Kevin’s brother was going to be sealed in the Salt Lake Temple the weekend after Grandma’s party, so I decided to hang out for the week rather than take two trips. Jameson doesn’t do well without his dad after a couple days, especially if there is no other males around. Luckily, Mom and Paul hung out with us till Monday. In the meantime, I was talking to Kevin on the phone one night and asked Jameson if he wanted to talk to Dad. He came running, and tripped on one of my grandma’s many rugs. He ended up head first into the rocker. Because of the screaming and crying, I hung up with Kevin, and then couldn’t call him back cause the phone died. So in the end, Jameson never did get to talk to his dad that night. Poor guy!

(His battle wound.)

As my Mom and Paul left  Monday morning, I was left with a kicking and screaming child, who wanted to run after their car. He cried for Paul and “Gama” for a while before calming down. Over the next day or two, he became Grandpa’s shadow. This wasn’t an easy task since Grandpa is constantly coming and going. We had to put a stool in the kitchen so Jameson could watch his Great-Grandpa cutting wood in his shop. One night after dinner, Grandpa and Jameson headed outside. Grandpa found him some marbles to run through his tube. In the end, we only found 1 out of 8 marbles. Grandpa will find the rest when he mows the lawn.

My cousin sells Mary Kay, and she willingly came over to help me get some make-up. Jameson decided he needed to test it out as well.

He and Trey had to watch Grandpa outside. We had to lock the screen door, though, so they wouldn’t escape.

Throughout the week, Jameson found a few other items of Grandpa’s that he liked. He loved to wear his slippers all over the house.

He also found something I enjoyed of Grandpa’s when I stayed there over summers. His cup of Dr. Pepper. Every morning, this cup is filled with deliciousness. Jameson found he also enjoyed it.

 

When ever Grandpa was inside, Jameson insisted on being near him, usually on his lap.

By Wednesday, Jameson was starting to be a little hard to deal with. It didn’t help that I woke up nauseous. I couldn’t eat all day, and Grandma kept trying to give me crackers to get something in my stomach. The only problem was that the crackers were either expired or some multi-grain, not so tasty crackers that somewhat added to the problem. We made it through the day, got some rest that night, and Thursday I decided we needed to get out of the house. We got ready that morning and headed to the Gateway Discover Museum. Jameson loved it. When you first walked in, there was a beehive with balls and tubes that led everywhere. Some tubes sucked the balls up, while others went down and around.

The next room had all kinds of activities. A house, construction zone, farm, garden, grocery store, gas station… Jameson’s favorite was the water. He actually let me put a little muck (for some reason I think this is the name, but I have no idea what they’re called) on him so he wouldn’t get all wet.

 

Jameson loved playing the over sized xylophone.

Upstairs was more for older children. He didn’t really care about it, except for outside. There was a helicopter, which already held a bunch of kids. Instead, he became air traffic control.

After a couple hours, I was ready to go. Jameson probably would have stayed longer, but I still didn’t feel great. He was worn out, though, and fell asleep on the way home. Friday, we headed over to the airport to pick up Kevin. Jameson would have been so excited if he wasn’t asleep when we got there. Kevin met us at the car with no luggage. It was lost. On the way home, we stopped for some lunch (and good saltine crackers), and J-mo woke up to find his dad in the car. He was so excited. The rest of the day, he wouldn’t let Kevin out of his sight. Later that night Kevin got a call from the aiport. They had his bag! We could either pick it up and get $50 voucher for flying or they could deliver it. We’ll take the voucher, thanks! We picked it up after dinner with Kevin’s family, which was on our way. No harm, and we made money.

Saturday, we woke up, got packed, and headed to the temple. We made it just in time. Kevin’s brother, Jeremy, was getting sealed in the temple. The sealer was actually really funny, and it was a nice ceremony.

After a long wait, we were finally told where the luncheon would be held and we headed that direction. We enjoyed some good food, then changed and headed out for Vegas.

Thanks Grandpa and Grandma for taking care of us all week, and giving Jameson a friend.!