NC Trip in Pictures

Better late than never - here are pictures from our trip to NC!

We had a great Spring Break trip to visit our family in NC.  It was so nice to finally introduce John Thomas  to his family and friends who love him so very much!! We spent lots of time going from place to place and he did great!  He was an angel on the plane, something I had anxiety about for days before we left!  Luckily, on our way out we were upgraded to first class, which made things MUCH easier on all of us!  We joked and told him over and over, not to get used to flying that way!  

John Thomas and "Mimi" his Great Grandmother

He got his first baseball glove from his Great Aunt and Uncle, Lib and Roger

4 Generations

His Pa Hall (Great Grandfather and one of which the "John" in his name comes from) is smitten over him!

Erica and John Thomas' friend, Campbell

All week long, this was Campbell's reaction to him!  We are hoping for better times on our next trip!

LOVE going home and eating my Mama's cooking!

Koen loves my parent's basement and created this seesaw contraption out of workout gear and clothes!

Cousin Alek

John Thomas and I spent some much needed special time with our Mimi!

Such a good big brother!

John Thomas and his friend, Penley

Koen couldn't wait to take John Thomas to the creek, by far his favorite place in NC

Papa J and Daddy dared him to walk into the deep part, so  we took a pic to prove it!

They also thought John Thomas needed to put his feet in the water!  He was not impressed! 

 You may be wondering why he only has on a diaper and hat... well as soon as we got to the creek he decided to have a "blow out" that went through diaper, onesie, and pants.  So of course we did what any responsible parents would do and changed him in the back of my parents' Husquvarna on a feed sack :) the clothes were not able to be put back on, but luckily it was warm enough in the sun to go in just diaper and hat!

Papa J loves his John Thomas!

Campbell and John Thomas, try number 2, as successful as the first!

We spent lots of time with our Great Uncle Randy.  He came over every morning to play with John Thomas.  There was one morning he didn't come over and Koen kept asking, "Where is Uncle Randy, he ALWAYS comes over to see us in the mornings!" :)

Nana and Papa J

Thank you, Mom and Dad, for everything you did for us while we were home!  We love you and miss you very very much!!  Can't wait to see you in a few weeks!