Cousin jo-jo

On wednesday, we had a lot of family over to visit.  Grandma J and AUnt B, plus the lovely addition of Uncle B, Aunt G, and our new baby cousin jo-jo!!  Big guy and I were still recovering from the dino visit, man we've been tired!  So, I was mostly cleaning and tidying wednesday morning, but they weren't coming until noon and I felt immensely guilty that I had pressed replay on the movie Rio three times that morning, so we decided to get dressed and take a walk to the post office and pick up a present for Aunt B on the way.

Big guy was exhausted about half way to the post office.  Needless to say, I did a lot of lugging around of 40 pounds on this walk.  But he was in excellent spirits at the post office and in the stationary store where we got the gift.  He was chatting and having a good time with the employees.  On the way back, it started to pour!  Which was funny because we were only a block from home but got totally soaked!  While we were walking in the rain big guy let me know that he was grumpy, sleepy, and was going to lay down when we got home.  Poor buddy!

Following a quick change of clothes, grandma J and Aunt B arrived.  big guy laid down on grandma J and promptly took a half hour nap.  poor man, even with all of us chatting and me getting food ready, he was just so tired.  Luckily, grandma J thought it was adorable to be used as a bed, so it all worked out.  I had made banana bread earlier in the day and cooked up some homemade pizza rolls while big guy napped.  I also put out an assortment of fruit and other snacky items like pretzels and gold fish.

About a half hour into the nap, uncle B, Aunt G, and baby jo-jo came!  Jo-jo was just awesome.  Such a sweet little girl and so calm. We had picked her up a toy turtle that you can pull across teh floor and has fun rings on it.  I instantly unwrapped it and sat on the floor with her.  Big guy woke up a little bit later and was totally grumpy, but following a drink and realizing there was a baby in the house, he perked up and was so great with her.  He was gave her a great big hug when he finally was awake.  Then he proceeded to give her all of his "big" toys, since we had talked about how we put away all the little toys for her arrival.  big guy did such a good job of sharing and listening to directions.  It was so sweet to see the two of them together.

Hubs then showed up, Uncle B is his older brother.  We all continued to eat, big guy had some yogurt and banana bread.  The rest of the afternoon and evening was spent playing, hanging out, talking, and just having a wonderful time.  big guy loves a filled house, so he was in his element.  We had pizza, hot wings, and hoagies for dinner.  Then we took a walk down to the ice cream store and then to the duck pond.  The weather was perfect and up until 7:22, big guy did an awesome job and was the perfect kid.  Then 7:22 hit and he lost his noodle.  Too much fun will do that to you.  We made it home and big guy didn't want baby jo-jo to leave!  He kept trying to convince her and her parents to stay here.  That baby jo-jo could sleep in the bouncy seat all night, as she had napped in it earlier in the day.  So precious!

And the greatest thing was that Uncle B and Aunt G got to see how much of a big kid Big guy was and how much fun 3 year olds can be, as baby jo-jo is 8 months old, so still in the little baby stage.  And to make it even better, they live near disneyworld, so we get to see them in a few weeks!!!  yay!!!