Trip to Utah

The trip began with a lot of worry. How would Evelyn do on the plane? Should we have purchased a second seat for her? How will she do without her own crib and sheets and room? My fears were unfounded, of course. I won't say our recent trip to Utah to visit family was without its bumps and headaches, but it was also delightful.


First to the airport, and through security, and to the gate, and onto the plane--no problems. Evelyn was really good on the plane, as long as we were entertaining her. She was playing for the first half hour and slept the second half hour. The biggest problem was that I had to pee something wicked and, of course, the urge struck as soon as I sat down with a baby on my lap, in the window seat, and with the seatbelt light on. My stress level was super high as Evie occasionally threw her favorite toy (the airplane safety card) against the seat in front of her all while trying not to pee on the seat. Ugh. But She was really good. A few cries, a few accidental kicks of the seat in front of us, but nothing terrible.

Here is Evie in the airport, before flying out of Denver.


We got off the plane and went to the Hertz rental counter. I was really tired and hungry and feeling the effects of the drammamine and extra-wiped from the plan ride with a busy baby. Then the rental counter person was training her counterpart and had to explain Every. Single. Step. It took forever, and they totally took advantage of my sleep-induced "whateverness" and upsold us from our midsized Hyundai Sonanta into an Infinity SX Crossover. STUPIDEST CAR EVER. Do not spend $55,000, or however much they cost, on this stupid car. Don't even rent this stupid car. It is high off the ground like an SUV, but the roof is low like a sportscar, so the inside is teeny tiny. It's all curves and tiny windows and, basically, you are driving an egg full of blindspots. Terrible car. But I digress...

We squeezed in a quick trip to see Alisa and have lunch with her kids (cute house! adorable kids! sorry it was so short!) and then headed to my dad's house up north.

My sisters were exploding out of their skin with excitement to meet Evelyn. It was so nice, but Evie was a little overwhelmed. Really the whole trip, she was out-of-sorts. A little crabby, a little tired, a little overwhelmed. But despite all that, she did well.


Here is Emma, age 4, playing with Evelyn.



Here is Olivia, age 8, trying to hold Evelyn on her lap. Evelyn wasn't too excited to be held by other people, but she did ok.



The big event of the weekend was Olivia's baptism. It was great to be visiting on such a special weekend. Here are some pics from that day.


Emma was posing by a tree, looking adorable.





Most of the weekend we just relaxed, played some Password (Emma stumped us all with "a fire-breathing dragon who can't add 2 plus 3 sitting on a rocking chair holding a baby." Just couldn't guess that one!), ate food, and drew pictures with crayons. I wish I could visit more because my sisters are getting so grown-up. I hope I can see them again this year, or that they can come visit, so they can see Evelyn more often.

Evelyn was so tired from her trip that she took many many naps in the two days after we arrived home and also slept through the night. Amazing!