We took advantage of the long weekend and took a trip to visit my family in Kilgore. We loaded up the vehicle and fought our way East to take the precious grandson to visit Papaw Travis and Grandma Mimi. It was a nice weekend, but way too short. Of course the weekend was ALL ABOUT CALEB!
We drove up to my parent’s home on Friday afternoon and the house seemed deceptively quiet since my brother and father had not yet returned from their weekly fishing trip. The stillness and respite didn’t last long. The moment we crossed the threshold Grandma Mimi and Aunt
Bulging-Optic-Nerve (aka Sarah) pushed Allison and I aside and scooped up precious baby Caleb.
See Caleb’s reaction to all the attention…
When Papaw Travis and Uncle David came in the door, it was like someone rang the bell and the fight began. The person left standing would have the privilege and joy to feed precious baby Caleb his cereal. Uncle David won the fight that night!
See Uncle David feeding his nephew, with Allison supervising in the background…
Eventually Aunt Sarah got an opportunity to feed Caleb as well…
The next day Papaw Travis and Uncle David took Caleb outside to meet Grandpa’s other grandchildren…his Catalpa Trees and his vegetable garden. I just know that my dad and brother are going to turn my son into an outdoorsman and I will be forced to carry my son all over the wilderness pretending to be a “real man”. I don’t think I have it in me! I’m not going to think about that now…back to the pictures.
Papaw Travis and Caleb…
Uncle David…
Papaw Travis and Uncle David conspiring with my son amongst the Catalpa Trees…
Papaw Travis’ garden…
Some of Papaw Travis’ Catalpa Trees…
After Caleb came back inside Aunt Sarah found Caleb’s puppy shoes and forced them on his feet for a Kodak Moment with his Grandma. You can really tell how much Caleb is growing by comparing the next two pictures. As you can see, Caleb is wearing his puppy shoes in both pictures.
Grandma Mimi and Caleb (March 1, 2009)
Grandma Mimi and Caleb (May 25, 2009)
While we were in East Texas, we also stopped by to see Allison’s friend Audra.
Audra and Caleb…
Audra recently had a new addition to her household…a brand new baby boy named Max.
Caleb just loved playing with Max.
Later that evening, Audra came over to visit and helped Allison give Caleb a bath and then proceeded to “fix” his hair…
This entry is way too long and taking me way too long to write…so I am just going to dump some pictures at the end...
The boys…
Caleb being sweet…
Caleb being not so sweet…
The horrible ride back home…
