Titus' Birthday Weekend

I couldn't wait to kiss this face.

So. Remember when I said my older sister, Tracy Posey, had a little boy? Austin Michael Posey. He's a stinkin doll. As of last Friday morning I had never met him. Just a a skype here and a phone call there. So you can imagine my total excitement when he arrived at my door Friday evening. I snatched him right up and kissed him and loved on him. He was not as thrilled as I was at the moment but he warmed up to Aunt Janel very quickly. We didn't take many pictures over the weekend as we were busy kissing babies and celebrating a one-year-old but here are the few we got:

Brinley dressed Austin up. :-D

She made a tent on her playground

Austin was Titus' biggest fan!

They loved each other

Seriously. Love love love.

Cousin bath (we missed you, Evan!)

Titus got to open his gift from Uncle Terry, Aunt Chris and Sam
(they also got Brinley the CUTEST baking set with her own
potholders, oven mitt, apron and chef hat!)

Mama got some SWEEEEEEET gifts!! :-)   (I'm spoiled)

After church on Sunday we decided to go for a swim at Grandma and Grandpa's hotel:

Brinley was very tentative at first...

She warmed up a bit....
And thanks, Tracy, for a wonderful background image

Titus did not love or hate it. He thought it was just ok.

This kid is a FISH!!!!

He couldn't get enough of the water!

Breaststroke. ;-)

By the end, she was a little TOO brave!

 This was Brinley's first time really swimming. It was such a proud mommy time. There is nothing like watching your daughter leap towards you with all the confidence in the world that you will catch her. It was so fun!

This kid will be teaching swimming lessons one day!

I also got a few shots of Austin since he turned 5mon while he was here:

A big shout-out to Emily for snapping some fun pictures last weekend. She was rockin' the camera and capturing memories left and right! :-D

Next up? Titus' birthday party!