And now they're gone...

We had a wonderful time with Aunt Steph and Baby Esther - and we're so sad that they've gone back home to Colorado now. But Uncle Jared said they really needed their Mama Bear back, so we very reluctantly let them go home yesterday.


We had so much fun...as usual. The children still had good times with Aunt Steph...





but it was so fun that she brought a play-thing/cousin with her this time.






Baby "Esser" (as Lily Kay calls her) is absolutely precious.

Elisabeth said that Esther shouldn't leave "until she was 10!"

Esther's age/weight is almost an exact match for Elisabeth when she came home...so Elisabeth had fun thinking about and talking about that during their visit.

Baby Esther did NOT make my children's desire for more siblings go away...in fact, I think she made it worse.

Even with the crying and poopy diapers they witnessed...they've been talking about it more today....