Before Christmas Holiday Travels 2007

Well, this last 3 weeks have been crazy! Brinson's vocabulary has been expanding daily and he never ceases to amaze us at what he knows that we didn't have a clue he even understood. One morning before work, Bo was reading books with Brinson and he wanted to read DR. SUESS, the Foot Book...and before Bo could start, Brinson pointed to his sockless foot and said "not sock (paused)... cold toes" and then looked to the other side and said "not cold (paused) pointing... "my sock." Bo asked me if I taught him that and I was just as shocked as he was to hear it. He says most anything immediately after hearing someone say it and has lots of 2-3 word phrases with some 4 word simple sentences/phrases within the past week. Brinson battled his first ear infection since his tubes were placed last April...so I thought he did very well having tubes, considering this illness comes with the season. Due to being under the weather, he wasn't able to play in our first powder snow of the winter...we received about 3-4 inches! Our friend Kami made it back from her 4 month Mission Trip to Africa! She flew back in to DC and extended her stay...so we were able to grab lunch with her before she returned to Nashville. She is an amazing person with lots of inspiring stories to tell from her time in Africa...check out the link to read about her personal journey. This past weekend we went to Williamsburg for the day. We strolled the streets of the original colonial town, admired beautiful seasonal decorations from the 18th century, went to some of the boutiques in the main town, watched the "neigh neigh" horse drawn carriages, toured some of the homes as well as Bruton Parish Episcapal Church where we learned the 18th century history of this very famously attended church...such as 7 of the signees to the Declaration of Independence and Mrs. Martha Custis prior to her marriage to GW and then we were on the road again...We stayed the night in Virginia Beach with our friends, the Ullian's. We ate at Primo's for dinner then had assorted cheese/crackers/fruit with several wine selections after dinner. We also met their other house guests, Brian and Stacy. We had a great time. On Sunday, we had the privilege of attending church services with Maureen and hearing Mr. Jim preach! On our way home we decided to drive by the White House Christmas Tree to see it lit up at night. I attempted to take pics but none faired well with the lighting. The next day I took Brinson to Arlington Cemetary to see the wreath layed tombs and then went to lunch with Claire and Tierney...the wife and daughter of Bo's fraternity brother, Randall from Ole Miss. Then we were on the road to our next destination...Sarah's house. Sarah and her family love Maverick and kept him over the weekend...so we went to pick Mav up and have tea with the girls! Since then went to visit Taylor and his mommy Candise, had Jasmin and her mommy Sarah over for lunch, had repairmen over to replace the hot water tank that went bad and the repair the cracked windshield from a rock hitting us this week and tonight we had dinner with Sarah Kate, Nathan and their parents! Whew...so we are packed and ready to leave for our Holiday! To Be Continued...trying to upload pics but not working at the moment...too tired to mess with it!