I never said I would be a die hard blogger. I really just wanted to share my stories with friends and family. I know there have been many stories to share because some days have been plum crazy. Crazy. But I guess there really hasn't been much notable for a while.
Yes, Charlie had a "month day" sometime in there....
Yes, Charlie had some poop explosions sometime in there....
Yes, Wyatt said some of the darnedest things sometime in there....
All pretty normal occurrences I guess.
Probably the most notable out of the last month was our family vacation to SAN DIEGO! It was absolutely wonderful and we had an amazing time.
Last year, we went to San Diego when I was pregnant with Charlie. That was the first time for all of us. My parents had rented a house on the beach and invited family to join. Last year I said, this is great, but we probably won't come back next year because I will have a little Charlie and that's just too much. My parents made similar arrangements to get a house on the beach and asked if we would come and I said, no, I said we wouldn't be coming last year so I'm sticking to it!
And then we said yes. Because it's a beach house in San Diego.
So I suppose that is some of the reason I was absent from posting. Because when you go on vacation with two kids and your husband, it takes you 7 weeks to get ready. Not really. But it did take quite a lot of time and planning and shopping and packing.
We were perfectly organized when travel time came. We had four bags to check which I think is completely reasonable for being gone from Monday to Friday with three kids and a carseat. And a stroller. Nothing got lost! The kids were wonderful on the flight. No one had any issues.
San Diego time was fun. Because Wyatt usually wakes up at 6:30 at home... so of course that meant he woke up at 4:30 in San Diego. But we made do and our kids didn't have any meltdowns. If they did, I have blocked them from my memories.
We had some family from Texas in San Diego also and getting together with all of them and those kids was wonderful! S'mores on the beach...?! Definitely a memory.
Our plans were to leave on the 8:25 flight Friday morning. After a quick discussion and several calls to the airline, we decided not to leave until Saturday morning, 7 am. What would that matter? We were up at the crack of dawn with kids anyway so we would be ready and we would get back into KC around noon. Wonderful.
Of course, that day we had to wake our kids up. Of course, the 7 am plane had mechanical issues and wasn't leaving the gate. Then we boarded a new plane about 45 minutes later and began to taxi away from the gate. A few minutes later we pulled right back into the gate and, of course, that plane had mechanical issues and wasn't going anywhere. So then around 9 am we got on another plane and amazingly enough were able to leave on that one. All of this with our two little ones.
I usually like to have an adult beverage on a plane... A little treat for me. When we planned a 7 am flight I figured I would just have a juice or Diet Coke since it was so early. By the 9 am flight I was more than ready for an ice cold beer. Bonus: With all of our flight trouble, we weren't charged for any beverages.
Home, sweet home. Just a few hours late. We were blessed with landing into a lovely 70 degree day in Kansas City. Which is really hard to believe in late July. Loved it. And goodness I was happy to be home. San Diego was beautiful. The house was beautiful. The company was amazing. I will treasure it forever. But I was SO pleased to be able to put Charlie down on our carpet at home and not worry about him picking up who knows what or slicing his head open on that ridiculously sharp table in the living room!
Thank you SO MUCH, Mom and Dad, for making this a possibility for us. I won't ever forget it.
*Pictures to follow in additional post. :)
