Mom & Dad's Visit

A few weeks ago my parents came for a visit. I was so happy because I hadn't seen them since December. They arrived Sunday, February 22nd, in the afternoon. We had a great time relaxing and catching up that evening and all day on Monday. Tuesday was actually Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) so we left Addison with the babysitter and took Mom & Dad to Mobile, AL to go to a parade. We have parades in Gulfport (and surrounding areas) but they just aren't as good as the ones in Mobile. We saw a couple, the first one wasn't all that impressive. The second one had really neat floats. Breakfast Cereal was the theme. I'll add a slide show later of all of the floats. Here are a few shots from that day....

Zachary & Dad on the way to Mobile

Sometimes Zachary likes getting his picture taken and sometimes he does not. This day was not a picture friendly Zachary.This was all before the first parade. Just killing time until it started.
I didn't bother posting any pictures from the first parade because it wasn't that exciting. We didn't get many beads because the women in front of us were hogging them all. I did get a picture of mom in action though.
Throw me somethin' Mister!
After the first parade was over we walked around a bit. Zachary walked over to these two police officers. One of them let him press a button. Zach had no idea that it was for the siren. It made him jump when it went off. I'm pretty sure I jumped too.

Before the second parade started we ate a little McDonald's.

This picture made me laugh because Zach and I have the exact same expression on our face.

For the second parade we moved to a better spot. Here we are waiting for it to start.

Here is the slide show of all the floats from the second parade. We lucked out and walked by them before it started so they were all lined up waiting to go.

Another afternoon that week we spent outside in the backyard....

Both Zach and Addie enjoyed having Grandma and Grandpa read stories to them at night.

On their last night here we took them to The Dock. It's a local restaurant that has really yummy burgers. They had a stage set up for a band but it was empty. They did have music playing over the speakers and Addison decided to have a go on the dance floor. If you can tell, she has her hands on her hips and kept them there.
We had a great time while you were here Mom & Dad. Come back soon!!!