Our visit with the Montee family is quickly coming to an end. They are leaving at the crack of dawn tomorrow morning. Those 6:15 a.m. flights with a couple of kids are nuts I tell ya! We've had a lot of fun visiting and playing with Brian, Su, Bre and Brandon and will miss them. Grandpop Bruce and Grandma Heidi also came down to visit over the weekend which was great! We went to the small fish hatchery a.k.a. the train park yesterday and ran around. We posed the kids on this great tree branch for a couple of shots. We also have tons of pictures of them running around all crazy like! Bre and Noah always do great together. Noah even asked me this morning if they could just wait for the next plane to take them back to Phoenix. 
Oliver and Brandon are just three weeks apart. It was fun to watch them interact. At this age they don't really play together yet but they definitely noticed each other. Especially when one of them had something that the other one wanted. I must say they did better than I thought they would. Big brother Noah has taught Oliver, unfortunately, to fight and/or defend his territory or toys. Ollie, much like my sister did when we were little, uses his lungs to scream and let us all know that, in his mind, there is a huge injustice being done. If the high pitched scream doesn't work then he can and has resorted to smacking or tackling. Not such a big deal with a brother who is 30 pounds heavier and much taller but maybe not so good with a cousin who is about the same size and only three weeks older. I was worried. Brandon was more of a silent attacker. He would try to push Oliver away from the toy of choice or occasionally pull Oliver's hair. Ollie didn't seem to mind too much and often didn't even acknowledge the attempt - yet another side effect of having a big brother. I swear the look Oliver would give Brandon during those moments said, "that all ya got? I've dealt with worse just ask Noah!" All and all they did great, I can't wait until they are a bit older and really start to play.
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these are great...Bre is already asking cousin Noah to come see her high bed and play in her backyard. So...when you coming?! Thanx for a GREAT visit...we all had a great time and miss you terribly! Su!
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