We’ve been lucky enough to be able to travel to see both our families again this summer. Thank goodness for school summer vacation! Michael worked a few weeks at his school and at a basketball camp at Rice University and then we hit the road. First, Cincinnati for a family wedding on Michael’s side (congrats, Anna and Mitchell!), and then a flight to Denver for more time with Michael’s immediate family in the lovely dry air. After a quick stopover in Houston, we escaped the heat again and headed to Maine to be with my family for a while. Michael will go back to Houston to start work next week, but Maya and I are staying a few weeks longer – and avoiding the dreadful Houston heat!
Our first flight with two babies! We dominated. Go team Westbrooks! The girls were so well behaved and charmed everyone around us. Or put them to sleep apparently!
Maya hadn’t seen her Grandma Lois since she was three weeks old, and she’d never met Grandpa Jerome! Once she inspected his facial hair she warmed right up.
Not scared of the wolf dog in Cincinnati one bit!
Couldn’t help myself. I love watching her sleep since we never get to at home because she sleeps in the very dark!
These are all snaps from our time in Denver at Michael’s brother Aaron’s house. He and his wife Summer are so hospitable and always put up with our crew and mess in the summer! Their two-year-old Julius is a wild man who was so sweet to both girls, always offering toys and helping calm them if they were sad. Heart melter, that kiddo!
Hiking with her dad while I was doing the sad thing in Houston 🙁
Acrobatic bottle feeds (and wet hair with no makeup ;). So glam!
A wine tasting party on the back deck while the babies slept! It was such fun!
Maya’s just about had it with bouncers that keep her cooped up, but they’re useful when you need to contain her or when she keeps bopping Baby J!
Michael’s aunt Monica came out to Colorado from Chicago – we hadn’t seen her in seven years! Maya loved her, of course.
And then we did a crazy thing and decided to drive to the top of Pike’s Peak in Colorado Springs! We’ll never do it again, that’s for sure. SO SCARY. But we lived to take a photo!
You can’t tell from this photo, but Maya’s wearing a kiwi dress and Baby J was wearing a pineapple dress – and they’re both chewing on plastic lemons. Fruity ladies! 😉
Pool time on the 4th of July!
And now a few photos from our first week in Maine.
My brother looking for favorite uncle status letting Maya climb the stairs. She can climb them all and it’s terrifying.
Grammy with my new niece, Claire Elizabeth! She’s so snuggly and has the softest skin ever.
Wasn’t happy at all to meet her squishy self, can you tell?! She’s also only 3 pounds behind Maya despite being nearly 8 months behind her! Come on, Maya, eat up!
Maya in her daily chaos. That dress/top (gotta love Old Navy clearance!) is my favorite though!
My parents got Maya this elephant that plays little Jamaican style jingles. It’s hilarious and Maya loves it.
Whole lotta soft grass outside my parents’ house in China Village! Houston grass is so sharp and scratchy that this is really Maya’s first grass experience and she enjoys taste testing every single blade and prowling around like a tiger.
Maya’s first real ocean visit! So thrilled! Very sweaty.
Stroller naps with her lovie (lovey?). Love those dimpled fingers.
Chilling with her dad on the porch! She (we) got him that portable speaker for Father’s Day and she loves playing DJ and bopping to his tunes. (Video of that bopping here!)
And that, there, is a roundup like you haven’t seen in months! I’m back in the game. Ha!
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These photos are so wonderful! I love seeing Maya in motion. (And she’s always stylin’!)