Saturday, May 05, 2007

TRAVEL, TRAVEL, TRAVEL

We have been traveling so much over the last month since we've been in the States. I take that back, we've already been back five weeks. Time is really flying. We've only spent a total of seven days in our own home in Raleigh.

The first visit we made was to my relatives who were in Charlotte, NC. Here is a picture of my brother, Adam, Great Aunt Joyce, Uncle Jack, me, my father and Sam. Sam slept in Dad's arms for a long time that day. Poor little thing was still jetlagging.



Then we drove to SC and visited Bill's sister, nephew and brother-in-law. Here is Sam hanging out with Jacque and Nicholas.



And, Sam with Danny. Sam had a good time spitting up all over Danny the next morning. Danny was such a good sport about it.



The next trip we took was to Sevierville, TN. We met the Patton family and fell in love! Here we are with Doug and Nina.


The Pattons had a beautiful house in the mountains. Their home has enormous windows in it and lots of birds fly into those windows every week. This yellow bird was one of the stunned ones.



Next, our travels took us to Goodlettsville, TN. My grandmother, Mary Ella, also fell in love with Sam. He loves her too.



And, here Sam is with my Uncle Scott and Aunt Beth just before a black-tie party. Sam did great and didn't spit up at all. Phew!



I was so thrilled when we got to see my Granddaddy Sam and Memmaw (Angie). Here Sam is with his namesake. He absolutely LOVES being with Granddaddy.



We took a trip to Kentucky to visit with Scott and Beth. Scott entertained Sam with an instrument I had purchased in China for him. Sam loved to watch him play it.



In fact, Scott and Beth's house was filled with fun stuff for Sam to enjoy. Here Sam is listening to and playing the drums in Scott's music room.



We still have a couple more days here and then we're back to Sevierville, Greenville and finally Raleigh. I can't wait to get back and settled down for ten days before we travel to Columbia. Geeze, this is tiring! Sam sure is taking it all in stride.

1 comment:

Jeffrey & Shannon said...

Hey! Can't believe we'll see you guys next weekend! Then you can see all of my pregnant belly you could ever possibly want!