A New (Pink!) Addition

My little sis, Becky, had her third baby on Friday, August 18th. She already had two boys, and decided not to find out the gender of this baby; she was 100% convinced it was a boy. Well, lo and behold, Charlie Kate Staton arrived at 2:45 am and the whole family has been smitten ever since. Look at this little doll!!

Big Brothers Anderson & Gibson were so proud, despite the top left picture.

(Gibson was not cooperating because HE wanted to hold Charlie Kate!)

Bec & her family live 7+ hours away, outside of Charlotte, NC. Despite that, I've been able to be there both times her boys were born. (It helped that they were born in the summer!) Well, this time, I couldn't go visit until 2 WEEKS LATER!! It was seriously killing me.

So, on the Friday of Labor Day weekend, I checked the kids out of school early and we headed to Charlotte to see Charlie Kate for a few days. The loooooong drive on Friday was worth it when I woke up to this cutie on Saturday morning!!

 Abby was the first kid to wake up and could.not.wait to hold her cousin! CK is Abby's first girl cousin and she could not be more thrilled!!!!

5 out of 6 grandkids; just missing Otis!

 We went to this amazing donut place for breakfast, called Duck Donuts. Seriously, how good do these puppies look!?

The kids were in heaven, especially Gibson. That boy loooooves his food :)

Anderson & Nate are too cute together.

They starting holding hands on their own!

 Once we got home, we had to burn off those amazing donuts! We went for a group bike ride/walk in Bec's neighborhood.

Nate hasn't played dress-up in years, but he will do it for his cousin :)

#littlemomma

Afternoon fun

CK is already very advanced - she can hold her own passy! :)

Bec & Mike cooked a yummy feast for dinner, and since it was a nice night we sat outside to eat. Nate took his second helping of corn on the cob to the swingset, ha!

And....time for s'mores!!

Bec didn't eat sweets for most of her pregnancy since it gave her bad heartburn. So she was SUPER excited to have her first s'mores!!

Look at those little hands! It looks like she's praying

Nanny bought matching nightgowns for the girls, and Abby was oh so thrilled to finally have a girl cousin to match with! Little did she know, the nightgown for CK was actually made for a doll :) After bathtime, we tried to get a pic with both cuties, but one was not feeling it.....

#bloopers

Snuggling with Poppy before bedtime

Sunday morning, Abby once again wanted to be the first to hold Charlie Kate. She loooooves her some CK! She has pretty stiff competition from Gibson though. I promise you the picture on the below right was NOT staged. He adores her.

Abby wanted CK to play with her "friends" Butterscotch & Pippy, but CK wasn't feeling it :)

The doll nightgown now has a new owner - Pippy!

Best part of making brownies = licking the bowl

Afternoon fun at the pool!

Dinner silliness

Love that little burrito! :)

One last snuggle with CK before we left Monday morning....

I'm so happy we made it to Charlotte for Labor Day! And I'm even happier we have a new, healthy baby GIRL to add to our family. A big congrats to Bec & Mike! Let the girl adventures begin......