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| JJ - always ready for the next adventure |
Dear JJ,
Today you and your mom come back from Canada- your last trip on a lap. The good news is that you are coming home- and I'm excited to see you and your mom. Whenever you are away it is always wonderful to have you come home. The bad news is that when you turn two on Friday the airlines will want you to have your own seat.
We have been lucky, only a few times have we had to pay a bit
for you to travel with us, but now you will be getting your own seat -
and the hardest part of that isn't the airfare, its that you are getting
older.
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| Your first trip at 6 weeks |
As you can see, you have traveled over 93,000 miles by air. You've been on three continents: Europe, Asia, and North America, and in six countries: USA, Mexico, Canada, China, England, and France.
So here are a few photos of your travels around the world - starting with your first trip at age six weeks when you flew to Oregon to meet your Grandma and Grandpa.
You have always enjoyed flying - and one of your first words was "jet." So, son, as we start the "two's" with your own airline seat -- here is to our next adventure, whatever place it may be. Before I met your mom I always liked to travel alone -- now the only way to travel is with family!
Love,
Dad
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| Finally Grandma and Grandpa Simpson meet their first grandchild |
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| Your First Birthday party- of course it was on the road in Canada |
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| And even though Grandma was in her 80's she still knew how to hold and sooth a baby |
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| A couple of weeks later we flew to Ohio/Kentucky where Grandpa had a reunion of his WW 2 group |
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| They required a printed ticket for you at Security- here was your first |
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| In Anchorage - from our hotel The Captain Cook |
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| We would go back to see the grandparents often |
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| I finally learned why hotels had ice - to keep the formula cold! |
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| Soon we wouldn't have to help you look out the windows - you'd be able to do it all by yourself |
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| Our first trip we made with GiGi- she wasn't there to calm you, she was there to calm us! |
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| We discovered you liked water in Cabo |
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| As you grew you still liked Grandma |
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| Sometimes in hotels we would have to go to lengths to entertain you- but mostly we love to hear you laugh |
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| I think you are wondering what I am doing in your seat |
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| And you get to meet uncle Ron- and he is wearing the hat he wore as a child that now you wear |
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| And you got to meet one of mom's close friends EJ |
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| In Park City Utah, looking at snow |
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| A day on the slopes always wore you out |
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| You are enjoying this place in Mexico! Oh Lay |
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| Finally standing- one of your first words is "JET" |
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| Always ready for a trip- you like to help us pack |
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| In Oregon we find that not only pools- but water parks are fun for you |
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| In September 2011 you come to your dad's hometown of Ketchikan, Alaska |
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| One of your favorite songs is "Got a whale of a tale to tell you lads." And you saw the whale's tail |
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| As you grow you see more of Anchorage |
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| That is one big teddy bear |
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| You love it when Gigi flies with us |
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| So we had to visit them in China |
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| Grandpa loves taking you for morning walks |
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| Then in May Grandpa Simpson says lets go to France |
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| Checking out British Airways, Seat 1A |
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| In England Dad and I share a pint |
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| And you and mom have to get into the action too |
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| You love dogs - and in Atlanta you get to walk Aunti Kim's dog |
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| Then two weeks later you get to see your favorite Aunt in Canada |
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| Aunti Kim and Uncle Bob taking their favorite for a walk |
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| At the cottage in Canada your favorite food is Grandpa's oatmeal, that you call "MealOat" |
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