cousin clayton comes to town!

kate was up in washington for a bachelorette party and came a few days early with clay so we could have some fun cousin time. clay and heath are only two weeks apart in age (i'm sure you know that) and that is really a negligible amount at this point. except that clayton towers over heath and is significantly heavier! developmentally they are very similar though, and they are starting to actually adorably play together a little bit. beckett also loved having clay around. i thought he might feel a little left out being the solo big guy, but he just only had a thousand hugs to give out and thought the "babies" were so cute. i do LOVE seeing these cousins play together and i do HATE the distance between us. thanks for coming to visit guys... we loved having you!

these boys were quite the bathtub trouble makers. they thought throwing things out of the tub was the most funny and eventually clay just penguin belly slid himself right out of the tub. beckett had no interest in getting in this tub. he took a shower in the other bathroom because he is a teenager. 

we took the boys to a beach park, which was a super fun idea in theory. in practice... it got complicated. you'll notice a lack of actual beach pictures. we survived and lesson learned. ha!

they eat together at the head of the table, of course!

clayton wakes up and has breakfast way before heath, so by the time heath was having breakfast... clayton just really needed heath to share with him. these pictures show the scenario play out pretty accurately. ohmygosh, these boys!

one final park trip before clay headed to olympia for some grandparent time. do you like our weird obsession with putting the boys in matching clothes? i do. 

visiting with cousin clayton

the bruners came up to washington for the weekend, so we ventured down to zac's parents house for the day to hang out. zac's dad has been the world's busiest little bee doing so much yard renovation to get ready for a wedding this summer and it is looking great! beckett loved the chickens and driving the tractor with uncle zac-ie. i loved watching heath and clayton play. i hate that these boys are growing up away from each other because i really just think they could and should be best friends. i also feel that way about beckett and camdyn. it's so dumb that we have these perfectly aged cousins living in other places. everyone should really just move to washington. it would make me really happy. go ahead... get on that family. thanks. 

cousin secrets! they are gossipy little things!

cousin time!

kate and zac and clayton came to visit and we were so excited to meet our newest nephew slash cousin! of course all we did was stick the babies in matching outfits and put them next to each other all weekend. i assume in the future their interactions will be a lot more fun. we are so, so, so, SO excited and happy that heath will have a cousin bestie so close in age that he can grow up with. i'm sure their relationship will be so special. it was also fun to get to spend some time with the new parents (even though kate AND matt were sick...boo!) and it made me cry a thousand tears that we don't live closer to each other. darn you... state of oregon, being all gigantic and between washington and nevada. anyways... aren't these babies just the cutest thing you ever did see? also, beckett was a mostly sweet and adorable older brother and cousin. i love all of these faces too, too much.