The first weekend I was in MD, my parents took Violet for me and I hitched a ride with a friend to my girlfriend's bridal shower in Lynchburg, VA. I was so happy to be able to make it and even happier to have someone to accompany me on the drive down. Eight hours in the car alone would have been a little bit of a drag.
Here is Katy holding her new teacher's caddy for her school desk. It is sporting her new last name. Woot Woot!
The cake for the shower was made by the groom. That's right. He was practicing for the wedding cake. He made it with some help from a friend. Pretty impressive.
After the shower I was able to meet the groom. I was pretty excited since it was my first time meeting him after hearing so much about him.
When Daniel arrived we spent a few days with family in Maryland and then headed down to Quantico, VA to do some rental house searching and some general recon for our next move. Daniel was able to meet the people he will be working with and we were able to do a lot of exploring on and off base for housing. Our goal is to get base housing, but there is not enough housing for everyone on base so it will be a timing game for us. Our hopes are to get a place pretty soon when we get there so we can settle before the baby arrives.
Our time in Quantico was very fruitful and I am thankful my parents took care of Violet for a couple of days for us. The schedule would have been too rigorous for her to tolerate without naps.
We came back and spent another day with family before we headed down to North Carolina to check in with our new renters and meet up with some dear friends. We stayed with the lovely Steel family and Violet got her letter L practice with this lovely girl, Lily.
Lily was an excellent example of a sweet girl to play with and we are thankful for her sharing heart as Violet was eager to play with all her big girl toys. We loved seeing them and are so thankful they opened their home to us on such short notice.
We love you Steels!
We were able to pack lots of visits into our short trip and we scored time with the Klingensteins and the Thomas family and lunch with the Paynes, Goodfellows and Friedleins. Thanks for opening your home up to the large crowd, Jim and Jenny!
We finally got to meet Baby Joe!
Daniel with Gary and Jim
My quick shot of Jenny, Rosa, and Melissa. Thank you ladies for the yummy meal! Just like old times on Sunday evenings, except a little shorter in time.
We caught breakfast with some dear friends from Berean and were delighted to meet the Akin's little one, Annika. What a sweetheart!
When in New Bern it is necessary to go to Baker's Square for breakfast.
Robin and baby girl.
Thank you for taking the time out of your days to meet up with us. It was a great quick visit!
After North Carolina, we drove up to Lynchburg to celebrate my friend's wedding. Violet and I were both in the wedding so we were busy the entire time. Daniel was corralling the little body and I was busy being bridesmaid so unfortunately we have no pictures to show from it. I can say Violet looked adorable in a white dress I scored on Target clearance and she walked the whole aisle holding the little ring bearer's hand. It was pretty precious. We were proud of her behavior and Daniel is always excellent with her, so all in all it was an amazing visit with very little fussiness despite the strange schedule and abbreviated nap times. Beautiful wedding! I was so glad to be able to be there. Congratulations Patrick and Katy! Can't wait to see more pictures.
We drove up late to Maryland on the night of the 3rd and spent the last few hours of our trip with my family on the 4th. We had a delicious cookout meal and flew away that evening. The flight was pleasant because we were upgraded to business class and had an extra seat for Violet. She ended up sleeping on the floor for two hours thanks to no turbulence. Daddy did a great job with her then as well. I was wearing down quickly from the busy schedule and was thankful to get home after a wonderful long visit.
We arrived home to two sweet surprises. One, our neighbors stocked our fridge with some breakfast goodies and food for Violet for the day. It made my travel recovery day much better not having to rush to the store right away. Thank you dear neighbors. We love you so!
The second surprise is still ongoing...
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