North Carolinaaaaaaaa!!!

We recently had the blessing to be able to take our little JJ to North Carolina to visit with his abuelitos, grandparents, aunts, uncle and cousins. Unfortunately, we will not be able to be in NC during the actual holidays, so we were glad to be able to make this quick, last-minute trip. These times always fly by, seem so short, and are filled with so much joy and so many smiles...

JJ laughed so hard with his abuelita, who sang to him, chased him around and simply gave him much amor! :)Having a fun conversation with Tia Natalia...Showing off his walking skills with Abuelito...Waiting for his Cheerios from Abuelita..."Mira Abuelita, no hands!!!" :)JJ was sad to say goodbye, but enjoyed a last lunch with Abuelito at his workplace...A huge blessing is having both of our families so close that we are able to visit with both on one trip. JJ loves Valenzuela-time and Greene-time...double the fun...double the love! :)

Reading a book with Grandpa Chick, who also gave him his first Skittle!Sleeping sweetly with GramsUncle Josh waking with two sweet babies..."Learning"...or eating...numbers with aunt GingerAunt Val with sweet, 3-month-old, Lily...One of the highlights of our trip...playing basketball with PatrickDaddy loving the fall outdoors with little JJJ loves his cousin Lily (just a reminder of how big our little boy is getting!)Trying to get a nice Christmas portrait of the cousins. I think they were all overly stimulated by everyone trying to make them smile...I think they forgot how to smile altogether at the end...but they were still cute together! :) Hopefully we'll be back soon! Family time is sooo precious to us.