We are in the middle of your first long distance trip away from Flagstaff after your first plane ride. We first went to San Francisco for daddy's cousin Elianna's wedding and then came to Indianapolis to see Nana and Poppa. I was so nervous about flying with you. You were great though. You slept most of the time and everyone said how well-behaved you were. I'm so proud. Your first experience with airplanes wasn't too great as we missed our connection in Phoenix and got to San Fran about 5 hours later than we expected, but you didn't seem to notice. In San Francisco you got to meet a lot of family on daddy's side. We stayed with your Aunt Sarah and cousin Lucas in a hotel room. Lucas is about 18 months old. He was fascinated by you. During your first meeting, however, he bent down to kiss you and you started crying. We soon realized by the mark under your eye that he actually bit you! Sorry honey, but we had a good laugh about that! I don't think he meant to hurt you.
We all went to the Academy of Sciences and you saw lots of fishies. I was surprised how attentive you were to the fish--until you fell asleep. Your great aunt Donna went with us. She was very happy to get to meet you. The next morning you met your great Aunt Jules and Uncle Dave and also your second cousin Abraham. You slept through that too! At the wedding you met your cousin Kylee, and your great Aunt AJ, and second cousins Alex and Daniel. Some other folks that you are probably related to, but I'll let Daddy explain them to you! You were the star of the party--so adorable. You didn't let your mommy see the ceremony or stay very long at the reception, but that was ok. I wore a silly long dress that kept getting stepped on, so I was happy to have an excuse to leave!
Once again you were great on the flights from San Fran to Indy. You cried a little bit more, but we were able to distract you fairly quickly. At one point daddy took you into the toilet to change your diaper. He flushed the toilet and scared the dickens out of you! Once in Indy your Nana and Poppa were so happy to see you. We left to go see Auntie Marie Anne in South Bend the next day. You met your cousins Julianne and Caitlin, too. Aunt Marie Anne loved you and you smiled a lot with her. We all came back to Nana and Poppa's house on Friday and then met Uncle Chris, Aunt Meredyth, Uncle Hugh and your cousins Genevieve and Josephine on Saturday. Whew! so many relatives! Genevieve and Josephine were so excited to meet you. On Sunday night I left you for the first time with someone other than Daddy. I knew you would be ok with Nana, but I was a bit worried you would cry a lot. Apparently you did just fine. This trip has messed up your eating and sleeping schedule and you have developed some bad habits. You really like for one of us to be with you when you sleep. A couple of nights we left you in the bed and you woke up with the saddest sounding cries. They really break my heart! You just want someone to hold you. I can't resist--which probably isn't helping you learn to sleep alone!
Tomorrow we leave to go home. I am going to be happy to be home, but it will be weird to not be visiting with family. I hope you don't get to bored with just daddy and I! Ok sweetheart, this post wasn't terribly exciting, but I wanted to document the first time you met your cousins etc. Please be good on the plane tomorrow!
Good night, my little one.
Mommy
