more pics before the first road trip

Zoe and mom are getting ready to take a 2-week trip to see both sets of grandparents while Kyle is out of the country on a business trip. Just look at the two of them, they're gonna have fun!

But before we all left home, we had a WONDERFUL visit with some dear friends / cousins (who actually just moved back from the country Kyle is going to visit! Here is Carly with her cousin Jessica.

Jessica is expecting her own little bundle of joy in December.

Here's Jessica holding Zoe again. Just what should Zoe call Jessica? Aunt? Cousin? Second-cousin? First-cousin-once-removed?
We're glad these dear friends, who are also family, are just a few hours up the road from us now.

If you see Zoe in the next couple of weeks, you may see her like this: strapped in and wide-eyed!