Another busy (but fun) weekend for the Bryant family

We started our weekend festivities by helping celebrate Hayden Black's 2nd birthday. He is the youngest little boy of our good friends- Erica and Jamie Black. We went to Longwood with Erica and they live in Chester, VA, just south of Richmond. It was a beautiful summer day in VA! Not too hot and the humidity was low, very rare around here in July ;) The festivities were both outside and inside but I do think that Lucas enjoyed the kiddie pool the most! There were lots of little kids there for him to watch, which he always enjoys :) Plus he got to hang out in the shaded pool, shade is VERY important for little WHITE boys like Lucas ;) He scooted all over that thing on his butt, it was hysterical to watch. We ended up a little wet in the process too. He loves to stand up with our help, here he is prior to doing SPLITS. (yes, splits for a little boy, all of you men are hurting now, right?) Unfortunately standing in a slippery pool really isn't conducive to standing for a baby. He wouldn't take no for an answer though!

This was the birthday boy having fun with his big cousins and brother :)Their backyard was full of all kinds of great things for little ones! Lucas also enjoyed his swing break....I think we need to get one of these :)

It ended up putting him to sleep and he went down for an hour + nap, he was a worn out little boy!

Sunday we went up to Stafford to visit with Todd's family. After stopping by to say hello to Grandpa Bryant (Todd's dad) and Uncle Joe; we had a cookout with Ma-Ma (Todd's grandma), Grandma Schleigh (Todd's mom), Uncle Barrett, and Aunt Kristi (Todd's sister and her husband) to celebrate Grandma's birthday this week. Lucas had a great time playing with everyone and we enjoyed the visit. I thought Todd took some pictures on our camera but realized that we didn't! This is a picture of Ma-Ma and Lucas from last week though :) Lucas was worn out from playing and eating- he chowed down on BBQ chicken, green beans, and macaroni and cheese :) so he slept the whole way home that evening.

We were all tuckered out that night from the busy weekend and crashed pretty early. Monday was one of those mornings that when the alarm went off, I really swore it was only Sunday and not time to go back to work yet! I really need more hours in the day/days in the week. I know that many of you feel my pain :)
Hope you had a great birthday Grandma/Mom Schleigh!!!