Heading home

We ended up coming back without daddy on Friday morning. The experience is a lot different when you are traveling with you and a baby plus the car seat etc. Thankfully I had seen Laura do it on her own before so I knew how to set everything up so I could push Kaylie, pull luggage, and backpack the car seat. Once through the ticket counters we headed to security.

Security was just as traumatic the second time as it was the first for her. She cried over losing her bear, having to take her shoes off and of course putting up her stroller. The only difference was this time the people were so grateful I followed the correct procedures with bringing on Kaylie's food and bagging all her med and placing them out for scanning that they took sympathy on me and my crying baby. Most of the time you feel so rushed. This time they brought my stroller to me, opened it up and worked on calming Kaylie down. Usually they are way to serious. They even put a bag on my stroller for me. So impressed. Definitely appreciated.

We got up at 4 am to make an 8am flight in Denver. We were exhausted. Overall, things went well. I had some major anxiety before we even left for the trip but this time it was easy. The only problems we had were take off, landings, and lack of food. During these moments she would fight, cry, and at times kick the chair. Thankfully the guys in front of me were cool and didn't mind. They helped me entertain her whenever she was upset and actually stopped her from crying making this trip a success. It also helped she discovered the tray tables and the fact that she could sit on them and/or lay across them into my arms. This made her happy making things in my world great!

Final trip home: Kaylie A+(lost a few pluses for take offs and landings), mommy A+++. I was shocked at how stress free this was for me. I thought I would fall apart. It helped that the flight attendants were wonderful. They gave her cookies, coloring books, and stopped by to chat as much as they could. It was nice to have their help!

To our baby girl...Mommy and daddy are so incredibly proud of you! You did fantastic on the plane and were so good on this trip. Mommy and daddy love you!

Friendship

Laura, Allie, and Nick, Thank you so much for a wonderful trip. We had so much fun and loved spending time with you. I promise it will not take another 3 years to get out to see you again. We alreay miss you and are looking forward to seeing yall and meeting baby Ryan soon!

Focus on Family

Focus on the Family is a Christian based organization that provides a safe place for children to play. This place is way better than any mall play area that you could find. They have so many things for kids to do. They even have puppet shows and stage performances for the kids to watcch. To top it off it is free. If you are ever in Colorado Springs it is worth visiting.

Other highlights included a plane for the kids to walk through, a movie under the stars, a jungle gym type play scape, costumes to dress up in, and a soda shop for snack time. That was the only thing you had to pay for. Walk away with two exhausted children and I would say we had one successful day!

Dance Dance Dance

Dance Dance Revolution the Chuck E Cheeses way.

Chuck E Cheeses

What do you do on a cold rainy day...Chuck E Cheeses. The girls had a blast! Kaylie actually played several of the games.

Kaylie was obsessed with this game.

For some reason she would not sit in the seat.

Sang to a Dora song..."Popping bubbles, pop, pop, pop, pop. That song never leaves my head!

We made several trips to this game.

YAY...Kaylie was impressed at mommy's skills. She was good at this game.

Growing up I rocked at skee ball. Glad to see it is staying in the family.

She was able to get the ball all the way to the top of the ramp before it came back down. I was impressed that she was able to get it that far.

Whenever the balls would get stuck in the shoot she would put her face up to the hole to see if more were coming. Not the best idea!

One of the staff members came by throwing out tickets. Kaylie was in heaven.

Kaylie and Allie

Random pictures from the week.

Kaylie can find a stroller anywhere. When she sees one it sounds like she is saying Dora. It can get confusing at times.

Allison enjoyed watching movies with Kaylie while she was eating. Good bonding time.

Red Robin burgers...yummy!!!

She is such a monkey

The girls decided it would be fun to play behind the couch. It amazed me at how easily Kaylie could get in and out of it without any problems. Her arms and legs are so incredibly strong it makes up for the fact that she is short.

One time I heard Kaylie crying...she and Allison had decided it would be fun to put their strollers back there with them. The only problem was Allison could get out and Kaylie could not. Cracked me up.

Bed time

The girls absolutely loved each other. Last year I was able to find jammies that were the same even though they are different sizes so I figured I would do the same thing this year. They loved it. They love to imitate each other allowing for some great photo ops.


Kaylie is obsessed with bowels, cups, and silverware. Cheap entertainment! It can keep her busy for a good 30 minutes.

As Kaylie would say, "hat, hat."

I am so glad they got along as well as they did! Laura and I hope they will be as good of friends as we are when they get older.

Dancing to Dora! Kaylie has really started to get into dancing. She was dancing along with the stars on Dancing with the Stars last night.

Our little ballerina. I see a dance class or two in her future.

Look at Kaylie's pouty lip. She was upset she did not have the Dora lunch box to play with.