hi blog readers! last weekend jackson was baptized here in atlanta, at my parent’s parish where paul and i were married. jackson’s billy and his rachel came in town for it and we had the whole weekend with them which just made things that much more enjoyable. while billy and rachel are technically jackson’s GODparents, my mom is jackson’s GODgrammy. she knows and loves billy and rachel (almost) as much as paul and i do, and she’s catholic which is a plus since jackson had to have one GODparent be a practicing catholic in order to be baptized in the catholic church.
we spent this past week with paul’s parents (nana and pops) at their house. they worked so hard to create a “home away from home” for us. jackson’s uncle nater came home for the baptism and slept in the basement because his bedroom had been taken over with baby gear for the magoo.
paul left atlanta today to have a day in jacksonville before he heads to fallon, nevada for 2 weeks. he and billy were selected for a training school/program with the navy, so they will have two weeks out there together. eventhough paul misses us already, i’m thankful to know that he will have a break from diaper changing and feedings for two solid weeks. school will be tough and being away from us already is tough, but he will be able to sleep through the night knowing that both jackson and i are with family and being well taken care of.
as for me and the magoo, we are now at my parent’s house (grammy and granda’s) for the next 2 weeks until paul returns. we already enjoyed taking jackson for his first “swimming lesson a couple of days ago. paul and i can tell already that jackson will be following in his parent’s footsteps and be quite a water baby.