This past week has been a wonderful week because it was a week that we were all together.
Sarah, Joey and Sweet Baby James flew in on Saturday afternoon and on Sunday Ben flew in and for the next five days we were all together here on AMI! It was fantastic and of course there is a new "Star of the Show", Sweet Baby James!
Sarah and Joey were understandably nervous about how James, who was eight weeks old on the day of his first flight would do on the plane. They made some really cute little goodie bags with candy and gum to pass out to fellow passengers in hopes that they would be understanding if he got a little fussy. The bags said:
"Hello! My name is James and I am almost 2 months old. I'm on my way to Florida to meet my great-grandma and I am so excited! This is my first time on a plane so I may get a little scared, my mommy and daddy wanted to give you some sweet treats just in case.
We hope that you have a safe trip and a fun time wherever you end up, I know I will!
Baby James
I thought the bags were a really neat and cute idea but I am happy to report that just like everything else about James he was a perfect angel on the flight down and the flight home! James is now 2 months old and has already traveled over three thousand miles (two round trip drives to Burleson and a flight to Florida and back). Not sure if it's politically correct to call your grandchild a "traveling idiot" or not but it seems as if he's on the way.
It was so fun to see NaNa's reaction when Sarah and Joey brought James into the house and she got to see and hold her great grandchild for the first time. The bond was instant and you could see and feel the mutual love.
On Sunday afternoon we had a "Meet James" party at Beth's sister and brother in laws (thanks Cindy and Drew) house on the island. There were about 50 family members from both sides of our family that came to the party and the parents, grandparents and great grandmother were so proud to show him off to everyone. I'll be posting some pictures from the party later, the "official photographer" of the event is currently out of town.
The week was filled with so much fun and laughter as we enjoyed the beach, pool, picnics, Rays baseball, paddle boarding, eating at some of our favorite restaurants and babysitting while Sarah and Joey got a little "date time".
Sarah, Joey and James flew back on Friday. Ben and I took them to them to the airport way before the sun came up and then headed to Gainesville for our annual weekend with some of the best lifelong friends that you could ever imagine, but that blog is for another day.
Words are so inadequate to describe how blessed I feel to be surrounded by amazing immediate and extended family. I love them all so much!
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| NaNa and Sweet Baby James getting acquainted! |
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| Sarah, James and Ben.........priceless |
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| Uncle Ben and his buddy! |
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| My brother Gerald was not able to make it to the party so he made a special trip over to meet James..............thanks bro! |
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| James modeling one of the outfits his cool Uncle Ben bought him. It's says "cutest nephew ever" |
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| Sarah was a natural on the paddleboard! |
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| Joey, Joey's friend Anthony and Ben at the Rays game................don't ask how many foul balls they missed! |
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| Wonderful family on the city pier! |
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| Great Grandma and Sweet Baby James! |
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| Mimi, Poppy and Sweet Baby James! |
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| Four generations represented here! |
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| Check out that cute baby on the lower right side of the Jumbotron at Cowboys stadium! A lady from Sarah and Joey's church made the Cowboy's blanket, Sarah and Joey decked him out, took a picture and tweeted it to the Cowboys. A friend of theirs was at the game to take the picture of him on the big screen! Quite the celebrity! |
