WOW! A one week trip to Tucson is NOT ENOUGH TIME. I didn't get to see Taylor or Dylan. I missed Heather and Karina and I only saw Casie for about two minutes. Myke and Bry had to take an emergency trip to Reno which cut short my Turner-time. It was great to see my family but I didn't get to be with them nearly enough.
Baby news...
Mariah - FREAKING AWESOME! She is so smart and so sassy and she thinks she is the Momma of all the cousins because she is the oldest. She is a mini-Jen so, obviously, she is marked for greatness.
Ryleigh - Ry-bug was as crazy and pretty as ever. I didn't get to see her as much because she had to leave town but every time she called me 'Auntie Jen' my heart-broke a little. She is a very good cuddler and she can be so sweet...
Isabelle - Bisa is intensely gorgeous. She looks like a little beach pixie. She has those crazy huge cat eyes and her teeny button nose. Combine those with her long sun-bleached hair and she should probably have mermaid fins and a rock to sing on.
Wynter - Wynnie-bug was the smallest and the most reserved of the Tucson babies. She has the most adorable corkscrew curls that dangle at the base of her baby neck and she has Becca's gigantic eyes. She makes hilarious old man faces and talks in such a sweet, little husky voice that you just want to kiss her little cheeks constantly.
Jett - Baby Airplane has basically done a personality 180 since I left. He was smiling almost constantly and he let someone besides Mykel hold him. He was adorable and walking all over the place!
Braydon - Baby Beto was SOOO happy. He is a chunk and his hair is still as black and as full as the day he was born. I got him to smile when he saw me by making funny faces but Jeremy is definitely his favorite person in the world. Beto was not afraid of people and he let us hold him right away, unlike Wynter who took almost the whole trip to warm up to me.
Everyone Else...
I got to do some vegging with Mykel, but not nearly as much as we had planned on. We watched some Vampire Diaries she had TiVoed (sweet!). I got to see Jackie and Joey's new house which is AMAZING. Plus Jackie bought me El Molinito's so I owe her my first born child. Worth it. I got to hang out with Rachel and Sims with the added bonus of seeing Lani and Cruz. Rachel got me some Eegees so that was awesome too. I got a little crackfish time in with Cassafrass. I stayed with Michelle and we had late night conversations and watched Zombieland and Four Christmases both of which were surprisingly funny. And, of course, I got to see the rest of my family... Mom and Dad were hard to pin down, Tab was good about tagging along wherever we went, I saw Nick, Chris and Jeremy here and there. Becca was around and Ang came home on Thursday. I got to see both Grammas and Uncle Robert. It still felt too rushed, though. A few hours with your loved ones is just not satisfying. I cried A LOT on the last day, especially around Mariah who just tugs at my heartstrings.
I am glad I got to go. It is worth all the achiness I now feel from the humidity and the long drive. I will be in bed A LOT this week but I wouldn't trade it for a year of healthy weeks. I will never, ever take ten months to go home for a visit again. Three months is my max. I don't even think I will make that long.
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