When Jack was nearly 3 months old – we surprised my sister with a visit. On a ridiculously snowy day.

Fitzy took those shots!

And those!

He ADORES that baby!

It breaks my heart to be far away from that sweet boy.

My brother visited the second weekend in January and Samm made the trip over with little Jack – since he hadn’t met G yet!

CHRISTMAS!

Derek & Jessica gave the boys their extra iPads that were given to them! AWESOME!

Meeting Jack for the first time!

They are the just the best of friends! It’s so cute!

PERFECTION!

GGG and GG with their newest great-grandchild!

OH MY WORD!!!

COUSINS!

And now – to get one of all five of them!

We did get ONE that will work! Crazies! Well – mostly Fitzy!

LOOK AT HOW BIG ENOCH IS! WHAT!

LOVE LOVE LOVE those ones!

We had SUCH a great time with everyone! It was a little crazy at times – but the kids did great and love spending time together!

Can’t WAIT to get together again!

We visited Jack the week after he was born – Fitzy couldn’t wait any longer!

Trying to take his newborn pictures while my little guys ran around – was tough! But we got some pictures of what life is really like with a newborn!

LOVE!!

Jack – you are SO loved!

In between and after and all around – I took pictures of our trip to see baby Jack!

Sweetness!

He just adores his baby Jack sparrow the pirate!

This guy – he’s too much!

My mom was sick – so my dad made the trip out alone.

Xavier adores Enoch!

And Enoch adores my dad!

LOVE those shots!!

I didn’t post this one on facebook – for obvious reasons – and with Samm’s permission – I am posting it here – because it is BEAUTIFUL!

Samm and her two favorite guys!

He just loves his Sammy and his Jack. He asks every day if he can see them. Sweet boys.

On Friday – the 26th – I got a call from Xavier – my sister’s husband – saying – COME NOW! Wait. What?

We figured it out – and Samm was being induced – so I hopped in the car and drove 3 hours to NJ. The boys and Jared stayed at my parents – which worked out wonderfully.

Samm progressed very slowly. We waited. And waited. And waited.

I went back to their apartment Friday night and slept – waiting for a phone call. When I got to the hospital Saturday morning – it had been a long night – but at least Samm was able to sleep. Saturday moved slowly – and by evening – I went back to the apartment – got ready to watch Doctor Who and eat some pizza – and a text came in. Come now – they are prepping her for a c-section!

And then the cries. Those sweet baby cries!

Isn’t he GORGEOUS!

He weighed a little over 8 lbs. Such a sweetie!

BE STILL MY HEART!

Samm had a rough recovery immediately after her c-section. It was a few hours before she was able to hold little Jack.

He was born at 8:48 in the evening on December 27th.

I went back to the apartment and slept. I knew I would have to leave by noon the next day – so I made sure to come back and get lots of love in!

BEAUTIFUL!!

I am so thankful that I was able to be there! Jack – you are so loved! You have an incredible momma and such a sweet dadda to love you!

Enoch turned one on November 19th – crazy!

We had a party for him at the beginning of November – along with my sister’s baby shower for sweet Jack!

My sweet family! I just LOVE them!

He LOVED his zucchini bread cake!

My brother and his family were in town for the parties – so we took advantage of the cousin time!

In the spring – we will try to combine birthday parties and then again in the fall – it’s so much easier with everyone farther apart!

FOR A BUNDLE OF JOY!

AHHHHHHHHHH! I am SO SO SO SO SO excited that my sister is having a baby!

Fitzy HAD to share in the news!

I cannot WAIT to see if she’s having a little boy or girl! I guess GIRL! And I guess that her name will be Danielle! 😉