On Sunday afternoon we headed to Buffalo to visit Paul's family. My mom drove us halfway, then Paul's dad met us and drove us the rest of the way. However, I offered to drive the first half so my mom could sit in the back with the kids. That was a mistake. It rained the whole way and we had some really bad fog with awful visibility. I hated driving. Then after we made the switch to Paul's dad's car he missed a turn and we took a nice drive through Rochester. The trip that should have taken under 2 1/2 hrs took 4 due to the weather, switching cars(loading carseats) and a detour. It was alright though, the kids were good.
Sunday night in Buffalo Paul's dad's side of the family all came over for a visit. It was really nice to see everyone. We love that our families makes a point to get together when we are in town.
On Monday afternoon we went to lunch with my brother Adam. We decided to go to Dave and Buster's because we had never been. We had a nice visit. Colin liked "playing" with all the games however we didn't spend a dime. He would just sit on them and push the buttons.
On Monday night we went over to Paul's Grandma's house to visit with all his mom's family. Here are a couple pictures with his grandma.
Colin had a lot of fun playing with Dylan and Jordan. The played mini lacrosse in the basement and drew all over the dry erase walls. They played with balls, bean bags and some of the boys' old toys. Colin really enjoys being around kids of any age because they tend to have more energy to keep up with him.
Here he is enjoying Dylan's guitar playing
The boys got out this beanbag and Colin loved it.
He loved Grandpa's truck. I think he spent more time outside in that "big truck" than he spent inside while we were there
On Tuesday we went to Niagra Falls. It was a beautiful day, the best weather we had the whole trip. It was nice and warm but not nearly as humid as it had been.
Colin excited to see the falls
Here are some pictures from the falls
Colin was so tired on the ride home he fell asleep in the middle of eating.
Tuesday night we went out to dinner to Sean Patrick's. It was good and we had a yummy brownie sundae for dessert. On the way home we stopped at Target and Grandpa had to buy Colin 2 trucks: a little one to take with him, and a big dodge that he is going to send out to him. He loved the big truck. Even after we got home he was asking for it.
Here he is dancing to the music from the Dodge truck.
Audrey took a bath in the kitchen sink. I didn't manage to keep her modest in the picture while in the bath so I'm not going to post it. However, here she is all cozied up in the towel afterwards.
We were hopeful that we would have a better trip home than getting to Buffalo.
We had to fly to NY and then from NY to Salt Lake. In NY we got off the plane outside. Colin did not like the noise from the plane as they waited for our gate-checked bags.
That was a long flight from NY to Salt Lake. We ended up stuck in window seats and that was not fun since we each had lap children. I had Colin for just a little bit of the trip and I thought I was going to have a panic attack from feeling so claustrophobic. It was hard being next to the window with a toddler on your lap. It was also tough when you had to get to the bathroom to change diapers. I will never make the mistake again of selecting a window seat with a lap child(although it was our only option on this flight). However, we made it home, with no major complications. Colin had a couple meltdowns that lasted just a few minutes but they were no biggie. Dad picked us up from the airport and we got home and got the kids to bed. Colin went right back to his old schedule immediately.
We had a great trip home despite the difficulties of getting there and back. We are very happy we went, but also very happy to be home.
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