Layne & Arie come

Layne's son Mason wanted her to be able to come & see Lindsay while she was recouperating. He organized substitutes for her classes, carpool drivers, and even the plane schedule & then went to his dad to have HIM pay for it! ha! After all that trouble & kindness, Aaron couldn't refuse, so Layne & Arie came to visit. Since Arie is only 6 weeks older than Colby those two had a great time:
they loved their bathtime:
they loved playing with toys together:
They loved their new boots They loved papa getting them ready for bed:
They especially loved pulling the chairs up to our picture windows in the eating area & watching for the bus each day and seeing the cars go by:

and they loved dancing to the concert on the DVD Alvin & The Chipmunks. They loved either dancing together or by themselves. Colby swings his hips and Arie stamps her feet up & down.
We went to the park for a photo shoot - Colby wasn't too sure about the swings...
but he totally loved the slides:


Sunday came & we had our own photo shoot:

Then poor little Colby got sick. The doctor prescribed breathing treatments. Originally Colby hated it & fought having the mask over his face, even though it was a cute monster mask... Papa even tried to show Colby that it wasn't THAT bad by putting on a mask too:

Even Arie tried to be sympathetic by using a cup to be her mask & take her breathing treatment too! Eventually he got so used to it, though, that he would fall asleep while taking the treatment:

Kraig Moll brought over a fluffy stuffed dog to help in Lindsay's recovery - but Colby took it over instead: We had fun watching the many moods of Arie: smiling:

cautious: and my personal favorite - the pouty princess:

We had a nice day toward the end of their visit & felt we really NEEDED to get those kids outside! So, we went for a walk around our subdivision (named Renaissance)

trying to pose these kids on the rock was fun all by itself:

We had so much fun - Thanks for coming Layne & Arie - And thanks to Mason for arranging it all & for Aaron who held down the fort at home & for Zach for just being a great kid!