That’s how it seemed this past weekend in Kansas City, and it was GREAT! After leaving my mom and aunt in Oklahoma to continue working on my grandma’s house, I took the kids with me to meet Travis in Kansas City for the weekend. We were excited to meet the newest additions to the family: Noah and Gavin!
You might remember this picture from a post I did about our time in Kansas City this past Christmas:

And 6 months later…

…the babies are here! We were so excited to meet Casey and Brad’s son, Gavin, and Luke and Amy’s son, Noah. It was so fun to have all the babies around. I’m excited to see these little ones grow up together!
Here’s a shot of all three babies together (Noah–3 weeks, Molly–2 months, and Gavin–4 months):

Can you believe how huge Owen looks in this picture??

Owen has been used to being the center of attention at family gatherings for the last 2 years. He now has to get used to sharing the limelight with those three other cuties! He did his best to keep the focus on him by entertaining us with his latest favorite activity: sword fighting! He loves to pretend he’s fighting the bad guys and rolls around on the ground swinging his sword. It’s pretty intense. Here’s a shot of our warrior in action:

When we weren’t watching Owen defend us against the bad guys, we enjoyed catching up with Travis’ cousins. Here’s a shot of Travis and Owen with Don, Luke, and Luke’s son, Noah.

We also got to spend a lot of quality time with Aunt Kelly. Here she is cuddling with Molly:

We also loved spending time with Travis’ parents, Nana and Bubba!

We had lots of time with the cousins and babies while we were in KC, but we also got to spend some good quality time with Travis’ grandparents, Lane and Sue (or Yane and Tu as Owen calls them!). I love this picture of Great Grandpa Lane holding his great granddaughter:

We had a great weekend visiting family. We wish we lived closer so we could make it a more frequent thing! We miss you all already!
We had a great time meeting & spending time with you all.
I so enjoyed all the new babies & being entertained by Owen. Love you all, Kelly
Thanks for the great post and pictures! What a memorable weekend for the Helm/Ulmer clan. I don’t know if I’m going to make it until mid-August…..Nana withdrawls are setting in already…..