For Easter this year, Logan and I ventured south to Milford (outside of Cincinnati) to visit my parents. Todd stayed home because he had to work on Friday. We were gone from Friday to Monday, and it was a very enjoyable little vacation! I was nervous about the drive because we don't do it very often, and it was my first trip alone with Logan. We purchased a DVD player for the car when we drove down at Christmas this year, but Logan isn't really to the age where he pays attention to it for very long. On top of that, he was sick with a pretty bad cold. I left around the time when Logan normally naps, hoping that he would sleep for a good part of the trip. Unfortunately the cough that accompanied his cold kept that from happening. He only slept for a total of 10 minutes the entire three hour trip, woken up twice by coughing. Needless to say, he was pretty cranky toward the end of the trip, but I managed to keep my cool and we both survived! He took about an hour nap that afternoon at my parents' house, but I couldn't get him to fall asleep in his pack-n-play, so he took his first nap ever on a big boy bed!
Friday night we were invited to a birthday party for some Rossford friends' (that live outside Cincy) little boy. Nate was turning three, and his party was at a really fun place called Run, Jump, and Play in Mason. We started the party on the indoor playsets. They were pretty amazing, and Logan had a great time. The playsets are built and kept at Run, Jump, and Play, and people are able to purchase them as well. I couldn't believe the prices - they started at $1500!
The slide was his favorite part!
First time on a trampoline
I think he likes it!
After the playground area, we were led into two separate rooms of inflatables. Many of them were too big for Logan to play on independently. They let the parents play with the kids, but with me being pregnant, I was a little unsure of how much I should be doing. I let Logan do what he could do by himself for most of the time and helped him out just a little bit toward the end so I could get some better pictures and he could enjoy another slide. He had a lot of fun and really liked interacting with the other kids. We had to keep forcing him to take breaks so he could drink some water and get his nose wiped - he would get so excited and run around so much that he would start coughing like crazy!
(Of course) shooting some hoops!
He kept saying, "JUMP!"
We didn't actually go down this slide, but he was perfectly content just hanging out at the bottom.
Such a cutie!
Scoping out the shark tank inflatable
At the bottom of the slide, just before Mommy went down after him!
More jumping!
Sitting on the throne in the party room
This is where Nate eventually sat to open his presents, but I snuck Logan on while the other kids were eating cake.
On Saturday, we decided to check out the new outlet mall just north of Cincinnati. My sister, Jenn, drove in from Columbus to shop with us so we could have a chance to see her and she could spend some time with the nephew she loves so much! Unfortunately her hubby didn't make it - he was home waiting for their new mattress to arrive! Shopping was great - I got a lot of stuff for Logan, including some things for the fall and a new pair of Nike tennis shoes that were only $12.99! I was disappointed that the Gap did not have any maternity clothes because that's the primary reason I wanted to go there, but we made sure to hit up the regular mall on the way home, and I made out pretty well there! I even got to indulge in some Cheesecake Factory cheesecake - yum!
Even though he's not looking at the camera, I love his face in these next two pictures!
Oops he blinked!
He LOVED playing with the eggs
Sunday was Easter, and we took Logan to church for the first time. I was really nervous about how he would act, especially because my parents' church holds their holiday services in their Parish Life Center, which looks kind of like a gym. I just knew my little hoopster would be yelling, "HOOP" (and he did)! He did a lot better than I expected during the service, thanks to some goldfish crackers and only one little break to go for a walk. We met some of my parents' friends who told us they were "scoring" all the babies as their families went up for communion (ha ha), and they told me that Logan got the highest score, even before they realized he was my mom's grandson! Hearing those kinds of compliments never gets old! After lunch and a nap we took Logan to a nearby playground, a tradition we tried to uphold every year as kids (as long as the weather cooperated). Logan was excited to have more opportunities to enjoy the slides he loved so much on Friday. I would walk him to the top, my mom would catch at the bottom, and my dad was in charge of pictures! We had a blast! We even took a walk around the pond at the end and got to see some ducks!
Easter outfit
Logan and Mommy
Logan with Grandma and Grandpa
Riding on Grandpa's lawn mower - he has the exact same picture of me doing the same thing when I was about 9 months old!
Vroom vroom!
Still driving
Trying out the slide again
Swings!
I'm pretty sure he liked it!
Back to the slides
He kept getting stuck on this slide, so my mom had to either push him or pull him most of the way down!
So cute!
Grandma's helping again
Whoa - we almost lost him on this one!
He thought we wouldn't notice that he ate a whole egg full of M&M's, but the drool evidence gave him away!
Basket on the head
Playing with his new favorite toys - matchbox cars!
We came home on Monday morning, and I will say that the ride home was much better. Logan was starting to feel better (though I was starting to feel the effects of his cold at this point), and he actually slept for about an hour and a half of the drive. All in all, it was a fantastic trip, and it was so great to see my whole family all in one weekend!
1 comment:
That's really nice that you got to spend Easter with your parents. I love the pic of Logan on the inflatable that you captioned "Such a cutie".
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