To say I was excited to make this trip to Texas is an understatement. This visit has been a LONG time coming. I was taking our son home for the 1st
time to meet his Grammy, Poppy, Nana, Uncles, Aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins and longtime
friends. It was such a pleasure to
introduce our little guy to my side of the family! The only thing that could have made this trip
better was to have my Dad and Granddaddy there with us and to have Kevin by my side. Even though I was excited I was a little
uneasy about flying by myself with a 5 months old. The biggest concern I had was this ticking
time bomb that I was carrying. I had no idea when he would go off or when he
would be the cutest little boy full of giggles and smiles. To make a long story short I will put it this
way: If I look at the whole flying experience,
as a whole, it went great. If I look back at a few specific times we did have
some rough moments. I clearly remember
stepping on the plane and asking the Lord to give me an angel of help. Guess what the Lord did? He sat me next to a 76 year old great-grandma
that had 14 grandchildren. She took over
and held Logan as we took off. I could not have done it without her. Coincidence?
I think not! I will share what
the Lord did for me on my way back home later.
Logan and I did not play around when we decided that the
time had come to fly home. We stayed two
weeks! In hindsight it was a little too
long for daddy. He missed us terribly,
and we missed him too. Next time he will
be coming with us. Mom and I decided to
have only a few things planned while we were there visiting. We wanted to take
this time together to hang out and let her enjoy Logan. I thought that was a great idea. I was in need of some good relaxation
time. One of the biggest reasons we flew
home at this time was to be at my Nana’s 80th birthday
celebration. It is rare to get our whole
family together, so I did not want to miss out on this opportunity. I told Nana if she ever doubts that she has not made a difference in the world to just to look back at her party. There were just a few that showed up! It was a wonderful turn out and great time. Nana you are so loved! Here are just a few pictures of Nana's party. As you can see they are all centered around Logan. Gotta love a first time mommy!
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| Family picture at Nana's 80th birthday celebration. |
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Logan with Uncle Jimmy. Logan loved his Uncle Jimmy. We
all were amazed at how long Logan would sit on his lap. Two hours
wins the longest time Logan has sat with anyone at one time! |
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| Logan with his Grammy. Adorable picture! |
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| Logan, Me, and the birthday girl! |
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| Happy 80th birthday Nana! We love you! |
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Logan slept just about anywhere he could lay his head down.
It was a little gift to me from above! |
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| Mom and her sister, Aunt Pam. |
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| Logan with his cousins - Kaiden and Ali |
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| Such a sweet picture. |
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Logan meeting Uncle David for the 1st time.
No tears is good. Ha! |
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| Logan meeting Stephanie for the 1st time. |
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| Logan meeting his Aunt Sharon for the 1st time. |
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| Playing with Sherri. |
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| Logan and Stephen. |
The Waco Zoo was our next big outing. I called up my long time friend, Tiffany, to join us. It was fun having her and her kids with us the entire day. I have found out that my blood is no longer
made for the Texas heat. It was only 86
degrees, but I could only last a couple of hours in that heat. Even though we were only there for a short
time we all had fun. We skipped our picnic that we had planned and ate our sack lunches in the air conditioning at my mom's dining room table. I actually believe
everyone was happy I couldn’t take the heat!
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Tom, Mom, Wes, Kaiden, Logan and I. One of the few family
pictures we have together. We are missing Alicia and Ali.
Hopefully the next visit we all can get a picture together. |
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| Wes and Kaiden looking at the turtles. |
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| Grammy pushing Logan as he takes his nap. |
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We had to bribe this boy to smile for the camera! My brother and I
with his little boy Kaiden. Logan decided he wanted
to be in the picture too! |
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Logan and I with Tiffany and her kids. They are growing up
so fast. They help make our day full of fun! |
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The fish caught Logan's eyes! The fish were his
favorite attraction. |
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| My favorite spot at the zoo. Rest and shade! |
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Mom and Tom enjoyed the day with their
kids and grandchildren! |
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One of Kaiden's favorite stops of the day.
My mom had to work a few days during my stay, so I packed up
Logan’s things and we spent the day with my Nana and Aunt Pam. It was a quiet time relaxing and playing
with Logan. I feel as though all Nana
did was trim Logan’s nails. That is her
specialty! We made red hot cinnamon
popcorn, fondue, and ate bluebell ice cream.
YUM! Nana took time to show me
all the research she has been doing on our Ancestry.
We are incredibly blessed to have our Nana put so much time and money
into our family’s history. Quite
amazing, actually. There will be a
separate post on that later!
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| Turned out precious! |
