Finally! I got to meet the newest member of my family--Bryson David Schrimpf. Is he the sweetest thing or what??? I got to hold him on my lap yesterday afternoon but he was not crazy about that idea at all! He liked me much better from a safe distance, and on his father's lap instead of mine!*
Our directions from mapquest were printed in reverse order for some reason, so Lynn tried to navigate us to their house trying to remember that everything would be backwards. We did fine until it came to splitting off at the freeway, when we went right rather than left. Oops! We had to turn around and head back south, retracing some of our steps, even going so far as to drive on a section of road marked "closed"--we had nothing to lose! We'd gotten a map before turning around which Lynn ably used to get us "on the right track", as Timmy used to say. Jamie also helped us as we got closer to his house. Thank heaven for cell phones!
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Jamie shares a house with his fiance, Hannah, her son, Hunter, and their child, Bryson. Both of the boys were baptized at First German last fall, praise be to God! Hannah and Jamie both work handling TTY calls at a Center nearby, with family members watching the children for them. Jamie just had three wisdom teeth removed and was a bit tender yet, but managed to enjoy some French onion soup and mashed pototoes when we all went to lunch. Poor thing! But, Jamie always was a soup eater, from little boy on.
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From less than two weeks old, (I was his mom's labor coach!) my husband and I had the great pleasure of his company much of the time. I had no children of my own yet so truly enjoyed this opportunity. Jill worked as a waitress during the day and also served in the Army Reserve, which kept her quite, quite busy. Her husband worked construction and wasn't too keen on taking care of a little one by himself. We worked from home so it was convenient to keep Jamie during the days, and the nights that we got him. He even had his own room in our house, and would spend endless hours playing with a ball, any kind of ball. He still is a baseball nut! Yesterday, little Bryson entertained himself with a ball of every size, too. Had a bit of trouble with the handling thereof, but still wanted a ball! He is barely six months old, so has an excuse yet.
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I could go on and on about our lives and times with Jamie, some of the best in my life, and I hope, his, too. Until I had a little one myself, it wouldn't have been possible to love him any more than we did. The sun rose and set....Lisa had been our only niece/nephew for 12 years before Jamie came along and I think she was cool with having some of the fawning diverted to him for a change. Now we fawn over her little guys, Gabe and Manny. That's another story!
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Lynn and I spent a few hours with Jamie and his family before deciding to head back home. Jamie gave us some written directions for the way home (about three hours or so) which proved to be quite wonderful for us. All in all, it was a whole lot of driving, some extra of course, but still great to meet Bryson and make his acquaintance, as well Hunter, who is two. Busy, busy, busy! That is why children are given to the young!!!
