Bless Your Heart

The Saturday before Christmas Jake and I went to the airport to welcome home Shannon, Mustachio & Emily from China! When I called Sara to ask if I could take the boys (Joey couldn’t go, he had to go to bed), Sara asked Jake

“Do you want to go with Aunt Shanny to the airport?”

“Yes! What’s the airport?”

Sara explained that’s where the planes fly in and out. So Jake was psyched. We got there and parked and went into the baggage area and promptly walked right past Shannon & the crew. We walked all the way to the other end of baggage claim before we found out we had come in right where we needed to be. While walking around Jake said to me “Shanny I don’t see any planes in here.”

I was looking for everyone at the luggage carousel and spotted Mustachio. He directed me over to the gang and there were many hugs and tears. I managed to take just a couple of pictures.

Isn’t she just the sweetest?? Shannon let me hold Em and I just melted. She smiled at me and seemed fascinated by my lip gloss (that’s my kind of girl!). She’s so tiny!

Shannon’s sister Erin was there too. I really like her and it was good to see her for a minute. Plus she told me she reads this blog regularly. So here’s a shout out to Erin! Holla! You’re allowed to leave a comment! :)

So after we visited for a little while they left to go home and searched for a good place to watch the planes take off. I’d promised Jake planes after all! I found a good spot and pulled over and put Jake up on the hood of my car. He wasn’t so sure of our location. Apparently he wasn’t the only one with that opinion. We weren’t there 5 minutes before a cop pulled up. What’s going on here he wanted to know. I explained I was just trying to show my nephew some planes and he pointed me in the direction of a little overlook park. Who knew we even had one of those? When he left I was putting Jake back in his car seat and said something about how I was worried I was going to get hauled off to jail with my 4 year old nephew in tow. And I would NOT do well in prison. Jake said “Don’t worry Aunt Shanny. Police man only takes bad guys to jail.” Whew.

I followed the cop’s directions and found this great spot where we could see all the airport lights. The planes were taking off right in front of us. There were benches and trash bins and even enough room for a picnic. If, you know, it wasn’t freezing and nighttime. We watched the planes for about a half hour then headed home. Jakey fell asleep on the ride home from our “date”.

More pictures of Em’s homecoming here. I can’t even tell you how happy and excited I am for the Mustachio Family. I about cried all the way to the airport. And then I cried on the way home. Perhaps I need to adjust my meds.