We just returned home from a lovely trip to see LOTS of friends and family in Utah and Idaho. Hayden was a real prince even with all the traveling and messed up eat/sleep schedule. He smiled at everyone and really enjoyed all the attention he received.
Our journey began on Tuesday, June 30th. We drove to Detroit to stay overnight in a Best Western with a pool. The drive took about 2 hours but Hayden HATES his car seat so it seemed like about 5 hours. Bret and I realized how grateful we were for flying instead of driving out west. The hotel also had cable so Bret and Hayden watched ESPN together. A little father son bonding time. For dinner we went out to Chinese and it was really delicious. We don't go out to eat very much so it was a really nice treat. That night Bethany (my best gal pal from High School) and Eric came to say hello. It was a great treat since we haven't seen each other in over a year. We really enjoyed catching up on life and showing Hayden off. When we got back to our room it was still really hot so I had to go down to the front desk and request another room. The desk clerk was really nice but really busy even thought it was 11pm. She gladly gave us another room and 10% off our bill. No one slept very well because of the different environment and excitement to see Grandma and Grandpa Anderson.
Morning came early and Bret was raring to go. We made it to the Airport in plenty of time and Hayden just had to see everything. He is such a good little boy that at home he eats at 9 and 12 with a 2 hour nap in the middle. That day he ate at 7:30 and 12 with only one 20 minute snooze and no fussing. What a trooper he just wanted to check out the world. While we were waiting to board our Branch President Rand Johnson walked up. His aunt just passed away and so he was going out to the funeral on our same flight. As soon as Hayden saw him from his stroller he gave a huge hello smile. So on the flight Hayden started with Mommy and Daddy and ended with Pres. Johnson. We didn't know how he would take it but he was happy through the whole thing.
We landed, got our luggage and headed out to get our rental... 2009 Navy Blue, Jeep Commander with sun roof and remote car starter. NICE vacation vehicle. I could tell Bret missed his mom because he was really anxious. Hayden finally took a nap in the jeep and we got to Mom's around 7 pm. Hayden woke up just before the house and as soon as he saw Grandma he gave her a huge smile. Hayden instantly fell in love with Grandpa Wayne and Grandma Colleen.
2 comments:
Hey guys, we're sorry we missed you while you were in town, Hayden is getting soo big and is such a cutie! love his hair! Glad to hear he is a good little flyer. :)
Glad you guys had a fun trip! It's always fun to show off a cute baby! We are in Indianapolis, but that's probably not too far from Chicago, so we definitely should meet there sometime. That would be way fun! We'd love to meed Kari and Hayden.
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