Author: eaumaison (Page 129 of 210)

One more video, this time from Boston.

Ok, this first one is from before the trip, but I think it’s funny.

At Johnny Carino’s

A good example of his crawling

Learning to sword fight

Sharing a snack with Coral

And finally, ecstatically playing with Dad when we got home

Click on any pictures to see them bigger. These are more are posted on my flickr site here.

I surprised my family in the parking lot of GJHS, where they were participating in the community Knowledge Bowl.  We took turns watching the teams and playing with Jack, who was thrilled to be out of the car.

I love seeing all three of our cars in the driveway, in red, white and blue (Amanda’s, Andy’s, and mine)

We surprised Richard after dinner.  He didn’t know Jack and I were coming to town either.

A bath the next morning, then hanging out all day. 

We tried to get some family pictures in the squinty bright sun.  Not sure any of these are worth printing, but they were fun!

Andy and Amanda left Sunday afternoon-until I-70 closed in Vail, so Amanda had to come back an extra day. Yay!

At dinner we video chatted x 3 = Betty in Maine on the macbook using Gmail, Ben in Denver using Facetime on the iPad, and Andy and Jenn in SLC using Facetime on the iPhone!  Nerdtastic.

Jenni and Brian stopped by to say hello, and later Kristin brought Coral over.  I love seeing our babies growing up at the same time! 

And that’s it!  Absolutely nothing exciting, just lots of family time.  It was awesome.  Up next: videos.

• Take the time to count your daily diaper usage for a few days before your trip.  We could have halved the number of diapers we took.
• Apparently the TSA has to check one of each KIND of baby food puree you bring through.  Our DIA guy was nice and told us he would check only one out of three kinds (Beechnut jars, Gerber tubs, and an individual applesauce cup). We also could have checked all but one jar for the flight, but we were keeping the food together.
• If you are lucky enough to get a seat for your baby, use it with the carseat facing forward.  We did rear-facing on the way out.  Although it was nice to have Jack facing me, his car seat was very upright and we were still restricting the chair in front of him.  On the way home we put it front facing.  He had a lot of room to recline and no one in front or behind him was restricted.  With the cramped upright seat to Boston he slept 45 minutes, with lots of head lolling and furrowed brows.  With the reclined seat to Denver he slept 2.5 hours with that blissful pale baby face.  
• We need to teach Jack to drink with a straw.  That’s how restaurants serve him water, and it would be so much neater than his sip and spit method from a cup.
• When you have two sleep sacks and one has been used for a week and one has been freshly laundered, take the dirty one.  We took the clean one.  Not sure if it would have made a big difference, but he was pretty freaked out about the strange room and strange crib.  A familiar scent on his blanket could have been soothing.
• We need to teach Jack to leave place mats and plates alone.  We cleared his table space like we do at home when we ate out.  It’s works, but I felt embarrassed for the mess he leaves on the table. 
• Umbrella strollers rock for travel.

And thus ends our epic adventure. Home safe and sound, jack did even better on this flight, slept 2.5 hours of it. We had our usual conversation on I70, professing my love for Colorado while cursing DIA. Chipotle, a lonely cat, and a giant pile of laundry await me. So TTFN!

Please sleep until Kansas.