Katelyn's Blessing/Michigan Trip

We got to go on a trip to Michigan over the long weekend in February to visit family. Katelyn was blessed while we were there, so both of her Grandpa's could be in the circle without them having to travel out here. Katelyn also got to meet one grandpa, several great-grandpa's, 4 aunts, 3 uncles, cousins, and many other family members for the first time. The first picture is of our little family with Katelyn in her dress she was blessed in.

Here are we are with all 4 of Katelyn's cousins! 3 of her cousins live in Michigan, but James, (on the left) and his mom traveled all the way from Maryland. We were so glad they got to come. Aidan (second from the left) kept saying "I love Katelyn" while we were there. He would also come hold and kiss her hand.
Yes, I know I'm making an outrageously strange face. I was distressed because Katelyn had just dropped her pacifier, and she was in a mood where that was not a pleasant thing to have happen. Despite having about 8 pictures of us in this position on my camera this was the best overall.

James has grown up so much since we saw him last summer. Jason and I both had lots of fun playing with James. Jason read books with him for a while, and I was happy to get some pictures.
Then James decided it was more fun to play peek-a-boo with me and the camera than pay attention to the book. :)
I included these next pictures, because Lauren was so cute with the babies. When we first arrived she went straight into the family room. We found her in there and learned that she had gone to sit on the couch in anticipation of holding Katelyn.
When we had the two babies on a bed next to one another Lauren got so excited. She LOVES babies. She climbed up between them. In this next picture she was patting the tummies and saying "two babies" over and over.
Speaking of the two babies. Here is a size comparison picture. They are only about 5 weeks apart in age; however, the size difference is huge at this point. At the point that Katelyn was only between the 5th and 10th percentile for weight of babies her age, Lilly was in the 95th percentile for weight. :)