Owen and I went to CT for 5 days at the end of July. Jeff was out of town for business so Owen and I decided to take a trip ourselves so we were not home all week alone. We visited Owen's Godmother Christina and her family. We had a great time! Owen was beyond good! We took an early flight and thankfully had an empty seat next to me so Owen had his own window seat. We arrived in CT by lunch time. I thought Owen would want to take a nap right when we got to their house, but he took a 10 minute nap on the way home from the airport and thought that was all the sleep he needed. He was happy so I will not complain!
Owen thought it was fabulous to have attention from Mimi, Bobbie and Christina. He had a blast showing off for them! Friday was a cool rainy day in Avon, so we stayed inside most of the day. We did venture out in the afternoon to get some ice cream and then walked into Borders because they were having a sale on kids book. They had wind up toys in the kids section and we spent over an hour there while Owen played with them.
We went to EGGS farm on a very HOT Saturday. Owen liked the little animals but was scared of the horses, pigs, and donkeys. His favorite animal was the farm cat. By this time we had been away from home and our kitties for a few days. Owen was so excited to see the cat. He ran right up to it and started petting it saying "kitty, kitty, kitty!"
Sunday was Jim's birthday so we went out to lunch. Owen was teething on Sunday and he was kind of crabby. We went to a wood fire pizza grill restaurant for lunch and Owen was very uncooperative about sitting at the table. He wanted me to hold him and stand at the grill to watch the man make the pizza. He must have told the man that the grill was "hot" about a hundred times. I suppose I was due for a bit of Owen crabbiness since he was good for so many days before Sunday. After a dose of Motrin he was much happier. We spent the rest of the day playing outside. Owen like trying to shoot basketball. The 10 foot basketball hoop was a little more difficult for him than his Fisher Price version! Owen also got to play with sidewalk chalk for the first time. Owen tried to blow bubbles but ended up licking the bubble wand! Gross!
Monday was our last day in CT. We went to the park in the morning but Owen got crabby kind of quickly. I thought he was just hungry, but when we went home he would not even eat lunch. He wanted to go straight to bed for a nap. I think he may have just laid in bed during his morning nap, which lead him to being crabby and tired early for an afternoon nap. He was in a better mood once he got some sleep. We started our trip back to Kansas City on Monday afternoon. We once again lucked out with having an empty seat next to me so Owen got his own seat! He was once again on his best behavior on the planes. On our second flight Owen kept sticking his hands in between the seats in front of us and trying to tickle the lady sitting there. Luckily she is a mom and was happy to tickle him back. I suppose it is better to have a wild crazy baby sitting near you than a screaming one! With about an hour left in the flight Owen was quite exhausted and fell asleep on my lap. We finally got home about 10pm. Owen was a bit standoffish to Jeff when we got home. I think he was kind of mad because Jeff left for a week. He was thrilled to see BW when we got home. He was petting him and even trying to pick him up! Owen gave Jeff the cold shoulder and was showering BW with love. Not quite the welcome home that Jeff was expecting.
Overall we had a wonderful trip and can't wait to visit again. It is nice to catch up with good friends. I know Owen had a great time being spoiled by so many people. He is gong to miss all the extra attention now that we are back home!
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