surprise visit to jen!

well, this visit actually happened about 3 weeks ago - that tells you how insanely busy our lives have been. nevertheless, i wanted to document this tremendously special occasion.

as i was saying, about 3 weeks ago, ezra and I flew up to ohio to meet jen and aaron's latest addition - little miss lucy hall. it was the last several days of jen's maternity leave, and aaron and i collaborated together to SURPRISE jen. it was totally WORTH IT!!! to set the video up, everyone should know that jen's big sister corrie had picked me and ezra up from the hospital. aaron was home from work b/c he had been up all night sick, so he couldn't come get us. corrie went inside and told jenny that she had found something totally amazing "dumpster diving" and that she needed to come out to her van to see what she had found. i was hiding behind her van while ezra was chillin' in the carseat inside. jen was BEYOND shocked when i jumped out, as this video can attest (actually, a note about the video - can anyone say, "HELLO KENDEL'S NOSTRILS!" nevertheless, this video still makes me very happy):

whoever would have imagined that two college roomies who met in 1998 and who were as different as jupiter and mars and barely ever talked would be sitting on jen's back porch 11 years later with multiplied children! GOD IS GOOD!

auntie kendel and cousin ezra brought presents for all. look @ lucy checking out her mom's new hat. :)

introducing LUCY HALL - this trip was ALL about her AFTER ALL! by the way, has anyone seen a little girl at 6 weeks with more hair? she also is an UNBELIEVABLE sleeper. on friday while we were there, she literally slept like 20 hours - pretty much all day and then still slept through the night. she's an angel baby!

aaron helped me "trick" jen so that i could come visit. once i arrived, jen and i discovered that aaron had a few tricks up his sleeve of his own! thursday afternoon, aaron came home unexpectedly at lunch. he had taken the rest of the whole day off, promised to watch the kids (yes all 3 - ages 6 weeks, 1 1/2, and 2 1/2 - can we say incredibly BRAVE?!), and had arranged for jenny and i to have spa pedicures at a ritzy salon downtown. he was our HERO! first we went downtown to a fun little coffee shop for unbelievable sandwiches and smoothies. this was the street it was on; the flowers were amazing! jen's shirt matches. :)

jenny getting the royal treatment. after our 75-minute spa pedicures, we spent a good deal of time in the "relaxation room" afterwards. it was truly divine! that night we came home, had pizza for dinner, and spent like an hour trying to find a chick flick on their TV. it probably would have been faster just to go to redbox. it was still fun. ;)

friday was a fiasco. jen and i took 1 1/2 hours to get to a 20-minute photo shoot for lucy's baby announcements. it was a true ADVENTURE! yes, we were halfway to the next major city! friday night we celebrated jen's niece tiffany's birthday! corrie and her kiddos live right down the street. it was a fun celebration with tons of kids and neighbors of all generations.

ezra ate an entire cupcake - i had to document this b/c he has never done that before! his eyes look funny b/c i tried to fix them in picassa with red eye reduction, but it just seemed to make it worse!

our first day there, thursday - ezra got his hair cut for the gazillionth time. his hair grows so fast! this is the only lady who has cut his hair besides me. ezra love this place because he gets to watch elmo and sit and drive in the fun little car. she is awesome. i wish she were here in tx!

saturday ezra and i headed home. i thought you all would enjoy seeing how ezra naps when he flies. he did this on the way there and back. i put my head on the other end of the seats and wrapped my legs around his little body and took a nap myself. not too bad! (i'm sure the stewardesses thought we were crazy, though!)

we.love.this.family.they.are.our.own.

oxoxoxox