Last weekend you went on your first airplane trip! We went to Chicago for Eli and Alison's weeding and then to Michigan to see my friend from high school, Elizabeth (Bowhead) and her triplets! All my mommy friends told me that I'd feel like I could do anything after our first airplane trip with a baby, and it's so true! Before the trip it felt like a big day when we'd go to the grocery store, now that seems like a walk in the park. Needless to say, I was very nervous about this trip - about what to pack, about how MUCH we were packing, about how you would do on the airplane, about whether you would be able to sleep somewhere other than your crib, about how you would do with all the people who would want to hold you, about how I would do with all the people who would want to hold you etc. But all my worrying was completely unnecessary because you did great with everything!
The airplane trip to Chicago was 4 hours and you only slept the first 15 minutes. After that you wanted to be up looking around - and squirming around! You didn't fuss at all, but my arms were pretty tired at the end of the flight. Luckily Papa was there to hold you too. We even changed a very dirty diaper on our laps! Once we got to Chicago, it took us 2 1/2 hours to get from O'hare to Evanston - we had so much stuff and had to figure out how to get it from baggage claim to the rental car bus, onto the rental car bus, off the rental car bus and into the rental car. Everything definitely takes longer with a baby! I had a bit of a headache at the end of the day, but you seemed perfectly happy and unfazed.
In Evanston we visited with Eli and Alison and walked around the Northwestern campus. I showed you all of my favorite spots:
We also went up to Glencoe to see where Papa grew up and the beach where he used to play:
We had a great time at the rehersal dinner in downtown Chicago (what a vibrant city!) and Papa gave a really good toast. The wedding was at a nature preserve north of the city and was a lot of fun. The weather started off very dramatic - it looked like a big storm was rolling in. During the toasts I took you on a walk in your stroller (to try to get you to take a nap) and while we were out walking the park's tornado horns went off. Papa came running out of the pavilion to get us, but luckily it turned out the horns were just to signal that there was some lightening in the area. Suprisingly after lunch the weather completely cleared up and we spent much of the rest of the wedding day on a blanket in the grass with all of the other moms and kids while the dads played frisbe and volley ball.
After the wedding weekend we drove to Grand Rapids, MI to visit Elizabeth, Troy and the triplets.
They are so cute and it was great for me to see where my best friend lives and what her life is like. You loved looking at them run around and they were all very interested in sharing thier toys with you. Papa and I were so impressed with how calm, cool and collected Elizabeth and Troy are with their kids. We hope we can be like that when we have some brothers or sisters for you.
The plane trip home was a bit long - we took a tiny airplane from GR to Minneapolis and then changed planes for the tirp home to Seattle. It was a long day and you were ready to not be held in our laps by the end of it, but you still did great. Really, Papa and I can't believe how lucky we are to have such a great baby!
Hopefully our next trip will be in the fall to visit your great-grandparents!
Mommy
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