On the road again

On Wednesday, we were visited by an ol' college friend, Carla, and her 6 year old daughter Bella. They came through Atlanta on a road trip and stayed overnight in Marietta / paid little M a visit. We took some photos -- but -- I'm on a road trip myself and didn't bring the device in which to download pics to the internet. All of us went up to the square so Bella could play on the train and grabbed a bite to eat. While in the restaurant, a complete stranger walked up to us and had heard about Mercer, the adoption, etc. It surprised us / how did he recognize us? From the blog? Lil' M is locally famous! : - )

Mercer and I drove to North Carolina the following morning. (Well, I drove -- Mercer (thankfully) slept most of the way.) We stopped in Greenville for a few hours to visit another college buddy, Cindy. She was my roommate for a number of years and I got to know her family pretty well. We met at her mom's house and hung out with her 5 month old, Trevor. Her 2 year old, Daniel, was asleep taking a nap most of the time. The two boys became fast friends. Ok - they really just stared at each other - but at this age, that counts, right?!

We made it into Liberty really late. Unpacked the car / set up the play yard (with bassinet) / unpacked the luggage and set up a clothing area... a bottle area... and a blanket / burp cloth area... and of course the diaper changing area. Setting up a home away from home is a bit of work. Mercer was reunited with Grandma Gloria and got to meet two of his GREAT Grandparents today. We visited with Great Grandma Inez... and Great Grandpa Melvin. Tomorrow (Saturday), mom is having a drop in for our family. Aunts, uncles, cousins, etc will be popping in to visit the little fella. Sunday - something similar will be happening for my dad's side of the family. His mother (Mercer's other GREAT Grandmother (Edith)), sister, brother, and families will stop by after lunch to pay him a visit.

It's really cool to see how excited everyone is for us by welcoming little M into the family ... FINALLY - right?!

Post more after this weekend... and will see if we can get pictures on the blog somehow.

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