Was it ever!! Friday we started by going with Grandma Carolyn, Grandpa O and the older boys to Nativity's summer social. The boys had a blast riding rides and eating cotton candy. Daddy was tired, so he volunteered to stay home with Gabriel. Saturday we went for a walk in the neighborhood since it was actually comfortable outside!! There are pictures below of Josh getting everything together so Gabriel could go along. That afternoon, from 4-6, Dad, Tim and I answered phones for the WIKY Riley Telethon. It was pretty slow in the beginning, but picked up towards the end. After that we all went over to Grandma Maggie and Grandpa Mike's house to celebrate Justin's birthday. I can't believe I have a six year old child. I remember taking him home from the hospital - it was raining actually. After what felt like a big fuss of getting him in the door, introducing him to Cosmo, taking a bunch of "welcome home" pictures and then getting him settled into his bassinet, I thought to myself, "now what?". 6 years later and I still say that with him sometimes! Anyway, he got lots of good loot, most of it "Cars" related. I think the favorite is the "real race track" from Grandma and Grandpa Wittmer, but he was also excited about the Cars sheets and the new chapter book from Grandma and Grandma Smith. Aunt Kaci and Uncle Justin actually diverged from the Cars theme with the game Battleship and a ball that pretends to be a frisbee, or something like that. Anyway, he liked it.
Sunday was baptism day. We had everyone (well, a small select group) over to the house for brunch and then went to the cathedral for the baptism. Father Gregory knew we didn't want to bring him to mass and didn't want a crowd around him. There was already a baptism scheduled for right after mass, so he offered to do it a full hour after mass, just so we could avoid a bunch of people. We were so grateful b/c the alternative would probably have been to wait until spring, which would have been ok, but we are glad we didn't need to wait.
This afternoon was pretty much hanging out and relaxing - and eating leftovers!
Happy Birthday Gabriel!
14 years ago
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Josh and Peggy,
I haven't talked to you in FOREVER. I finally got to catch up on Gabe....with the move, I haven't had the internet at home in almost a week, and checking it at work has been impossible (it's been really hectic). I'm so incredibly glad to see he is doing well. Do you still have your sleep study on the 27th? He looks great in the pictures....his hair cracks me up. Can't wait to see you all sometime soon hopefully. Give Gabe and the boys a hug from Nurse Laura.
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