Adventure to Minnesota!

Kaylen and I went on an adventure... home to Minnesota! Quite the adventure it was! Gregg didn't come with us because he had taken a lot of leave with the first couple weeks after Kaylen was born and trip to Montana. I still had a couple weeks left on my maternity leave, so I thought I should head to MN to show off our perfect little sweet pea to family and friends! I booked a DIRECT flight, even though a connection would've been cheaper. The hastle that it saved me was WELL worth it! I went through security with my bottles of breast milk and my freezer pack and ALL our gear and luggage and it all went well! Not exactly easy, but well!

The weather was only nice the day I arrived, Tuesday the 18th. It pretty much poured all of Wednesday and Thursday, but cleared up for Friday. It was chilly, but decent enough to enjoy. Of course, the weather got gorgeous on Saturday, just in time for me to come home! But we definitely got lots of great stuff in! I introduced her to TONS of friends and family! She's only going to be our tiny munchkin for so long, she's getting big so fast! So, it was nice to get home while we could!

Kaylen went on her first boat ride. I, of course, got on the boat with her in the Baby Bjorn only to realize that she needed to be wearing a life jacket the whole time! I wish I could've put up more pictures! You should've seen the look on her face when my mom and dad were trying to get the sucker on her! Ha ha!! Priceless! But she looked darn cute sporting that life jacket (many thanks to my mom for finding one for her to wear!!) Speaking of my wonderful Mom... and very proud Grandma! She went out and got all kinds of gear for her just for the 4 days we'd be home. It was all used and she got GREAT deals! It was all safe, so it was so wonderful not too have to haul lots of stuff with us. She bought a car seat, base, bouncer, swing, bassinet and we borrowed a stroller and playmat! Kaylen was one spoiled little girl! Grandma definitely allowed us to have a home away from home! Kaylen used every single thing and loved them! Above is a picture of proud Grandma Ruby holding our cutie on a boat ride.

She even assisted Grandpa Marv drive the boat! Kaylen slept for much of her two boat rides, but I think she definitely got used to the life jacket and is already loving being on the water like her Mommy!

Kaylen got to eat at my favorite Mexican restaurant, Acapulco! Grandma and Grandpa treated us to a yummy lunch!

Heaven forbid the peanut love the travel swing we have for her! She hated it every time we put her in it. But my Mom finds this old school swing and the girl loves it! She would just hang out for a while and then fall asleep without fail! So, Gregg and I had to go out and buy a swing last weekend, which she likes! My parents had their swing all set to ship out to us, but we might not mess with that and keep the one we bought even if we did pay a little more than we'd like. Hopefully, she'll still like my parents swing at 6 months when we try to make it home for Christmas!

Uncle Jeff LOVED getting his cuddle on with Kaylen! He got the chance to feed her a bottle of breast milk, learned the art of burping her, played with her and loved having her sleep on his chest. He is wonderful with her! He's not sure what to think of her not-so-dainty farts though! :-) She more than surprised him with the amount of oomph she can put behind one of those! :-)

I'm really glad we got the chance to make it home for a visit. We all only wished Gregg would've come with us. It also would've been nice to have a little more time so that we could've had the chance to see even more people, but overall it was a great trip! Thanks to my wonderful parents and all our friends and family, we had a great time and Kaylen got to meet lots of the people that love her!