A Trip of Firsts

First time in USA!

First time sitting on a jet-ski! 

 First time meeting Grandpa Sperling

 First time to have 2 full weeks with Daddy! (with no work)

 First time sitting in a bumbo seat.  I look so big.

 First time having a lazy Saturday morning watching college gameday with Mom.

 First time in Oklahoma!

 First time on OSU campus and definitely not the last.

 First time in a swing.

 First time in an exersaucer!

 First OSU homecoming!

 It's so much fun to learn, grow, and have new experiences.

Meeting Friends

I was one popular boy when I was home and had lots of people ready and excited to meet me.  I already wrote about meeting family and decided friends should have their own separate post.  Most of the friends I met are really Mom and Dad's friends but a few of them are the parents of my friends. 

First I met Holly and Emily.  We didn't get pictures from the actual meeting but I have one from later. 

Then when we were back in Houston but still with Dad we drove down to where Mom and Dad used to live in Clear Lake, Texas and had dinner with their friends Susie and Darrell and Brad and Meredith.   Although Brad and Meredith have 2 little girls that of course will one day be my friend, they decided to come alone so that they could pay more attention to me! I thought they were all pretty awesome.

Mom's friends from college had planned a weekend together where I was able to meet all of her best friends from college and even was able to meet my future best friend Liam. It was a weekend full of girl chat so Liam and I had to stick together. On this trip I met Christina, Kendra, Anna, and Holly! I actually had briefly met Christina and Kendra at football game before but this was the first time to spend time with them.

Christina

Anna and Holly

Meeting the Family

On September 20 Mom and Dad finally decided to take me back to the USA to meet more family and have some USA experiences.  In order to get there we wake up at 1:00 am Saudi time and drive 1.5 hours to the airport.  Then we get checked in and wait around for our 40 minute flight to Doha, Qatar. I did pretty good during most of this as long as I was fed or held. Mommy used a baby carrier to transport me through all the airports and onto planes.  We had a 2 hour layover in Qatar before boarding the 16 hour flight to Houston.  Luckily Mom got me a sweet seat on the plane and I was able to lay-down and stretch out most of the flight.  The most frustrating times during the flight were feeding times but other then that I did amazing!

At last we landed in the USA!! Nana and Papa picked us up from the airport and we headed straight for dinner.  I was so excited to see Nana and Papa again! When dinner was over we headed home and met Great Grandma Eddy. That first weekend my Aunt Selena also came to visit and I was able to meet my future Uncle Adam and cousin Madasin. One night a bunch of family came over and I met my cousins Alex and Nicole, my Great Aunt Sue and Great Uncle Danny and my second cousins Lilly, Eden, and Elias.

When the weekend was over Mom and Dad drove me north to Wagoner, Oklahoma to meet my Grandpa for the first time and to see Grandma again. I thought Grandpa was super cool!

A little later I was able to meet my Uncle Andy, Aunt Jackie, and cousins Kate and Evan.

 From Wagoner, we headed to Stillwater to meet some of the Gilbert family.  I was able to meet my Great Grandma Gilbert, Great Papa Gilbert, and some of my Great Aunts and Uncles. They even all baby-sat me one day while Mom and Dad went to a football game.  My Uncle Chad and cousin Bailey also came to Stillwater for the weekend to meet me!

From Stillwater we headed back to Houston to give Dad some time to rest and relax before he headed back to Saudi Arabia.  Once we saw daddy off, Mom and I headed back north to Dallas to meet Aunt Traci and cousin Coleton and spend more time with Uncle Chad and Bailey. 

 It was great to finally meet my wonderful family!

Laughing

I've been back in the USA for a while now. So long that Dad has already returned to Saudi.  Lots of things have happened and I've met lots of new awesome people but I've been so busy I haven't had time to write about it.  I still don't have time today but I'm hoping to catch up soon. However, I wanted to record that on October 2 I rolled over from my back to my stomach.  I've been doing this on occasion ever since.  For some reason once I make it to my stomach I'm not so happy that I made that decision. Mom's still working on getting a video of that but I'll try to get her to do it soon. However, she did get some great video of my laughing so check it out!