
Editors' note: This visit took place from 10/17 to 10/19

1) David, Kelley, and Molly Wilson (Nile cameo); 2) Molly
Editors' Note: Tina's family -- before you start targeting your anger towards David and plot his untimely demise, we'd like to refer you to the image on the right...he is not to be trifled with. Anyone who can get Tina to wield a gun -- while pregnant, no less -- is not to be trifled with. Tina's family, let it go. We're never -- NEVER -- moving back to the Midwest. And David is not your scapegoat.
Nevertheless, with Walla Walla being wine country, we really wanted to make sure that whatever domicile we selected would be able to support guests. The Wilsons -- David, Kelley, and Molly -- helped confirm that we could rather easily facilitate hosting visitors. This, among many other things, has validated our decision to rent a not-so-modest home while we peruse our purchasing options.
At any rate, the purpose of this post is to comment on our awesome visit in mid-October from the Wilson's. Molly is about six months younger than Nile. The first night they arrived after Nile had gone to bed, and Molly took to Nile's toys like a fly to molasses. Nile was visibly perturbed the next morning when he discovered Molly being so intimate with his toys. But, he got over it quickly and the two of them enjoyed a lot of time playing -- parallel-ly -- together. And here we learned that toddlers paired with other toddlers is actually less work. So, we've spent every moment since that weekend trying to fast-forward our lives to when Cyrus is a toddler. (Not really, but kind of)

1) 'Why is she taking all of my toys'; 2) 'Fine, she steals my toys, I'll steal her mom'
On Saturday, we managed to go explore two wineries as Molly and Nile just roamed the grounds. That evening, we got a babysitter after putting the kids to bed and headed out for a late dinner -- to our surprise, the Wilsons did not fall asleep halfway through.

1) Hit that one! 'Don't tell me my business, devil woman! (don't think I didn't notice your red hair)'; 2) Lawnmowers in tents...obviously.
We were glad to see them come and visit. There were several pictures taken by both parties from the trip. The following is a slideshow depicting some of the Greatest Hits from our camera. We know the Wilsons have some good ones. Here's hoping they send them our way and we can add them to the slideshow (hint, hint). Enjoy (note, these will be picture print quality for about a week, then revert to blog-post quality -- if you want to print out pix, download sooner than later):


























