Good morning!
We are back from our whirlwind weekend in Houston, feeling a little exhausted and very happy.
It was a weekend full of celebrations.
We left Austin in the late afternoon on Friday. We hit a ton of traffic, but eventually made it, all in good spirits.
We only give James a pacifier on road trips, so I always have to snap a picture because I think he looks so cute 🙂
I must say though, I’m driving back to Houston next week without my husband and I am not looking forward to doing the drive alone with James. He did pretty well, but definitely required a steady stream of toys / distractions to keep it together in the car for three hours. Oh well, it will be worth it!
We got to Houston in time for little James to do a little light reading and play with his grandparents a little before going to bed.
Saturday we celebrated my little brother’s (also named James) birthday. He flew in from Chicago for the occasion. I hadn’t seen him since Christmas, it was so great to catch up! I totally failed to take pictures, but we went out for a great, long lunch at an Italian place called Giacomo’s.
My husband then took James home for a nap so that I could go shopping with my mom, sister, and brother for some things for my sister’s wedding – so fun! We went to BHLDN, a store owned by Anthropologie that specializes in wedding dresses, accessories, and decor…so many pretty things.
I did not get much sleep Saturday night, but woke up excited to celebrate James’s baptism Sunday morning! It made for a very special first mother’s day for me and it meant so much to me to have my whole family there with us.
I want to re-dress James in his little outfit soon to get some better pictures. We had to rush to the church right after he woke up from a nap and he was really ready to go by the time the service was over. I think it’s safe to say his favorite part of his outfit was the bow tie.
We went back to my parents’ house for brunch while James took one more nap before we hit the road. It was such a quick trip, but so, so fun. And it wasn’t too sad saying goodbye since I’m going back in less than a week!
Do you live close to your family?
What was the best part of your weekend?
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This sounds like a great weekend! How special that James was baptized on Mother’s Day 🙂 The pictures of his little outfit are too cute… Hope you had a great day/weekend celebrating with your family!
Thank you! It took some effort to key the bow tie on him, but it made it through the baptism 🙂
omg his suspenders kill me! 😀 😀 <3 Sounds like a great weekend with family time. AND Happy Mother's day! My family is all within 30-40 minutes of me which is amazing. I will especially love it when baby girl is here!
Hehe, thank you 🙂 That is SO nice that your family is close by! I love having mine in driving distance because I used to live across the country, so this is a big improvement.
His baptismal outfit is too cute! Looks like a lovely weekend. We are really lucky because my parents, and my husbands are here in town.
Thank you!! That is really nice, my family is a three hour drive away, but my husband’s family lives across the country in Wisconsin and we don’t get to see them nearly enough.