Round 2 Begins

Well, with the arrival of Santa this Christmas, Jordan has now begun experiencing holidays and such for the second time. Jordan met Santa on Christmas Eve at Perimeter Mall (nothing like waiting until the last possible minute and almost missing it).

Anyway, after we informed Santa of what we wanted, we had a wonderful Christmas. Grandma and Grandpa Crosby came up on Christmas morning and stayed for a few days. Jordan always loves playing with grandpa. Here, he is explaining the calendar he gave them to Grandma Mikki.

After spending Christmas Eve with Ross' parents, Lindy and Ross came over on Christmas morning to open presents and see Jordan. Does anyone know who just LOVES his Uncle Ross?

We all had a great Christmas dinner at Lindy and Ross' house with Kevin, Angela, Jodie, Jason, and Noah joining us.

Christmas was much different this year with a one-year-old than it was with a 2-week-old. Jordan really racked up on the toys this year from everyone. Although he enjoys the boxes more than what's inside.

We're thinking we are going to need to build a parking garage in the living room for all his vehicles: dump truck, convertible car, motorcycle, and fire truck. That doesn't count the insane number of smaller and/or non-vehicle toys the kid has.

Jordan had already started walking while pushing one of his toys or a dining room chair. But he is now beginning to take his first steps without holding on to anything. As of today, he has taken about 6 consecutive steps on his own.

Jordan's First Spring Break Trip (Part 1)

For our "end of Nez's maternity/Andy's spring break" trip, we decided to take Jordan down to Florida to meet some family and friends who have not met him yet. Jordan did great on his first airplane trip and did not cry a single time the whole flight. He must have enjoyed the upgrade to Business Class.



Jordan was able to spend Saturday and Sunday in sunny South Florida with Grandma and Grandpa Crosby and their crazy pups. Although as soon as he put his sunglasses on, the daily afternoon showers rolled in.





On Sunday afternoon, Jordan got to meet his cousin Marta, who also lives in South Florida.



Later that evening, Jordan met several new family members. When we visited the Banta house, Jordan decided catching some "z"s was the most important thing.



He did decide to wake up for Great-Grandmom Leona, Nenie, and Lexi.





Part 2 of Jordan's first spring break trip to Florida will be Monday and Tuesday when we make the drive up to Sebring to see Lito and Lita again. Jordan will also be meeting his anxiously awaiting bisabuelito and bisabuelita there on Monday.

TO BE CONTINUED...