Mardi Gras 2014

Mardi Gras sure is changing for the Hill family! Last year Bradley was a baby, but this year he was able to enjoy some night parades as a toddler!

Here are the Hill Cousins and Papa P before his ride on Jupiter:

And later the cousins eating cookies while waiting on the parade:

Bradley enjoyed hanging out with Chris and I before the parade began:

It wasn't long before Papa P's float rolled down the street!

And PD passed some beads especially for his grandson:

Uncle Dewey and Deb, too!

We got a shot of all the kids in our group (about a dozen), but I don't want to post it without asking all of the parents. Even more funny, though, is a shot of us moms trying to take the photo!

The morning of Jupiter Laura, her teacher-friend and I run the Mardi Gras Mambo 10K... and I (kind of) made the paper!

(This was Baby Hill #2s second race as I ran the Louisiana Half Marathon without knowing I was pregnant!)

More night parades for Bradley the next weekend, this time with Papa P in the crowd with us:

And a very sleepy Bradley up WAY past his bedtime!

But not so sleepy to miss the parade from the hotel window!

For Orion, the lady-folk took the babies down to meet up with the men:

Then we all cut loose at the ball (with a babysitter back at the hotel):

This was a tricky Mardi Gras season for me as I knew I was pregnant, but wasn't telling anyone yet. Just for the record, if you saw me drinking "Vodka and Cranberry" it was actually "Sprite and Cranberry". ;)