Travis got to meet his first set of great-grandparents when we went on our little trip. He met my mom's parents, grandma and grandpa Morley. I think they liked him:) How could you not?!
I have wanted to put Travis in a swing for so long. However, I don't know where any baby swings are around here. Well, the first day that I was in Denver, Travis and I went to the park by my parents house with my mom and sister. The park had an infant swing, even better than what I was looking for. I put him in the swing and he loved it. He started laughing! It was hilarious. I got some of it on video but it isn't great. He had stopped laughing by that point and the angle makes it so you can't see his face. Oh well. You can still tell he likes it. I see a lot more swinging in our future!
On May 9th Travis got to go on his first airplane! We flew from Provo to Denver for a quick visit before heading to Houston. I was SO nervous because Eric wasn't with us and I didn't know how he would handle it. He was such a good baby. He flirted with the girl next to me almost the whole time, and then when we landed, he fell asleep on me. Silly boy. Our gate was A 60, so I held him on my shoulder and pushed the stroller with my other arm all the way to the baggage claim where I met my sister, and then all the way to the car. It was a good 45 minute nap for him. I'm glad he did so well on the airplane. He didn't have any ear issues that I could tell, thanks to his binky!
While we were up in Park City we took Travis swimming for the first time. At first he really didn't have any reaction. After a little while he would just kick his legs in the water. He loved it! We took him swimming twice in the same day. The second time we didn't stay in very long though because the pool was outside and it was chilly. A few weeks later I took Travis swimming again, but he didn't like it. I think it's because he was SUPER tired. He ended up talking a nap on me while everyone else swam. We'll have to try again soon. I hope he continues to like it, because I love to swim and I intend on swimming a lot this summer!
Below is a video of Travis going in the pool for the first time with daddy, a picture with me, and then a picture of him sleeping instead of swimming.
Me and Eric have been married for four years as of May 3. We decided to go on a little getaway to Park City, which we did for our first anniversary. It was a lot of fun and nice to go somewhere and have time together. We went up on Thursday (Eric took Friday off) and came back on Saturday afternoon. We we going to leave right after Eric got off of work at 5 and eat at Texas Roadhouse, but Eric ended up having to stay at work to finish a project. He didn't leave until after 6, and now that we have a kid, we can't start things too late in the evening. I was kind-of upset, but everything was ok when Eric came home with a $100 gift card to Ruby River Steakhouse. The people he was helping knew he was leaving for his anniversary so they gave him the card as a thanks for staying late to help. We ended up going there instead, naturally! Once we got up there we had to put Travis straight to bed. Staying in hotels with a kid is much different. We ran to him if he made even one peep! Also, we couldn't do much when he was sleeping. It was nice to just hang out with Eric though.
The next day we took Travis swimming (more about that later) and then moved to a different hotel. We had a free night at one hotel but wanted to stay at a nice one right on one of the ski slopes. It was nice. Anyways, that day we went to Main Street Park City for lunch and ice-cream and then just walked around. We took Travis swimming again and then went out for some delicious Mexican food. This second hotel was like a 1-bedroom apartment so we could put Travis to sleep in a separate room. We put him out by the kitchen because this hotel had the BIGGEST tub and all I wanted to do was take a bubble bath. Once Travis was in bed that's exactly what I did. It was so relaxing. I've been wanting to take a bath for so long, but little bath tubs are no fun.
The last day we went and got some breakfast since the nicer hotel didn't provide it. Seems backward to me. Anyways, we then went to the outlets and got me some new clothes. I love having outlets relatively close. I'm not sure Eric does though:) We then headed home! It was such a nice little getaway. It was hard to do a lot of things because we had to plan around Travis' nap and eating schedule. I guess I should get used to traveling not being so easy! It's so worth it to have such a cute little boy though!
Ok, now some pictures:
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| Dinner at the Steakhouse |
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| Daddy and Son |
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| Travis' cheesy smile. Don't you just love those cheeks?! |
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| Look how small he looks in the giant tub |
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| Family Photo |
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| Travis mesmerized by the fire |
May has been a super busy month for me and Travis. This is our first week-end at home! I have a lot to blog about, but instead of doing one giant blog post, I'm going to do quite a few smaller ones, so stay tuned!!
Here's a picture just because:
A couple of weeks ago we bought Travis some pajamas for summertime. We've had a few really warm days and his warm PJ's are making him so hot at night. So, we got him some cute short/shirt PJ sets. He looks so big in them! It's so crazy how fast he's growing up. He isn't such a small baby anymore. Isn't he so sweet??
I was trying to think of what to make for dinner tonight, and decided that I wanted to do a picnic. I actually wanted to do one yesterday, but we had too much going on in the afternoon and dinner plans were already made. Since the weather was so nice today, I decided that today was the day. I didn't really have any good food for a picnic dinner so I decided that we would go to Costa Vida and then head over to a park to eat it. I actually wanted to go to a park with a swing set with a baby swing, but I didn't know of any so we went to Rock Canyon park. This also happens to be the park where Eric proposed to me! So we drove around a little bit and found the perfect spot in the shade. We set Travis up with some toys and enjoyed our delicious burritos in peace. It was a perfect evening. I think this might become at least a monthly tradition this summer. It was just what we needed. I think Travis loved it too! He even got his first ride down a slide. Thank you Utah for the perfect weather this evening.
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| Set up with his toys |
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| View to our left |
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| View to our right |
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| Daddy and his boy |
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| First time down a slide! |
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| Our little family |
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| Travis even got to participate in the picnic. Yummy prunes! |
About a week ago Eric's parents came out for a week-long visit. They found some cheap tickets and wanted to visit Travis. Well, us too, but Travis is more exciting! We had a fun visit! I failed at taking any pictures though. I can't believe it. That's my next goal: take more pictures. Anyways, we ate a lot of good food, and by a lot, I mean A LOT!! Probably too much. I guess that's what vacations are for huh? Travis had his first visit to Temple Square up in Salt Lake the day they flew in. We were just walking through to get to The Lions House restaurant, but I will count it. I was able to go to the dentist (oh joy!) and get my hair cut while they watched Travis. I really appreciated that. I hadn't had a hair cut in over 7 months. It was needed. Trust me. Eric and I were able to go on a date on Saturday night. That was lovely. It was nice to just relax and enjoy the company! I hope we can do it again soon! We also got to check out the new City Creek Center up in Salt Lake. That mall is awesome! They have all kinds of stores, some super expensive like Tiffany's, and then some normal stores. There is a creek running through the mall and a retractable roof. It's awesome. If you are ever in Salt Lake, check it out. Trust me! We also got to eat at The Cheesecake Factory that day. Oh my, it was delicious. I LOVE their cheesecake. We got to go on a lot of walks around our neighborhood. Travis loves going on walks. I was a little sad that the weather wasn't as nice the week they were here. It would have been nice to get outside more. The day after they left the weather turned great again. Figures. I'm sure there are things that I missed that we did. It was such a nice visit and we sure do miss them. I wish all of our family was close by. That would be so wonderful. Thanks for coming to visit! We love you!
I really thought my new approach at blogging would help to motivate me to do it. Like this blog post title said, I failed! I am going to keep trying though. A lot has been going on around here. Mostly we had to deal with teething and everything that came with it. We are actually still dealing with the repercussions of teething even though his teeth have been in for a few weeks. Mostly just his sleep has been HORRIBLE. I mean 30 minute naps during the day and waking numerous times at night. I think he forgot how to self soothe and I've been trying to reteach him but it is so hard! I won't give up though. We also stopped swaddling him since he is now too big for his swaddlers. He still likes to be swaddled so that is a challenge with his sleep too. He is still a pretty happy little guy. Some days are better than others but I love being him mommy no matter what. His little smile and laugh just make me so happy.
Moral of this blog: I am going to try harder to be a more consistent blogger again.
