Wow... we thought an eight hour drive with a six month old last summer was going to be the end of us until we left on Friday evening to head out on a six hour drive with a 16 month old and a 7 week old. AHHHHHH is all I had to say.
My cousin Rachel was getting married on Sunday so we made a weekend out of it, in hopes that weather would be great and we could spend a lot of time in the pool at the hotel. Well, our hopes came true and that's just what we did. After a long drive down to Springfield, Missouri we arrived at our hotel about 3 am. We were exhausted and ready to sleep. But of course as soon as we pulled up to the hotel Barret's eyes were wide open and he pointed out the window and said, "what's that?" I was immediately frustrated and new that it was going to be an even longer night. We got to the room and Levi started screaming. I knew he was hungry, but there was more to the screaming than hunger, maybe a strange place, maybe he could sense my frustration, or maybe he just didn't want us to go to sleep. Daddy curled up in one bed while pinning Barret down to keep him from getting up and wandering around. It's night time Barret, go to sleep, is all that Daddy kept saying over and over again. I on the other hand sat wide awake in the other bed trying to nurse Levi and trying to get him to fall back to sleep. Every time he would get quiet I thought to myself, this is it, and then moments later a shrilling scream and then out of the corner of my eye I would see a shadow move. Looking over to see Barret's head peaking over Daddy's body, just staring at Levi and me. 4:30am rolled around and we finally were able to lay down and I eventually fell asleep too. Lucky for us Barret didn't wake up until about 8:30, he must have been pretty tired too. I was thankful.
We got up, brushed our teeth and headed over to IHOP for breakfast. Barret was starving, he ate 2 whole pancakes, a piece of sausage, and drank a ton of milk and most of Mama's smoothie. It was quite delicious. We headed back to the hotel and took a walk just to see the layout and figure out where the pool was. Barret was so excited and wanted to jump right in. I had to pull him away kicking and screaming literally. We headed up to the room got changed, and came back down to the pool and it was only 9:30. We had a long day in store that was for sure. We spent the morning at the pool and the afternoon at the pool. We enjoyed a complementary lunch at the hotel due to room issues, and even got to see Grandma and Grandpa Boehm and Uncle Jason. It was really exciting. Levi even dipped his little toes in the pool for the first time. He wasn't exactly sure about it, to cry or not to cry was seriously the question. The water was warm no doubt but the wind was a bit chilly for his little body. He did a great job though. (pictures to come, in the move I have misplace my uploader) We ended the day with a feast out at The Outback where we were accompanied by Aunt Deborah and Uncle Oscar. It was a feast for kings, even though were were crammed 7 adults and two babies to a booth for most of the meal.
On Sunday we woke up with our bellies still full, which was a good thing because the breakfast at the hotel was not exactly the best thing I've ever eaten. However, we ate anyway and at 6:30 in the morning we ate our breakfast in peace down in the restaurant of the hotel. It was nice and we enjoyed it. But of course, as soon as breakfast was over we went to wake up everyone else. And sooner than later we headed out to the pool where we splished and splashed the day away. We even had lunch on the deck so to not disturb our water bug Barret. He was loving it and soaking up every second of the heat stricken day by spending it in the water. He even went under a few times, all on accident, but took it like a champ. Eventually we headed up to our rooms to get ready for the wedding. It was an evening wedding, 6:30, so we had to get dinner before going. Our choice feast this night was Fudruckers. Delicious! I'm sure we were a sight to see though, dressed to the 9's in our wedding attire, eating delicious burgers and playing video games. We like to make a statement :)
The wedding was beautiful and Barret was seriously on his best behavior. He sat through the ceremony like he'd done it a thousand times. Of course we kept offering him different toys whenever he would begin to get antsy. Grandma Boehm brought the best thing though, and we will take it everywhere we go that is quiet now. A book with over 40 flaps to open (it tells you that on the cover, I didn't count them). It was really great. The reception was fun too. Barret was a dancer that's for sure, and as tired as he was and as much as he was falling asleep, we got him going and he was having a blast. Barret's favorite thing though were the moving lights on the dance floor. He kept trying to touch them but they were always moving. His frustration was a little funny but he didn't seem to care too much that he couldn't catch them. We finally got back to the hotel at 11pm and were exhausted. Of course Barret's two minute cat nap in the car had him all caught up on the sleep he needed. I'm pretty sure he was practicing his kung fu in the pack-n-play. It took him almost an hour to finally settle down and go to sleep. When I got the courage to go turn on a light and look at him he was curled up in a ball in one corner of the pack-n-play and all the blankets were in the other corner, even the ones we had laid down on the bottom for him to lay on top of. What a crazy little one we have.
Levi did a great job on his first long trip and I was so proud of him. He made it through the hot sunny days by the pool and even looked so studly at the wedding in his tuxedo onsie. He was truly the best dressed there. I was very proud of my boys and how adorable they were at the wedding (it was a first for both). Levi even got to add a new state to his list, MISSOURI!
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