Craig's First Fathers Day

This morning Jack gave Craig his Fathers Day card and said "dada" as he gave it to him - talk about a heart-melting moment! Next, we all piled into the car and went to Nelsonville to ride on the Hocking Hills Scenic Railway
Here's some pictures of our day out...

Three generations - Harry, Craig & Jack.

Harry & Dot at the Nelsonville train station. It is on the list of "National Historic Places". The railway used to go to the ports in Cleveland so the area was very prosperus in the 1800- early 1900's. It's a tourist train now, run by local volunteers.

It was SO hot today. I think close to 100 degrees F in Nelsonville. Also, the humidity was unbearable. Getting on the train was great - finally a little breeze!

We sat in one of the open carriages. If I go again I'd sit in the first one. We were in the second carriage and couldn't hear a thing from the tourist guide in the first. He was talking about local native American history and landmarks and all sorts. I wish we could have heard it.

If you look close enough you can see a swan in flight in the middle of the picture. The first swan I've seen in the USA!

Local historic houses - particularly the round house which is still lived in. Most of the communities we saw though were very poor. This area of Ohio always suprises me in that there are still people without electricity and water to their houses.

As part of the trip, the train stops at Robbins Crossing which is a pioneer village. There are people there that re-enact life in the 19th Century. There was also a guy from a local animal place that has this HUGE snake - an albino python. Jack actually knelt down and stroked it. I thought Craig was going to have a heart attack!

What a cool dude - wearing his dad's sunglasses! He didn't get to sleep all day but was such a little trooper and never fussed or cried, just enjoyed the day.

I want to say that Craig is a fabulous dad - he's so gentle with Jack but is also going to be the "fun" parent. He can make Jack belly-laugh and I love to see them walking around, Jack on his shoulders. For those of you that don't know too much about my wonderful husband here's a few titbits (American = tidbits):

• He used to skydive and has done about 700 jumps. He was in a 4-way team that won bronze at a national championship in England and he was a cameraman both in England and Ohio. Oh, and he once jumped and BOTH his chutes didn't work. Now there's a story!
  
• He scuba dives and also goes white-water rafting every year with his mates
• He loves fishing, shooting, & boating. Mmm, deal was I got a baby & he got a boat but having the baby made us so skint we can't buy the boat..
• He's a GREAT cook
• He's the funniest and most intelligent person I know. I'm lucky and I love him.
  

Last but not least, our lad is on the verge of walking! I think he'll do it in the next week or so - right on target at 1 year old. Here's a little video of him stretching his lovely legs ...