Kansas City here we come!

This past weekend Elena, Linds and I decided to go visit Lynette in KC. We always try to go see her around her birthday but we also had another reason to go -- Lynette just got engaged!!! Woo -hoo - Congratulations to her and Dave! We are so excited and couldn't wait to congratulate them in person! On the way we made a pit stop in Emporia at Starbucks. I decided to get Elena a kids hot chocolate - she was the happiest kid ever! :)

It was so cute to see her with that little cup - it made her seem so old!!

After we arrived Lynette's sisters Laura and Rachel came over and brought Laura's baby girl Ella over to play. She is the cutest, chubbiest, happiest little baby girl I have ever seen! Elena loved playing with her.

Lynette's newest addition to her family was also very cuddly this weekend - her new boston terrier pup Olive! Linds was in love!

We had a nice relaxing evening of watching college hoops, hanging out and enjoying our time together! Linds had the great idea of making Elena a fort. Elena thought this was about the coolest thing ever! I'm surprised she hasn't asked me to make her one at home yet! Good thinking Auntie Linds!

Aunt Nettie also did some nail painting for Elena~

That evening Elena had a little bit of a tough time going to bed - she wanted to be up and hanging out with the girls! I laid with her for a little bit and then left her in the room by herself for a while, when I went back in she had gotten into her bag of toys and had them all over the room and had a bag of caramel corn that she was munching on! Hilarious! This is also exactly why we haven't switched over to a big-girl bed yet! I can just imagine checking on her in the middle of the night and she be up playing with her toys!!

The next day we hung out some more and then went over to Lynette's other sister Stephanie's house to see Steph, Drew and Jensen. Elena is a little giant compare to petite little Jensen!

They had fun with each other - Jensen would watch and study everything Elena was doing. Elena sang a few songs for Jensen - Twinkle, Twinkle and Itsy Bitsy Spider - and when she was done Jensen would get the biggest smile on her face and clap. Then Elena pointed to her and said ''Look Mommy, I made her happy!'' It was the sweetest thing! :)

Steph, Linds, Lynette and I~

On the way back Elena was super tired - probably from the late night Crunch and Munch session! But she just refused to go to sleep! Finally Linds and I decided to just ignore her and sure enough after about 15 minutes of yelling at us - "IT'S NOT NAPTIME!!" she crashed out. When we turned around she was like this - still in her propped up yelling position!!

She finally relaxed and slept the rest of the way home.

It was a great little getaway to see our good friends and to be able to hang out with Lynette and start talking about wedding plans! I am so happy for her and can't wait for her big day!!