This weekend we took a trip down to Bloomington, Indiana to help Uncle Jake move into his dorm room at IU. We spent Friday night at Uncle Chad and Aunt Jamie's-in Indianapolis-and had a great time. We got to visit and hang out and Avery got to play with her cousin, Garrett, whom she just loves. Garrett's only 6 months older, but Avery just couldn't keep up-her walking isn't quite up to par! But it was so cute to watch her try to play with him and copy what he did:) Artie got to hang with his older brother, which he loves to do, and Jamie and I got to talk mom stuff and reality TV:) It was a great time and we thank them for letting us stay-Jamie makes yummy pancakes! Then Saturday we were up nice and early to get down to IU. It was a hot day-in the 90s-and, of course, Jake's in one of the oldest dorms with NO AIR and on the 10th floor no less! It was absolutely miserable, but typical for college moving day-brought memories back to Artie and I of our college days...The fight for a good spot to unload in front of the dorm, trying to lug as much as possible, fights for the elevator, massive chaos in the room to arrange and unpack, trips around town to do the completion shopping for all the things you forgot or didn't know you needed, meeting your roommate for the first time and feeling a little awkward, making the trip to the bookstore and spending most of the money you made in one summer to buy the first semester's worth of books...but it's all the most amazing experience! We can hardly believe Jake's off at college. Artie has known him since he was 6 yrs old and now he's a college freshman! Since Jake's so much younger than Artie and I, it's almost like we were sending one of our own kids away-we definitely got a taste of what it will be like if Avery decides to go away to college:( So, congrats to our little bro and Avery's Uncle Jake for all that you've accomplished and we will be making many trips down to IU to see how you grow and adjust to your new lifestyle-Go Hoosiers (after the Irish, of course)! 
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Uncle Jake
This weekend we took a trip down to Bloomington, Indiana to help Uncle Jake move into his dorm room at IU. We spent Friday night at Uncle Chad and Aunt Jamie's-in Indianapolis-and had a great time. We got to visit and hang out and Avery got to play with her cousin, Garrett, whom she just loves. Garrett's only 6 months older, but Avery just couldn't keep up-her walking isn't quite up to par! But it was so cute to watch her try to play with him and copy what he did:) Artie got to hang with his older brother, which he loves to do, and Jamie and I got to talk mom stuff and reality TV:) It was a great time and we thank them for letting us stay-Jamie makes yummy pancakes! Then Saturday we were up nice and early to get down to IU. It was a hot day-in the 90s-and, of course, Jake's in one of the oldest dorms with NO AIR and on the 10th floor no less! It was absolutely miserable, but typical for college moving day-brought memories back to Artie and I of our college days...The fight for a good spot to unload in front of the dorm, trying to lug as much as possible, fights for the elevator, massive chaos in the room to arrange and unpack, trips around town to do the completion shopping for all the things you forgot or didn't know you needed, meeting your roommate for the first time and feeling a little awkward, making the trip to the bookstore and spending most of the money you made in one summer to buy the first semester's worth of books...but it's all the most amazing experience! We can hardly believe Jake's off at college. Artie has known him since he was 6 yrs old and now he's a college freshman! Since Jake's so much younger than Artie and I, it's almost like we were sending one of our own kids away-we definitely got a taste of what it will be like if Avery decides to go away to college:( So, congrats to our little bro and Avery's Uncle Jake for all that you've accomplished and we will be making many trips down to IU to see how you grow and adjust to your new lifestyle-Go Hoosiers (after the Irish, of course)! 
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