Mom and Baby Trip

Hard to believe it's been a couple weeks ago when Annabel and I traveled to Wisconsin for a week-long visit.  Eric had a work trip with students to Kansas City, so Annabel and I flew to see family.  She did great on the 2 hour flights and in all of the airport time.  She slept for half of both flights and played the other half.  We read a few books, she played peek-a-boo with the flight attendants, and we had an empty seat next to us both ways which was really helpful.  I traveled with her in a front carrier, which worked great and I checked my luggage, which was necessary.  I learned a few things for future trips, one being that upon landing and the plane braking, the middle arm rest can fly down.  It hit Annabel right in the head, not hard, but enough to make her start crying.  There are a few hidden dangers, sharp edges and areas fingers could get pinched.   

Grandma with her two grand babies, Annabel and Ava

 We had a great visit, despite terrible weather.  It was 32 degrees and had been freezing rain with reports of cars in the ditches, so our initial drive to Wisconsin from Minneapolis was not the most fun.  My mom did an excellent job driving, but we were exhausted by the time we arrived and we all slept a lot the next day in stress recovery.  A lot of the week we were at my parent's house with bad travel conditions most of the days.  When we planned an April visit, we thought for sure it would be full of walks and the park.  We had lots of family visitors and got to enjoy a supper at Eric's aunts Jan and Jean's with Eric's brother and wife and their new baby, Annabel's first and only cousin.  Ava is so cute; it was so great to meet her!

She must have been predicting that Annabel's next move was to pull Ava's hair

Cousin Ava, about 7 weeks old

Cuddles from Grandma

Aunt Chelsea graciously took a few days off work to spend time with us.

Grandpa made a fort to play under one day and Grandma taught her pat-a-cake.  Both Grandmas showered her with Valentine's Day and Easter gifts of clothes, dishes, books, and a little quilt.  She enjoyed playing with the dancing, singing, egg-laying chicken Grandma June gave her and learned how to put the eggs back in the hole. 

Fun to have a little backyard scenery to look at during meals

She was still recovering from a stomach bug though mid-week of our visit

Sitting in an old family rocking chair.

She was really going to town on those keys!!

Grandpa Terry showing her chords 

 

Playing with a truck with Great-Grandpa Schwegman