A Week With The Gilleys

We had a lot of company here for the past 9 days!  My Mom (although her visit was too short!), Shawn's parents and his 2 brothers, (one brought  his sweet girlfriend, the other brought his wife and son).  It was an eventful week and Lucy sure got lots of extra attention!  First, we had her 1st birthday party.  That was so much fun for us to have a lot of family here to enjoy us celebrate little Lu.  Then we spent time in Denver shopping, went bowling a couple of times (my sister-in-law, Whitney, and Christa- my FUTURE sister-in-law are dang good- they KILLED me!), did the arcade one night, went swimming, went to the Denver Zoo, and went out to dinner at a lot of yummy restaurants!  It was good to spend time with our family from Louisiana who we don't get to see very often.  Lucy and her cousin Peyton had fun getting to know each other.  In fact, on the first night she met him, she kept giving him BIG hugs.  It was very cute :)  She spent a lot of time in her Paw Paws arms and loved how he can talk like Donald Duck!  He made her laugh every time.  She was a trooper throughout the week, even though she got a stomach bug one day and hardly took any naps all week long.  One thing's for sure, she was extra spoiled and has been acting like she's starving for attention all day long since this is the first day in 9 days that she doesn't have 6 extra family members passing her around!  I guess Shawn and I aren't good enough for her anymore ;) 

She had a lot of fun with the Gilleys!

Lucy and her Uncle Bobby

Going in for a hug

Giving Peyton BIG hugs!

Loved the rides at Boondocks.  In fact, she threw fits when we took her off of them after her time  would run out.

Paw Paw and Grammy bought her and Peyton matching giraffe souvenirs from the Zoo and Lucy LOVED hers.  It is so sweet to see her really play with her toys now and use her imagination.

The Family at the Zoo.  From L-R: Christa, Matthew, Whitney, Peyton, Bobby, Mary, Lucy, Bruce, Me, Shawn.  A big group.  It was a fun day!

 We had a lot of fun and this is where I took most of my pictures.  Lucy would reach out to the animals while we were there and laugh at the monkeys swinging all around.  The closest we got to any animals were the giraffes and she was staring at them in amazement at their HUGE-ness.  We were only a few feet away and they were eating with their long tongues and just being awesome. I LOVE giraffes.  They were my favorite animal to watch that day. 

Peyton and Lucy playing with their new giraffes!

I was a little disappointed when I was looking through all of my pictures from the week.  I can't believe I didn't get any of us bowling, swimming, or "sight seeing!"  I bring my camera everywhere but I guess I didn't take it out of the case enough.  Dang.  But the pictures I DID get were pretty cute :)

Thanks Gilley's! We love you!