On January 10th my sister Katie gave birth to her first child, a boy name Noah. Since she is living in El Paso now, I knew that I had to go visit when she had him. I was able to go at the end of January. I was very excited to meet him and also very excited for a weekend away by myself. Of course the excitement level took a little dip when I talked to John after arriving in El Paso. The day I left John was supposed to come home early from work so I could catch my flight, but he was stuck at jury duty, so I had my friend watch the kids. He ended up being stuck a lot longer than we had thought so the kids stayed at my friend's pretty late. After an exhausting day, John finally picked up the kids and then while driving home he got REAR-ENDED! It didn't total the car, but it did enough damage that the car was in the shop for 2 weeks. And poor John had to deal with the cops and the insurance and all the jazz while all 3 kids were freaking out in the car. To make it even more fun for John, Netta hurt her arm so he had to take her to do the doctor the next day and deal with x-rays and blood work and all that fun stuff and then she was sent home with a sling and he had to try and keep her from using her arm. I just couldn't believe all this happened and I had just landed in El Paso! I really did enjoy my trip, but I would be lying if I didn't admit there was a part of me that felt guilty that I was away while John had to deal with all this craziness. Anyway, I had a blast spending time with Katie and Brad and getting to know Noah.
John and I took a knitting class in the fall and I was really excited to be able to make Noah a baby hat. I made the newborn size, but unfortunately his noggin was still a bit too small when I came out to visit.
Luckily, within about 2 weeks he had put on enough weight that the hat fit!
