Mother's Day in VA

I can't believe it's already been a full week since Jack and I returned from Virginia. We left the Thursday before Mother's Day and returned home a week later. Lyle came back earlier than we did to go back to work on Tuesday, which left me and Jack to fly home by ourselves! I was way more nervous about it than Jack was. He was perfectly well-behaved on both flights...the pressure changes didn't seem to bother him and the people around us were all pleasantly surprised by the lack of crying. I was so relieved both times to touch the ground, though! I was about a nervous wreck.

Here are some pics of our time in Virginia...we got to see lots of family and friends. Mother's Day was particularly a treat because we went to Mitty's house in Winchester. The weather was perfect that day, and it was so good to catch up with everyone.


The only bad part of the day was the trip home, where we got stuck in traffic on the interstate and poor Jack was inconsolable for about 45 minutes. I felt like such a horrible mother (which you shouldn't feel like on your first Mother's Day!!) but there was nothing we could do. We were stuck between exits in stand-still construction traffic. It was a bit of a nightmare, but the day was still very good overall.

We had lots of good time at Aunt Amy's house. We played a LOT of Guitar Hero there!


Here comes trouble...It was so crazy watching David toddle around the house and knowing that he's the size Jack will be a year from now! Boy, will we be busy chasing after him!!

Here are the two cousins together. I wish I could have gotten a picture of Jack when Mary played peek-a-boo with him. Jack took a particular liking to his Big Cousin Mary. When he's a little bigger he'll have more fun playing with David. For now, David still frightens him a bit!

Thanks to everyone we got to see and visit with! We had a great time!