Last week, Ryleigh made her return to Buffalo, NY...this time, experiencing it in a whole new way. From the outside. : ) Mommy and Ryleigh visited Uncle Jason and Aunt Bekah to help them fix up and and get ready to move into their new house!
Ryleigh and I flew down to Charlotte on Saturday night where we met up with Yaya and Poppi and we all continued on the Buffalo. It was nice having extra hands available because our little girl is a fidgety one!! Once we got to Buffalo we had a couple of days before Uncle Jason and Aunt Bekah closed on their house, so we got to relax and show off all the new things we have learned since the last time we saw eachother (which was in April when we all spent a week together in California). Great Grandma and Grandpa Elliott also made the trip to Buffalo so we got to enjoy spending time with them as well!! They haven't seen Ryleigh since Christmas, so the change was quite shocking for them.
Monday morning Uncle Jason and Aunt Bekah closed on their house and we all got to head over and take the tour. Poppi and Great-Grandpa got to work instantly, tearing up carpet and making plans. The rest of the week Poppi and Mommy had lots of fun decorating and making changes to Uncle Jason and Aunt Bekah's new house while Ryleigh spent lots of time with her Yaya.
We really enjoyed being able to crawl all over Uncle Jason and Aunt Bekah in the morning and watch Poppi drive the car from the backseat. But we sure were glad to get home and see Daddy and Lucy : )
Waiting patiently at the Greensboro airport to board our plane
Yaya immediately scooped me up when she spotted us at the Charlotte airport
giving Poppi a snuggle at the Charlotte airport too!
Playing with Uncle Jason first thing in the morning. Big thanks to Aunt Bekah for borrowing lots of toys from a friend for us to play with!!
soooooo exhausted, but Poppi knew just the right thing to do to put me in the zone
spending time with Great Grandma and Grandpa Elliott
deep discussion with Poppi
Lucky for Great-Grandma, Ryleigh is still a little cuddlebug
being silly on our way to see Uncle Jason & Aunt Bekah's new house
Uncle Jason, Aunt Bekah and their new house
the swings never get old
Yaya insisted we go down the twirly slide
Uncle Jason and Aunt Bekah's hot tub felt more like a pool
enjoying some relaxing "spa time"
what? how did Mommy get me away from Yaya?
playing with toys at Uncle Jason's while everyone worked
hammin' it up
play session with Yaya
"Yaya, get me some puffs!"
Poopy face
enjoying puffs
showing off my clapping skills
Before we arrived in Buffalo Ryleigh had just started clapping her hands, well actually clapping her fists. When she started doing it, we would say "YEEEAAAAHH!" and start clapping with her, so eventualy she associated clapping with "YEEAAAHH!" so leave it to Yaya to teach her that it's called clapping. By the end of the trip, she was clapping on demand with open hands : )
mmm celery
Aunt Bekah painting her red living room walls
Mommy getting the kitchen done
Kitchen Before
Kitchen After (Mommy refinished the cabinets, but the doors weren't ready to go back on. Also, Uncle Jason and Aunt Bekah are going to refinish the countertop and paint the sink white...it's going to look like a brand new space! Props to Aunt Bekah for hanging that light too!)
our "work room"
Poppi working hard on the bathroom that Mommy decided to gut while he was at Home Depot on day one
Bathroom Before (so you can undersatnd why Mommy felt the need to gut it and redo it)
Bathroom After...Poppi did a great job installing everything Mommy picked out!
Uncle Jason and Aunt Bekah making it feel like "home"
trying to mimic kissing sounds
of course, Yaya had to teach Ryleigh to say "Yaya"
cuddling with Yaya...we had to get up soooo early to be at the airport
Yaya and Poppi getting in their last snuggles
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