18 months

It's been an eventful few weeks for Junior.  The whole family made a trip out to the east to visit grandparents.  The plane trips were quite tiresome for Mommy and Daddy.  Junior couldn't sit still for most of the flights, except for an hour or two when he slept.  The remainder of the time, he wanted to kick the seat in front of him or be carried up and down the aisle.  There were short-lived moments of calm when he sat quietly to eat fruit or puffs.  If only we had an endless supply....



He had a great time once we landed. The first leg of the trip was visiting Daddy's parents in Long Island.  We met with most of Daddy's relatives and spent a day in Manhattan.  The rest of the time was spent at home just playing with Grandma and Grandpa.

Eating waffles in Manhattan

Cousin CP also made the trip out at the same time.  Junior was unfortunately the bully of the two and would hit cousin CP whenever he felt like it.  We finally had to give him his first time out in the playard, and after a couple of times he learned to control himself for the most part.  Overall though, they got along pretty well.  

Sand play in the neighbor's backyard

Hanging out in Grandpa's office

For the second half of the trip we took a train down to Delaware and visited Mommy's parents.  The days were much calmer with just one little guy running around, but we of course couldn't take our eyes off him even for a few seconds.  We did some sight-seeing around town, including Longwood gardens and the Delaware children's museum.

Junior loves to smell flowers

Overall we had a great time on our trip, and we're glad we got a chance to do it before Junior's baby brother arrives..... but after 2.5 weeks away from home, we were pretty happy to be back in our own beds.  As soon as we walked into our house from the airport, Junior was so excited to see his own toys.  That first night back he slept really well.  That was the longest he's ever been away from home.  He must of felt relieved to be back home.  Home sweet home.