We left Thursday May 30th at about 10:30am and returned home Tuesday June 5th at 8:50pm. We had a terrific trip... no major mishaps, and a lot of fun! This was the first trip I told MJ we'd be going on ahead of time. He was very excited to be going on a "special trip to see Daddy in the hotel." Our laptop is out of order again, so our generous cousins let us borrow their portable DVD player. This gave us much peace of mind during the last few hours of our trip. Between the bucket of toys I brought and naps, that took up most of the 10.5 hour drive to Michigan, but the movies were certainly nice.
First we have the double stroller, without which, I couldn't do stops alone. Well, I suppose I could do it with a single stroller, but it's nice in case MJ is sleepy and/or cranky. Joey is sporting the new look of no infant carrier attached to the stroller. We had to do this with MJ when he was 3-4 months old b/c his infant carseat was just too small for him. Thanks to the higher weight limit of the Grace SafeSeat 20.5lb Joey is still able to use it. However, just for fun he got to ride in the stoller like this... he seemed to like it.
MJ was so excited to see Daddy in the hotel. He's been staying at the Marriot in the Renassaince Center in Detroit (and also working there). This was our second stay there, and I've gotten much more used to the valet, bell man, and other nice things that fancy hotels offer. And I'm probably the only mom with 2 kids they see all week. It's really hard for me to let people do stuff for me. I'm getting better, but when they tried to pack the car for me, I had to redo it. I've got a system to make the trip alone with my two boys, and I like having things in my order. Oh, the picture is of MJs "car show" My mom gave him the first idea for this, and we play it quite often. At the bottom of the Ren Cen there is an actual car show on display... more pictures of that later.
Friday, Mario was working, we visited with Grandma aka Nana. MJ was very excited to play at Nana's house (he's been there a few times). This visit, he seems to finally have grasped that he cannot touch Nana's things but can only play with his toys. It's worked out much nicer that way. Mario really did work a lot on Friday, but I took him away from the office in Detroit at lunch so we could avoid rush hour. He worked from my Grandma's house most of the time, but managed to take a break to play a little. Joey likes this game. Friday night we had dinner with Mario's cousin Dave, his wife Kely, and their daughter Mercy. David Jr is due in about 3 months. We had a delicious BBQ and were sad to leave. I'm also sad that we didn't have the camera ready. There was a very cute picture of Mercy and MJ hugging each other goodbye, but we missed it.
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