On this lovely day
One of my least favorite things about where we live is it’s too far away from family.
Besides my very close and longtime friend Sheena, we have no family around which makes Starkville that much more stark for me.
Little things like having a baby make me realize how much I miss having family closer. Ennis is over three weeks old now and hasn’t met my brother or sister or his great-grandma. Luckily we have an upcoming trip that will allow him to meet some more people, but who knows when we’ll be able to make it to North Carolina where almost all of my family lives.
It’s not that we have been in serious need of more help, but it was sure nice when my mom came to visit for about 10 days and helped with the cooking and cleaning. Now we’re in survival mode with D back in the lab and me at home trying to do not too much but not too little.
Between feeding him and myself and attempting to catch up on sleep so I can get up with the baby so D has some rest to make it through the work day, there’s not a whole lot else that gets done. It took me about a week longer to get the birth announcements done and in the mail than I expected.
So it goes.
That being said, Ennis has enjoyed two family visits and of course I had the camera handy!
Ennis and Kimberly, who has not decided what she wants to be called yet. I think I might encourage me-maw Kim.
Ennis and his pawpaw. Since Daniel's dad is going for pawpaw, I feel like we need a me-maw to balance it out.
Pawpaw and Me-maw?
Just daddy
With grandma
With pawpaw
I think he's thinking about his pawpaw's mustache
One of those early nights with daddy being sweet
He does so much with his hands.
Grandma lived for those moments when he opend his eyes, but he mostly slept during her visit.
Morning at our house
We need a bigger bed. Bonus points if you can find the second dog in the photo.
This baby loves to cuddle when he's sleeping, but when he's awake he wants to move.
Peeking at grandma
Napping on daddy
Oh there are those eyes
Such good visits.
I don’t know if we’ll ever get to live closer to family, but I have hope we’ll one day be able to better afford more visits. For right now, these posts are how most of his family is getting to see him, so bring on the baby pics.
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Added on February 14, 2012
Donna says:
February 14, 2012 at 5:26 pm –
Love the first pix with your Mom! By the way, this kid looks much too alert and intelligent to be so little. I want to hold him!!!
Nate says:
February 14, 2012 at 9:01 pm –
Really cute kid. Very inquisitive.
Kimberly says:
February 15, 2012 at 8:13 pm –
Me-Maw Kim it is!