Tommy goes to No Cal

On July 24, we flew from Jax to Northern Cal to visit with our friends who have been in Japan for the last 2 years, Jim & Julie. We were surprised at the airport by Aunt Mary, or as the kids lovingly call her, May May! She drove all the way to the airport just to get a few minutes to meet Tommy. You can see that Tommy was happy to meet her!





















Jim & Julie have a daughter who is only 5 days older than Tommy and we have the honor of being her godparents. So the trip was doubly special because we got to see their family and be there when Reagan was baptized. As you can see, she gives Tommy some good competition in the weight category! We had a great time with them: we got to spend a day in Sonoma while Julie's mom watched all 4 kids, we took a ride in Julie's dad's boat across the bay to have lunch at his yacht club and the baptism was very intimate and special. Tommy was a great traveler and adjusted to the 3 hour time change much easier than I though. I must admit I was dreading it but he was a trooper. The time spent with them could not have been better! We did get some really cute bathtub pictures but unfortunately we didn't get any where both of them were not exposed!

































































After our long weekend with them, we visited Tommy's godmother, Carissa, in Walnut Creek. Tommy & Darcy had lots of fun together, but it was tough to get a good picture of them at the same time. How is Tommy ever going to choose between all these girls!?

8 month photos

We took Tommy to get his 8 month pics taken almost 2 weeks ago. He is becoming much more tentative and aware of new surroundings, so it was a bit of a struggle to get him to smile just right, and to stay still for that matter since he is crawling all over now. But we did manage to capture a few adorable pictures so here they are! By the way, Tommy is mastering the army crawl although he is still not up on the hands and knees. Perhaps his proudest accomplishment is pulling up to standing, especially in his crib. He is quite pleased by this and thoroughly enjoys doing it instead of taking naps! My next post will be pics of our trip to Northern California....I'll put them up soon!