In July Andrew and I went back to Maryland to be with family for 10 days. We didn't think we would get to see the Harding family until Christmas, so we were really excited to get to be back with them for a little while. I was mostly excited about seeing our nieces and new baby nephew! We sure love those little kiddos! Andrew was most excited to see his brown man!!
The first night we got in, our brothers and sisters came over to the Harding home for a family dinner. First time we got to meet baby Christopher. I love newborns...so sweet and snuggly.
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| me with Christopher! |
Meet Andrew's dog Bryant. Andrew got Bryant from his parents for his 20th birthday. He is the best dog I have ever been around. This is how we got woken up every morning :)
We celebrated Andrew's 24th birthday on the 23rd of July.
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| handsome birthday boy with his favorite brown man |
Andrew kept saying he was in heaven while we were there. He said he didn't want anything else besides being with his wife and his dog. haha he's the best.
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| Birthday lunch at Jersey Mikes! |
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| Cute cousins! |
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| All the cousins and aunts celebrating Andrew's birthday |
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| Birthday boy with the adorable Miss Addie! |
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| Andrew's birthday cake request was Costco chocolate cake! Emma putting sprinkles on it! |
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| Emma helping Andrew blow out all the candles |
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| Me and my cute hubby! |
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| Me and Rach |
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| Bros--just missing Mikes. |
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| Sisters! I'm left out without a little girl!! What are you doing Emma??! |
A lot of the time we were in Maryland, the weather was overcast and rainy. But there was one perfect day that was sunny with no humidity, so Andrew and I took advantage of it and went and explored DC a little bit. We went to several different museums. One of our favorites was the Air & Space Museum. DC is such a cool place! So many things to explore.
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| I'm so little compared to the huge National Archives. |
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| trying to be like the people. success? maybe Andrew haha. |
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| Went to the temple one night with some of the family. This temple is just gorgeous. It''s always fun revisiting it after getting married in it! |
I took Bryant on lots of runs while I was there. I'm definitely going to have to whip him in to shape when he comes and lives with us! It was hilarious running with him because he would sprint the first 5 minutes, so we would look so ridiculous, and then after 20 minutes of running he would be exhausted...something we'll have to work on!
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| how can you not love him?! cutest dog. |
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soaked up as much time holding sweet Christopher!
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We also celebrated Andrew's parents 25th anniversary! We all got dressed up and went to this darling French restaurant called l' Auberge. No one could complain about the 7 course meal we were treated to. The food was delicious and everyone had a great time.
Bryant was a bday present from Drew's awesome siblings! Love this post! Great pictures from your visit. Chris is going to be huge when you see him next! Love and miss you two!
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