This weekend my bestie Jen came in from Alaska!!! I'm still a bit miffed that she moved there last year! Even though we text nearly daily, it's hard not to miss someone when you only see them maybe once a year.

I haven't seen her since she was 12 weeks pregnant with this little guy!

She had told me how big Henry was many times, but hearing it and seeing it are 2 different things! I should have gotten some shots of him and Meredith together, but it just didn't happen. Instead, Jen and I ditched all the kids with our Mom's and went shopping!!! She's one of the few people that I feel completely comfortable shopping with. I'm a die-hard clearance shopper, and that can take some time and be super irritating for someone who's not. Josh will humor me and let me hang out in the clearance section for maybe 5-10 minutes when he goes shopping with me, but I can see it driving him crazy. We usually do a big back to work clothes shopping trip after I have each baby, but in all the craziness that was going on with us when I returned to work this time around, we never did it. "/ Needless to say...I was in dire need of some new clothes.

So this was the first time I got to go to the giant outlet mall and just shop until I was done without any kids. It was amazing! It also made for some great quality time with Jen!

So, it seems that with our friends that have moved to Alaska, when they come back to Texas for a trip it's a whirlwind adventure where they try to see as many people as possible. I'm glad I was one of Jen's first stops before she gets all worn out. :)

My sister Sarah came to town this weekend too! We were popular! Josh has been working hard to get the pool back into good shape before everyone came. It wasn't perfect, but it was good enough that all of the girls and Wallace got to go swimming! It was freezing!! A couple of them came out with blue lips all shivering. I think this might be the last weekend for swimming in the pool until next summer. :(

We've decided that Meredith looks a LOT like my sister.  Which makes complete sense...since Sarah has a little one that looks just like me! — We've decided that Meredith looks a LOT like my sister. Which makes complete sense...since Sarah has a little one that looks just like me!

Meredith got a walker!  Anna and Wallace never had one...it took a few nights before they'd just let her play in it without them standing in front of her playing with all of the buttons and stuff on the front of it. — Meredith got a walker! Anna and Wallace never had one...it took a few nights before they'd just let her play in it without them standing in front of her playing with all of the buttons and stuff on the front of it.

Ha!  Seriously?  They've all gotten to use the awesome jumpy my Mom got Anna when she was little, but I guess this is just new and exciting.  It's really funny to watch Meredith walk it around.  She gets pretty pissed when she fi… — Ha! Seriously? They've all gotten to use the awesome jumpy my Mom got Anna when she was little, but I guess this is just new and exciting. It's really funny to watch Meredith walk it around. She gets pretty pissed when she finds herself caught up against something or stuck in a corner, but other than that, I think it was a smart buy!

It's so exciting when they sit and do something calmly together!  And it's rare enough that it warrants some photos! — It's so exciting when they sit and do something calmly together! And it's rare enough that it warrants some photos!

Look who did her tripod for me again!  She actually worked on it extensively while Henry was here.  Guess she was trying to show off or something.  :) — Look who did her tripod for me again! She actually worked on it extensively while Henry was here. Guess she was trying to show off or something. :)

She is just so ready to take off and crawl!  She kind of does this get up on all 4's and then sort of swan dive down to make forward progress.  Then she'll roll around to change directions and stuff. — She is just so ready to take off and crawl! She kind of does this get up on all 4's and then sort of swan dive down to make forward progress. Then she'll roll around to change directions and stuff.