What a Trooper!

The marathon began on Saturday. We packed up the car, headed out in the morning, and were in Baton Rouge that afternoon. The trip from Dallas was a little bit harder on Jack this time around because now that he is mobile, the car seat is all to restrictive. We used to think traveling with a newborn would be difficult...boy were we wrong...traveling with a little boy that wants to be on the go is difficult.

He didn't have long to stretch out his legs because the next morning Papa C, Bebe, and Uncle Brian piled into the Pathfinder so we could all go to Gulfport, MS to visit Mimee and Poppie. Jack was just thrilled to be in the car seat AGAIN...cant you tell by his face?!?

Poppie and Jack had a great time chillin' in the chair. They even "snacked" together....well, Poppie had coffee and Jack had a bottle.

Jack loved playing with Mimee and his toys!

Uncle Don had a shed which as you can tell Papa C and Jack had a good time in. No worries....we were in Mississippi....the tractor wasn't started...now if we were in Louisiana....a ride would have been very Britney appropriate.

Where's Jack?

Here he is! Jack even tried to get his daily serving of green vegetables while in the patch.

Back in Baton Rouge after a great visit Aunt Deborah and Adam came by for a visit. Jack loved his clothes that she got him (and I loved my candle)...wish we could have visited longer...can't wait til her wedding in a few weeks!

Nick Manale (friend from Learning Express days) and his new wife Jamie stopped by for a visit. They had seen Jack when he was in the belly but wanted to meet the man himself while we were all in town. It was really great to see them and to hear all about their wedding/honeymoon. Jack had fun showing off how cute he was too!

Right after the Manale's left we were straight out the door to Katie and Billy's Christmas Party (yes we are still on the same day). Jack did great playing around and visiting with family and friends to celebrate the Holidays. That night we all got back to the house and crashed....had to rest up because the next day was Christmas Eve and things weren't going to be slowing down any.