Family Fridays...James

It took me a while to decide whom I might like to blog about next. However after reading Tiffany's blog about the baby of the family (And then there is....) having it hard, I thought I'd give my reasons for the baby of the family being a great position to be in.

My baby...Ames Momas Too Too Train (name given by Casey)...aka Jimbo Jumbo (bet you didn't know that James), Jamie (when did he stop being Jamie?), aka JT (given by himself) , aka James Thomas Unwin (he was going to be Benjamin, but that's a whole other story)  

Memories of James:

• Chubby little feet that wanted to be kissed each night
• Loving to watch the movie Back to the Future
• He and Casey hiding behind my bed pretending they hadn't found their Christmas presents of various Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• "Al be gur" (Disney's movie Oliver)
• His love of his binkies and having to have warm milk in his bottles
• Picking him up from his mission and his surprising us by being at the airport in the Dominican Republic
• Covering for Casey by wiping messages off of the answering machine that said "today your student missed one or more classes...."
• Lying on the couch with "DeeDee" watching cartoons and each of them drinking their bottles
• Christmas Eve 1989 when he split the back of his head open
• Soccer, soccer and more soccer (Casey too!)

Reasons why being the baby last child in the family is the best:

• Trips to England that others missed because they were married or on a mission
• Always around to move furniture for parents or family members
• Being lucky enough to help do odd jobs around the house
• The opportunity to bond with  parents not only on holidays but at breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Having a car to yourself
• Having a house to yourself
• Fussed over by older siblings 

Ok maybe there aren't sufficient reasons that being the baby is a great place to be but when all is said and done James is the ideal baby last child of the family.  He has always been easy going, kind, patient, helpful, slow to anger (and to be honest, I don't ever remember him angry as a teenager or adult).  He is a great father to Annie, (last Friday's Family Friday) husband to Kristin, and son to me!  James, I love you!

No apologies to James...but he will always be my baby! 

(and to his older siblings...I'm sure they wouldn't have it any other way either...RIGHT?)

April 1987