On the 8th Day of Christmas...

Milwaukee!  

A huge chunk of Ryan's family live in Milwaukee - on both sides of the family - so Carol had a great idea of inviting them all to come see US at her house since we were only there for one full day!

It was so wonderful to visit with everyone! We're thankful they took the time to come see us!

Our first family visitors were from Aunt Lisa, Aunt Pam, Aunt Corky and Uncle Barry.  Jackson bonded very fast with Uncle Barry and unlike anything I've ever seen J do before, he followed instructions, to the letter while Uncle Barry told him which item to place on which to make a very fun tall and ultra crazy tower.  They did this for over an hour and made a pretty impressive sight!  Jackson's sense of balance and coordination was either super lucky or super strong.  Either way, he loved it - "Uncle Barry, now what!?  Uncle Barry, now what do I put on top!?"

 Aunt Pam, Aunt Lisa and Jackson.... Adding Ethan didn't turn out too well.  :)

 Aunt Corky and Uncle Barry and Jackson.

 

Look who's in charge now!?

 

Ryan's dad's side of the family came over around 300p. I didn't get pictures of everyone like we'd like but we did manage to take a bunch of pics... I'll have a crazy awesome Shutterfly "Milwaukee" book to make this year! Anyway, here are some good ones!

 Ryan's Grandma Stearle, aka GGma with the boys.

 

Jackson was infactuated by Jason - Ryan's cousin.  He would not leave him alone!  I think he was impressed with Jason's height.  :)  Or maybe he just remembers that he was at Jason's wedding when he was only a month old!  :)

 Jackson and Ethan with Grandma and Grandpa Stearle (GGma and GGpa).  Grandpa Stearle is their only living Great-Grandpa, so we really enjoying visiting with him! I always smile when he tells me he's been reading my blog!  Hi GGpa!  Love you!

Ryan's cousin Kara and aunt Sharon drove all the way up north from Chicago to come visit us with their whole clan! We always love seeing all of them!  The last time we saw Uncle Alex was when I was pregnant with Ethan and he let us shack up in his room in Rio De Janeiro! The last time we had seen Kara was at Jason and Danielle's wedding when J was only a month old! Kara and Colin have 4 kiddos - Karina, Scott, Liam and Lucas.  Lucas and Jackson are only a month apart, but J is about 2 inches shorter!  Seriously, with all these kids, this was the best pic of about 15!  Almost impossible to get them all to look at the camera!

 Me, Kara and Danielle

 Jackson and Jason... big time buddies.

 Muscles and Funny Faces!