Back to Virginia: Richmond

We took the opportunity to take a break from the Texas heat to head back to Virginia two weeks ago. Actually, Kurt's company had some work to do it Richmond so we decided to make full use of the free ticket. The first weekend we spent in Richmond at "Uncle Jesse's" Apparently Joshua can't say Jeffrey so my brother was Jesse all week. It's always so refreshing to be back home. Everything was so green and despite everyone's complaining about how hot it was, we enjoyed the cooler air. The boys hanging out at the bachelor pad. Jeff was a great host and sacrificed his new temper-pedic bed for us. I doubt Martha would go that far.

We hung out with my college roommate's family one night. It so fun to be able to watch our kids play together. Thankfully for us, Joshua didn't connect the Popsicle to the truck that plays music so we're off the hook for a little longer. The little guys, Liam & Tobin

Nothing like walking on a big tongue. We went to the Richmond Children's museum and Joshua had a blast. This was an exhibit on how food moves thorough your mouth and gets digested. It was complete with a rather loud belching noise. Looks like it could use my new Colgate 360 toothbrush.

After a few days in the city, we left Kurt to stay and make some money while we headed down to my hometown of Abingdon, via West Virginia to see my grandmother and family. Joshua got a little adventerous at a rest stop and managed to fall and hit his mouth. He was a bit upset but fell asleep once back in the car. Later his mouth started bleeding again and he was real low key for the first part of our visit at McDonald's. That night, we realized he had a tooth missing! I felt like a bit of a neglectful mom for not noticing earlier (well, for that and the fact that I forgot to change his diaper from about 10:30 AM until 6:30 PM-oops!)How do you spell trouble? This is Joshua's cousin that was born within a week of him. Here's a shot of them at three months-it was a lot easier to get both of them in one picture back then!

More about of trip later.