this same age. She was always so little and I was always so tall.

The 4th picture down is my beautiful, chubby legged niece, Emma. She is so adorable. We loved seeing her yesterday. It was so neat to see her taking everything in. She also loved Jackson's ball which is in the picture with her. I wish we lived closer to see Emma more!