After visiting with our family, we packed the car and headed to Augusta,GA. Since I had carried Andrew almost the whole pregnancy in Augusta, we couldn't wait to finally introduce him to all our friends! This leg of the trip was 4.5 hours in which Andrew slept 4 of those hours!! I love that he enjoys traveling!! Some of our dearest friends, the Bruces, were so sweet to host us for the weekend. Once we got there Saturday evening, we had another "Bracen" (Bruces+Paces+Herrens) dinner!! We used to get together every Sunday evening for dinner and fellowship. It was so nice to be back with our friends!! They were so excited to finally meet our Andrew!! Everyone welcomed him with open arms and just couldn't get enough of him!! :) The next morning, Andrew made his first visit to Central CoC. What an exciting morning!! We were met at the door with hugs and smiles! No one knew we were in town, so it made for a good surprise!! We just love the members at that congregation and couldn't wait to see them again, in addition to introducing them to our newest addition! After a wonderful morning of worship and catching up with our dear friends, we headed back to the Bruces for lunch. We spent the afternoon resisting and enjoying time together.
Sonja and Cindy meeting Andrew for the first time!
Andrew joining us at the table for the first time!
Andrew with Grayson and Whitney!
Our little dude!
Andrew and Winston
Grayson had some friends over! Andrew didn't mind! ;)
Birthday girl with Andrew!
That evening, we found out our sweet friend, Ben Ham, had the night off (which was uncommon for this surgery resident). So we got in the car to visit with the Ham family!! David and Ben used to love running together, so the boys met to run while the moms and kids met to play and fix dinner. While running, Ben began to notice an allergic reaction he had to some hand wash was spreading. Once they got home, Ben's reaction had spread all over his body!! Needless to say, I am so glad we were there that evening!! David took Ben to the hospital where he was given an IV and asked to stay for observations for 12 hours!! David then came back to grab some dinner. Jediah had a hard day and was ready for bed. So, David, Andrew and I took Ben's car and some clothes back to him for work the next day. Thankfully, the meds helped and Ben was back at work the next day! Even with the craziness, it was still so wonderful to catch up with this family!!
Buddies! Jediah Ham and Andrew
We began Monday visiting the Drake family. David and I had babysat for this family the past 4 years. We have grown to love this family as if they were our own family! The boys were out of town attending the Georgia Tech football game in Virginia, so we got to catch up with the girls. Cynthia and Molly could not wait to meet Andrew! Molly seemed so big as she held Andrew and rocked him to sleep. We enjoyed playing, eating lunch and catching up with these sweet friends!
Jennifer, Cynthia and Molly Drake meeting Andrew!
Our big girl rocking Andrew to sleep!
David loving on his girls!
Even on the road, works on his tummy time!
Love these sweet kiddos!
Gracious! One happy, happy little girl!! :)
Laura and Andrew
Ashlee and Mary Walker
Sweet Momma Russ!
Such a sweet, sweet friend!! Love you!
