Jessica's Wedding

Colton and I made our first road trip to Hickory on Saturday for the night.  

My sweet cousin Jessica was getting married and it was really important to me to go.  I grew up babysitting Jessica, and we have always been close.  I was the flower girl in her parents' wedding, she was in my wedding and she had asked Jackson to be her ring bearer (which we backed out of because it was just too much to commit to).  Plus, she and Justin were getting married at Holy Trinity, which is where Ben and I got married almost 8 years ago!!  When she saw me, she started crying.  It made me so glad I decided to go and how much it meant to her that I was there.  

Not to mention that I was dying to show off my sweet baby and Mike & Jenn had not met him yet!!!

Ben was so selfless to willingly stay home with the big boys while I had a night away.  He has been swamped at work and put in over 60 hours last week.  As in he barely saw the boys & me at all.  He even went in to the office on Saturday morning for 5 hours.  So even though he was exhausted, he realized that after single parenting 3 kids under 4J for basically a week, I really needed a reprieve.  

Everyone was smitten with this little bundle.  Talk about proud grandparents!  It was such a gift to see him bring such joy to everyone.

And look at how Mike & Jenn are GLOWING when they are holding Colton.  I really really hope they catch the baby bug soon because I want my kids to have cousins :)  When holding him, Jenn looked at Mike and said, "I want one!"  He looked at her, wide-eyed, and said, "What, another beer?"  I guess we still have some time before he's ready to enter the next season.

It was such a treat to spend time with my family.  I wish Ben and the big boys could have been there with us, but honestly, it was an awesome, much needed break for me.