Merry Belated Christmas!

Since our Little Sweetie was so young at Christmas time (and because tickets were ridiculously expensive), we decided to delay our holiday celebration until January!  So, this month, we took our first cross country trip as a family of four to visit the grandparents in Ohio!

After a pretty successful flight (Little Sweetie slept and ate the whole time and Little Buddy watched his DVD player and didn't get too stir crazy), we arrived in Pittsburgh.  First stop was to see Great Granny before heading to Mimi and Pop-Pop's house in Marietta.  We had great visit with Granny (apple butter time!) and the rest of our Marietta visit was lovely.  Little Buddy had a lot of fun on the play castle and he got to see snow!

Daddy, the sherpa, with all our luggage collected in Pittsburgh

Checking out the Rock at Marietta College

Snow!  The only bad part was that it hindered playing on the castle that day.

Got to see Great Grandma too!  Will also loved playing with Great Aunt P (aka "The Kentucky Kid"), as well as Great Uncle T and Great Aunt R.

A fun January Christmas with Mimi and PopPop!

After three days in Marietta, it was time to head to Canton to see Mamaw and Papaw.  Boy, did Little Buddy love having all these Christmases!  Besides seeing Mamaw and Papaw, we got to visit with Great Aunt T and Uncle B, Great Aunt K, Great Aunt P, and my cousins, B, M, and A.  We also got the special treat of going to the McKinley Museum and seeing our dear friends who had just moved back to Ohio, Ms. C with her daughters, C and N!  Two other big hits included actually getting to take a ride on Papaw's bus and getting to watch a swim meet (for some reason Little Buddy is obsessed with being on a swim team)!

Another round of presents!

     

     

McKinely Monument with Momma and Daddy, and then with C and N.  Kept trying to get a picture of them all looking at the camera!

     

Dinosaurs and a science center in the McKinely Museum, Little Buddy was in heaven!

  

"Driving" and then taking a real ride on Papaw's bus!

One of his favorite parts of the trip, getting to say the Pledge of Allegiance to Mamaw and Papaw's flag each time he went potty.  

Such a fun visit with Mamaw and Papaw!

And we even survived the plane ride home!

I actually kind of liked the lack of stress experienced as we traveled for our belated Christmas.  Maybe we'll change up holiday dates in the future too!

Good night,

LBM

Little Buddy's Momma