Roadtrip

I'm sorry for the layoff over the weekend. The whole family spent the weekend in Jacksonville, FL so we could see some friends we made during law school and so I could go to the Miami/Florida game in Gainesville and I have not had a chance to post before now. The outcome of the game could have been better, but we had a great weekend. Below is a recap:

Friday, September 5, 2008

Before I get to details about the trip, I have to include a picture from school. Mom went to the nursery to check on Caleb and he was sitting in one of the swings. She took this picture and wanted me to include because of how much he is sitting up in the sing on his own.

I left work early to come home and get Mom and Caleb so we could head to the airport to catch a plane to Jacksonville. We were on American Eagle and ended up on a small, regional prop plane. One of the flight attendants was quite enamored with Caleb and stopped by our row frequently to flirt with him. Lately, Caleb has been reaching for anything he can get his hands on. As the crew served drinks and brought the cart by our row, Caleb reached toward the cart trying to grab something. His new girlfriend gave him a cup to play with. Caleb was fascinated with the cup. However, he doesn't understand that he can't chew on something when he has a pacifier in his mouth, but his instincts still cause him to bring whatever is in his hand to his mouth. If he can't chew on it, he gets frustrated, so it did not take that long for him to lose interest in the cup. But we were grateful for the flight attendant to give it to him. But alas, it was a short lived romance as we had to say goodbye to Caleb's new flame when the flight was over.

Our host picked us up from the airport and took us to his house. His son Bryson was already in bed, so we visited for a few minutes before the adults headed to bed. Bryson is old enough to get baths in the regular bath tub so their infant tub was in the attick. Caleb had to settle for a bath in the sink which he has not had in quite a while. After a short visit, we all went to bed to get some rest before our long day Saturday.

Saturday, September 6, 2008

While in Jacksonville, Caleb slept in Bryson's pack 'n play. He didn't go to sleep right away when we put him down because we were still up visiting. Instead, he just rolled around and kicked his legs entertaining himself in the pack 'n play. Mom picked him back up and nursed him some more. After his snack, we all went to bed so we could turn the lights out. This time, Caleb went right to sleep and slept through the night. This was quite a development since Caleb would not sleep anywhere but next to Mom on our last trip.

Our hosts have an overly friendly dog named Tanner. Tanner was quite interested in Caleb and wanted to check him out. Our hosts would not let him near Caleb when he was in the pack 'n play asleep. I think this is about as close as Tanner was allowed to get to Caleb. Since Caleb was awake, I think they both enjoyed checking each other out.

I was disappointed that Mom did not remember to bring Caleb's UM onesie, but he did show his loyalties in honor of gameday with his bib.

Before going to Gainesville, we all spent the day in St. Augustine taking a tour around the city. Caleb was quite interested in the details of our tour. However, he quickly realized that the map made no sense to him, so instead he just tried to eat the map. After lunch, the guys headed to the game and the ladies and the babies relaxed in Jacksonville.






Sunday, September 7, 2008

We had a great time, but our trip was very short. After getting back to Jacksonville from the game very late, we had a very early flight back to Miami so we could be back in time for a Sunday School class I am teaching. Caleb started out the trip in his pajamas because Mom did not want to unnecessarily wake up Caleb. We got him up put him in his car seat, took him out of the car seat, went through security, boarded the plane and took off and he slept through it all. In fact, he slept through most of the flight.

He did wake up however and Mom changed his clothes so he would be ready to go to worship. As much as I appreciated Mom putting a UM bib on Caleb on Saturday, I was a little disappointed when I discovered the day after UM lost to Florida that Mom put Caleb in an outfit with a picture of an alligator on it and a label that simply said "Gator." After worship, we went home and all three of us took really long naps because our fast-paced weekend wore us all out.