Searching for our tree of life

Well, we got home from our trip on Friday. I was absolutely exhausted! That's the only problem when you are visiting with family, you stay up late talking and spending time and wake up early and do it all over again. Jakob went to bed pretty late every night mostly because he was out of his element. At home when 9 o'clock arrives we take him and lay him in bed. He lays right down and falls asleep. At my mom's I would lay down with him and he just wanted to play with me. One night I was so tired and I kept opening my eyes (in the dark) to see a little grinning face right up next to mine. It was too hard to be mad at him because he's just so darn cute! My mom was usually the one to rock him to sleep once everyone else had gone to bed. Traveling on a plane (just me and Jakey)  is getting pretty exhausting too. I try to make everything as easy as possible (take shoes off and put in carry on bag till after security, have stroller already folded for metal detector,etc.) but with a little boy who is ready to take off and run at any second the airport itself is a chore. My shoulders were pretty sore from toting Jakey around the airport. We also travel at small airports,(where you have to walk across the tarmac to the plane), so I either have to have his stroller folded and carry both of them across the tarmac or roll the stroller up to the plane and risk him taking off running (on the runway!) while I try to fold the stroller. There were very nice people in the airport that offered to help me with my bags though. On Monday we went to my grandpa's house. I was very glad we made that trip. Most of you know my Aunt Betty and Uncle Jim. We haven't had a chance to see Aunt Betty since Uncle Jim passed away, so it was great to see her. I also haven't seen my grandpa since Jakob was about 8 months old, so it was good to visit with him. Jakob loved swimming in my grandpa's pool. The only thing he loved more than that was Lady my grandpa's dog. We had a few doggy encounters while we were home and it really makes me want to get Jakob a pet. We have decided though to see what happens in the next few months. We have some decisions to make about where we want to live once October comes and our lease is up on this house. As you can see from the picture above I took full advantage of holding baby Charlotte. You forget how tiny babies are when you haven't held one in a long time. I have to say I think she liked me. She smiled at me alot and gave me a lot of goo's. She is precious. Oh, and baby girl clothes make me want a girl so bad! CUTE!!! I did take some pictures (Cat!) but unfortunately my camera is broken. It will not turn on at all, so Jeremy is going to have to take it to work and put my pics on a CD for me. On Thursday we went to the beach for my mom's birthday. I had forgotten how gorgeous Destin is. This year I have been to the beaches on the East Coast and a few on the West Coast, but none are as beautiful as Destin. The sand is like white flour on the beach. So soft. A big military helicopter flew just above the water while we were there, and it was neat for Jakob to see. Our guys were all in their camo uniforms and they were close enough to wave to us. Pretty cool. Not too many places where you'll see that. It is also encouraging to see the sand dunes building back up. I still remember after hurricane Opal when you could see straight from the road to the water. Thank goodness Eglin owns all that beach or else there'd be condo's and hotels built all over it. Jakob did so    good on this trip. As he gets older he is so much less work and so much more fun. -Not that babies are not fun, they're just fun in a different way.- We hit Gymboree at the perfect time and Jakey's Gamma bought him some new clothes. I was getting him whole outfits for 7 bucks or less. They outgrow their clothes so fast! Anyways, we had a great time. It's so much fun to get all the sisters together. Me and Amber still make each other crack up over the goofiest stuff. All in all it was a great trip, it only seems like there's never enough time. Hopefully one day we'll all get to move closer to each other. Family is so important. I will try to get the pictures up soon. I guess I'd better start looking for a good deal on a camera! -Oh! and you know what Jeremy told me he wanted for Father's day? Toy Story 1 and 2 on dvd. (We only have them on video) That's when you know you're a real daddy, when you ask for Father's day presents that will make your baby boy happy. So sweet :) More on Father's day later...