Lombard BBQ

Today we visited David and Aunt Cinty Lombard for a BBQ out in Downingtown, PA. Kim and her boyfriend Taylor were also visiting for the weekend from Virginia so it was really good to see them as well. Another family that they are friendly with was also there and we all had a good time eating, swimming, and chatting.

Andrew in the pool cooling off...



Kim and Taylor, David and their friends' son...

Although the weather was nice enough to hold up for the most part, despite predictions of rain all day, the water in the pool was a little cold for the baby so he went in for just a little while and then sat out the rest of the time. But, forget the pool when there was so much more excitement outside of the water to keep him entertained...THE GIRLS! David and Aunt Cinty have two adorable Cocker puppies named Emerald (aka Emmie) and Ruby. They are so cute and were really exicted to see all of the company. Both of them spent the afternoon frantically pacing around the action and basically showed up as two big blurs of brown fur in every photo we tried to take!

When "the girls" were first allowed to come out of their cage to meet everyone, Benjamin was more excited than I think I have ever seen him. He was hysterically letting out a deep belly laugh and was literally squealing in excitement as the girls scurried around him. Seriously! I guess the girls are more exciting to him than Barney is since he usually just stares at Barney in wonder!!

Meeting Emmie and Ruby (guess which one has the red collar and which the green?)...

Doggie kisses from Emmie and Ruby were a little overwhelming but nothing compared to the big Barney smooches Ben's used to!

Sharing his toys with Ruby...

Showing off his tummy and getting lots of attention from his favorite Aunt Cinty :)...

We were laughing because after Ben got used to the pups, he gave them the old non-chalant Barney treatment and basically ignored them. Quite a contrast to the initial excitement of meeting the girls!

Since I know you are part of our devoted blog fanclub and will be reading this, thanks Aunt Cinty and David for having us over. We had a great time today! :)