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We will soon be posting on the Commencement activities that took place over the weekend, so hang in there!  In the meantime, scroll down to enjoy some uber cute pictures of our James playing with his second cousin Jacob over Thanksgiving in Ohio.

Jas & Jacob

One of the days on our trip we got to visit with Jacob, Nick's cousin Brenna's son.  Jacob is almost exactly one year younger than James and James immediately took to doting on him.

Jas checking out Jacob's shoes:

Giving Jacob the UC Davis bear we got for him:

Jacob finds the camera more interesting:

James goes in for the hug:

Jacob sits with Jon while chewing on his Aunt Marisa's drawstring:

Jon & Jacob:

Marisa playing with her nephew:

Jas and Aunt Paula hanging out; Jacob waits his turn:

Jacob's time has come:

The two babies with Uncle (and Grandpa) Pete:

We love watching James interact with other babies and he was especially cute with Jacob...maybe it's time for James to have a sibling :)

More From Ohio: Puddle Jumping

One of the many activities James subscribed to during our stay:

From Ohio: Visiting Grandpa

During our stay in Ohio, we traveled to visit Nick's Grandpa who passed almost one year ago.  We went with Nick's Uncle Jim (who is really his great-uncle as he is Nick's Grandpa's brother) and with Nick's Grammy.  We finally felt like we could really be near him, even though we are always thinking about him and what it's going to be like when we get to see him again.  This was also James' first time with Grandpa, they had never got to meet, but had "talked" often on the phone.  James seemed to understand the importance of our visit: he was very quiet and very loving the whole time.

Uncle Jim and James' Great-Grammy, wife of Grandpa:

James visits with Great-Grandpa:

It was lovely to see you Grandpa.  We miss you and hope you put in a good word for us :)

From Ohio: Wandering in the Snow at 7am

The day after Thanksgiving, we woke up to this:

From Ohio: Just One

Just one photo says it all:

This kid can eat.

From Ohio: Great-Grammy Skypes with Katy

During our week long visit in Ohio, we were able to Skype with Nick's sister Katy in Mali which was so much fun especially since this was James' Great-Grammy's first time seeing Katy face to face in a couple years.  We were happy to provide this treat for both Great-Grammy and Katy :)

Grammy chats with her granddaughter:

Katy gets to visit with her brother and nephew too!