Time in Texas

In mid February, I had the opportunity to fly with James to Texas to see my sweet twin sister, Melanie, and her precious new baby, Lucas Paul Mammina. Wow! What a busy and super fun trip. With three small children, different nap times, different feeding schedules, and different bed times, Melanie and I had our hands full. But we loved every minute of it since we don't get to see each other that often! James did great on the plane, except that he wanted to crawl all over the place. It was hard to restrain him to my lap, but at least the flight was only an hour.

James sitting in his own seat on the plane before take off.

(There were only about 10 people on our flight there)

Moving much faster at this point!

Precious, Precious Lucas (just a few weeks old)

Enjoying our time in Tx

James with Uncle Mario!

James with Aunt Melanie!

James thinks Aunt Mel is pretty cool.

We tried sooo hard to get a picture of all three boys looking at the camera.

James was so interested in his two cousins that he had not seen in awhile.

He kept looking to the right at Anthony....

...then looking to the left at Lucas...

then...Finally...kind of looking at the camera!

being a goober

Yay! We love reading books!

(ps... James copied just about everything Anthony did, and Anthony copied just about everything James did.... it was a hoot to watch)

Big cousin teaching James how to work a puzzle

(or, Melanie, was he taking the piece away from James?? :)

Attempting to get another picture in matching outfits.

James couldn't get enough of Anthony!

Hugs!

Anthony was such a good sport..... we just couldn't get James to keep his hands off of him! Ha

That's pretty cute, ya think?

Ok, yes, I have always had HUGE feet growing up. Anthony kept finding my shoes and tried walking around in them. I guess they looked like a Giant's shoes!

Oooh.. the Giant left her slippers out today!

Aunt Melanie blew bubbles and the boys loved watching them fall into the bath.

Trying the mohawk pose. James' mohawk didn't work so well.

On the flight home, all James wanted to do was lie down. I got him comfy in the seat beside me and he got very relaxed and just kept smiling at me. So sweet. What a big trip for a little boy. James did great and we will always remember his first flight to see his aunt and uncle and cousins! Thanks for a great time, Mel!