My grandmother turned 90 at the beginning of June, and we had a reunion to celebrate last weekend. Family from across the US showed up... New York, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado. It was quite a celebration! Unfortunately the weekend fell over quarter-close for Stu, so he was unable to make the trip with us. Thus began my first "solo" trip with the girls. I say that very much tongue-in-cheek, because it was by no means solo. My wonderful brother (whom I am forever indebted to, and who will never go on a trip with me again) accompanied us on the car ride to Missouri. What is meant to be a 9 hour drive of course turned into an 11 hour drive with potty breaks and a baby that eats her body weight at every meal. Wonderful Uncle Ty was so patient throughout it all, and was SUCH a help with the girls, especially Abbey. The last 45 minutes of the trip involved Amelia crying heartily and Abbey whining and crying heartily. Their uncle did an audio recording... love it. Not only was Ty a help... all of my family was (both brothers, sis-in-law, mom and dad, aunts, uncles, cousins... wow!). Really the only part I had to do by myself was the part in the hotel room. Which was by no means easy in a non-babyproofed hotel room with a very adventurous baby that seems so show no comprehension of the word "no." On to the weekend...
The guest of honor with my mom.
A small portion of the cousins...
Uncle Ty with Abbey on her first trip in the tube (which was also her favorite thing that we have done over the past week)...
The island... this thing was so much fun!
I loved this... we just got off the boat and Abbey saw Uncle Kyle in the kayak at the dock. She walked over to him and basically said, "I'm getting in" as she climbed in, ready for a ride.
Tube trip #2...
Yes, Amelia was there, too!
Tube trip #3... with Grammy!
She LOVES her big cousin...
The main event... there was a big celebration at Grammy's church after the service.
Greeting guests...
Amelia loved my cousin... he was so good with her, too!
Grammy with her girls!
It was a great weekend. We broke the trip into 2 segments on the way home. Our last morning of the trip started with me waking Abbey up and asking her if she wanted to get dressed and go get breakfast... she said "yes" and the next hour went drastically downhill, but by the time we got to the car she was good again. Unfortunately she did not get her special treat of Fruit Loops. You probably can't expect too much with long days in the sun, lots of playing and about 5 hours less sleep a day than you are used to. It was a long and tiring weekend, but it was worth it (hopefully Uncle Ty would say the same). I even arrived home to Chick-fil-A and a spotless home (thank you, wonderful Stu). Which we promptly disheveled with lots of toys and lake clothes.
Oh, and thanks again to Uncle Ty for the pictures. I guess he not only managed to take care of Abbey... he took pictures. More than I did!
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