Easter Weekend

We had a jam packed weekend for Easter! On Saturday we woke up bright and early and got on the road for Tampa. We had forgotten to take Darby to the boarding facility the night before (apparently these things happen when you’re focused on a baby) so we dropped him off first. We made the two hour drive south without any problems. We stopped once for Colton to eat and other than that he was a great traveler. He is really not a fan of the car seat because it is so constricting. He tries to sit up while he’s in it and when he realizes he can’t he makes sure we know he’s unhappy. So, we arrive in Tampa and had a quick bite to eat with our friends Brian and Stephanie Barrow. Everything took a bit longer than we expected because of traffic so by the time we got back on the road we were behind schedule.

We arrived in Ft. Myers at the hotel at 4:55 p.m. and we had to leave by 5:40 p.m. in order to get to the ceremony site by 6 p.m. YIKES! We still had to hand-off Colton to my parents and shower. They met us at the drive for the hotel and helped us unload. In record time Josh and I cleaned up and got ready for the wedding. I managed to write instructions for Colton while still in the car so I gave those to Grammy and asked her to read and let me know if she had any questions before we left. Definitely not the way I wanted to leave my baby on our first night away!

We made it to the ceremony on time, phew! We had a great time celebrating Mike and Karla’s wedding and catching up with lots of my old Tridelt friends from college. We did really well with leaving Colton. I think because we were so rushed it didn’t give us time to dwell on it. I did catch Josh scrolling through Colton’s photos on his cell phone though and I had to pull him out on the dance floor to distract him  We had a great time and when I woke up the next morning I immediately headed next door to my parents room to see my little man. They said he did well and probably would have done just fine sleeping through the night in his little pack and play but my mom did pick him up to change his diaper because she said she could smell pee.

Anyway, Sunday morning we celebrated Easter in the hotel lobby. A little strange, well a lot strange, but it was worth it to spend the evening with Karla and Mike. Colton got his Easter baskets and he also got to meet all my friends. Harmony is 17 weeks pregnant (hard to tell in the photos) so it was fun to see her and Kyle and remember back to how Josh and I felt around babies just before Colton arrived. It’s a whole new world, that’s for sure!

After visiting for a bit we all said our goodbye’s and Josh and I got back on the road. We stopped again in Tampa because Colton was waking up and we wanted him to be able to stretch out a bit and play. We decided to stop at IKEA and it was the first trip for either of us. GOOD GRACIOUS that place is just nuts. It’s not that it was all that busy since it was Easter it’s just that there was so much going on and so many things to look at. We found the two chairs we wanted but unfortunately we didn’t have enough room in our car to get them home. They are not flat packed like 99% of the other stuff in the store. Colton loved IKEA though, he was talking VERY loudly as we walked around and he loved when Josh set him in the bin of stuffed animals to pick out his toy. We left with two stuffed animals for Colton, a seagrass flower pot and some basil seedlings. Random! The rest of the trip home kind of stunk, Colton wasn’t ready for another nap and was just so miserable in the car seat. I’m hoping he grows out of it otherwise we will only travel at night from now on.

Well that’s the update for now. Pictures are below. This weekend is Caitlin’s wedding so we’ll be sharing some photos after that.

Love you all and hope you had a wonderful and blessed Easter holiday.

Jenny

Easter Weekend