Well, Maxwell’s first Christmas has come and gone and I don’t think it could have been any better!! I was down in Naples, FL visiting my parents with the baby for the past week while Robert flew down to join us on Tuesday. Maxwell’s great grandmother, Susu, and great-great aunt, Dodo were there all week as well. My brother, Keath, and his wife, Jen, drove over on Thursday with their 19 month old cutey chatterbox, Delaney. While I really missed seeing my family in Searcy, we had a house full down in Naples and I loved it!! I took over 700 pictures and it’s going to take me a while to go through them all. I guess I’ll just start at the beginning of the week and give you all the rundown of events. Sound good? good. Here we go….
Last Sunday, Maxwell and I hopped on a plane and took a direct flight into Tampa. Thankfully he slept almost the entire flight. GJ was waiting for us at the airport and Maxwell was super excited to see her…
We had a few hours to kill in Tampa before Susu and Dodo’s plane got in so we loaded into the car and headed to the mall for some last minute shopping…
Shopping wears you out though and we soon had to head back to the car for a little nap…
We finally made it to Naples pretty late Sunday night. Early Monday morning, GJ and I took Maxwell down to the beach to meet all of his exercise buddies! These are all my mom’s great friends from her fun dance aerobics class. They loved getting to see Maxwell…and I loved getting to take the class!
Maxwell with GJ and 2 of her best buds, Judy and Becky…
I love this picture because it’s exactly how things were all week…everyone wanting to get their face in close to my little chubbo!
That afternoon, Maxwell got to play with Susu…
and Daddo…
He was such a happy little guy with everyone! The next morning brought a little more playtime with Susu….
My cute little guy was definitely getting ready for Christmas to arrive…
Ok, that’s two days of pictures done! I’ll be back tomorrow with LOTS more!! Have a great day!
Jan says
It was a great Christmas – so glad that Maxwell is such a good traveler! So glad that SuSu and DoDo also got to be in on the fun of the “fourth generation”! Great times – great memories!
Jen says
Ho! Ho! Ho! Love the pic with Maxwell and Daddo!
Dad says
We had a blast. Like all great times they end too quickly. He says to thank everyone down there for making his first X-mas so special, particularly GJ for all of her hard work in the kitchen. He knows he can’t eat all of that good food, but he has never seen someone make such a mess and have everyone compliment her for it! She must be special. We can’t wait to get back down there again soon for some fun in the sun!
Cara says
Missed y’all too, but looks like the Naples celebration was perfect. Now we wait with Keath and Jen and Delaney for their baby boy–the Patterson name lives on!
Keath says
You got some great pictures!
Amy Morledge says
such great pictures! I don’t know how you get such good quality pics, but everyone is jealous (including me!) Missed seeing y’all but hopefully we’ll see everyone soon! It was Birc’s first time to have fried quail, and Granddaddy ate enough for 3 people! Happy first Christmas to Maxwell!