Christmas in the City of "Beautiful Homes, Churches, Schools and Parks"
The day after Christmas, Dada, Isaac, Uncle Chriskey, and I left for Jackson, Missouri, where Isaac's great-grandparents and my extended family all live. Isaac is exceptionally lucky in that he has a full set of great-grandparents on his mother's side who have seen him and are among the blog-faithful, and, while we don't make it to southeast Missouri as frequently as we would like, we hoped to make up for that a bit by driving the extra 6 hours from Indy to visit them for a belated Christmas get-together.
As was the trip from Delaware to Indianapolis, so was the trip to Missouri -- completely painless and full of naps, Little Einsteins, stickers, and book-reading. Here is the toddler, busy with the booklet that comes with his Little Einsteins DVD:
Our first stop was at Great-Grandma and -Grandpa Ross's (Grandpa Ross's mom and dad). Here is the proud Pawpaw showing off his grandbaby:
And here is the grandbaby's mama, growing large enough to accrete small planets to her belly (this is at 31 weeks and 6 days):
Looking on, a boisterous part of the family whoops it up on the couches with Dada -- Pawpaw's sister Cindy, her hubs Billy, and kids Ross and Lucy:
After gorging on dinner accompanied by delicious, handmade "butt rolls" prepared by Great-Grandma Ross (and two pieces of homemade cherry pie for the pregnant lady), we were opening presents again. Off the top of my head I recall that Isaac got two nifty and interactive books, a track suit, some money, and this really neat LeapFrog Fridge Phonics set that we are playing with a lot now that we are home. Dada helped him open the latest haul:
The next day we headed over to Great-Grandma and -Grandpa Peetz's house (Isaac's Grandma Ross's mom and dad -- confused yet? Let's refer to Grandma Ross as "Meemaw" to keep it clear) for a huge country breakfast, lovingly prepared by Meemaw. Here is Isaac shoving grapes in his pie-hole after eschewing the sausage links:
...which was probably a good thing, since all the wrasslin' done by he and Uncle Chriskey would have surely resulted in some serious upchucking:
After breakfast we headed down to the basement to open gifts. First, though, Isaac had to show off some of his new Thomas collection (the entirety of which had accompanied us to Jackson) to the adoring crowd:
And then the haul began. Here, Isaac got (again, off the top of my head) candy, Spiderman house slippers, a groovy dump truck with a rubber handle on top that he is currently using to transport his trains from place to place, Christmas ornaments for next year's tree, and, the crown jewel of the Peetz Christmas, his very first big wheel:
We spent that night in Jackson and then we were headed back home to complete our whirlwind Great-Grandparent visits, and to spend the rest of our Christmas vacation in Indianapolis. It was so nice to see the family we don't get to see so often. Hopefully we'll get a chance to get back to Missouri this year before Christmas rolls around again.
editor's note: all pictures provided by Isaac's Meemaw, except for the adorable picture of Pawpaw and Isaac, provided by my great-aunt Carolyn -- thanks, ladies!
As was the trip from Delaware to Indianapolis, so was the trip to Missouri -- completely painless and full of naps, Little Einsteins, stickers, and book-reading. Here is the toddler, busy with the booklet that comes with his Little Einsteins DVD:
Our first stop was at Great-Grandma and -Grandpa Ross's (Grandpa Ross's mom and dad). Here is the proud Pawpaw showing off his grandbaby:
And here is the grandbaby's mama, growing large enough to accrete small planets to her belly (this is at 31 weeks and 6 days):
Looking on, a boisterous part of the family whoops it up on the couches with Dada -- Pawpaw's sister Cindy, her hubs Billy, and kids Ross and Lucy:
After gorging on dinner accompanied by delicious, handmade "butt rolls" prepared by Great-Grandma Ross (and two pieces of homemade cherry pie for the pregnant lady), we were opening presents again. Off the top of my head I recall that Isaac got two nifty and interactive books, a track suit, some money, and this really neat LeapFrog Fridge Phonics set that we are playing with a lot now that we are home. Dada helped him open the latest haul:
The next day we headed over to Great-Grandma and -Grandpa Peetz's house (Isaac's Grandma Ross's mom and dad -- confused yet? Let's refer to Grandma Ross as "Meemaw" to keep it clear) for a huge country breakfast, lovingly prepared by Meemaw. Here is Isaac shoving grapes in his pie-hole after eschewing the sausage links:
...which was probably a good thing, since all the wrasslin' done by he and Uncle Chriskey would have surely resulted in some serious upchucking:
After breakfast we headed down to the basement to open gifts. First, though, Isaac had to show off some of his new Thomas collection (the entirety of which had accompanied us to Jackson) to the adoring crowd:
And then the haul began. Here, Isaac got (again, off the top of my head) candy, Spiderman house slippers, a groovy dump truck with a rubber handle on top that he is currently using to transport his trains from place to place, Christmas ornaments for next year's tree, and, the crown jewel of the Peetz Christmas, his very first big wheel:
We spent that night in Jackson and then we were headed back home to complete our whirlwind Great-Grandparent visits, and to spend the rest of our Christmas vacation in Indianapolis. It was so nice to see the family we don't get to see so often. Hopefully we'll get a chance to get back to Missouri this year before Christmas rolls around again.
editor's note: all pictures provided by Isaac's Meemaw, except for the adorable picture of Pawpaw and Isaac, provided by my great-aunt Carolyn -- thanks, ladies!
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