Because of this we took pictures on our first day and didn't even pick the camera back up with any family. We are so horrible at this!!!
For just a snapshot of what we did, here you go:
SAT - Gateway in the morning and at lunch, drove back to Ogden, spent the afternoon playing at Grandpa Dave's, went and saw Carl's sister Amber, back to Dave's for dinner
SUN - Went to Grandpa Rick's for the morning, off to Great G&G Stonehocker's at 1:00, went to dinner at 4, back to my dad's after that
MON - Went to Christy's at 11 for lunch and the park with Christy, Andy, Debbie, Ginger and Dustin, drove around for another nap, went to Dan's at 4:00 for dinner and to play with the kids (Carson had the most fun at their house. He went straight to Cooper's room and found all the trucks and then ran on their treadmill until he was totally burnt out. Yes, I mean he literally ran on the treadmill until he couldn't take it anymore!)
TUES - Drove to SLC in the snow, went to my office, met my boss for lunch at RedRock, drove around SLC for awhile checking out stuff like our old house, drove back to Ogden, went to Dave's for another hour, went to my grandparents' house again for an hour, went to my dad's for dinner
WED - Went to breakfast and dealt with Carson throwing a total tantrum, got ready at the hotel, went to lunch and dealt with Carson throwing another tantrum, went to the Treehouse, drove around Ogden while Carson napped, picked up my dad and drove to the airport, did the whole airport thing and got home at 9pm.
That made me tired just thinking about all of that. You can see we did a lot of driving which luckily took care of naps. Carson totally refused to sleep at all in the pack n play at the hotel. He was in bed with us every night because the hotel walls were paper-thin and he is very loud. None of us slept well in one bed, but it was so cute to watch Carson sleep like a big boy. This was the first time he slept on a pillow and didn't need to nurse at night while in bed with me (co-sleeping is long past so I was nervous he'd fall back into his old habits). He would wake up during the night look at each of us, give us each a kiss and go right back to sleep. It was way too cute to be annoying.
Before we left for Utah I checked the weather and everything said 60s. Apparently they were wrong and all I packed for Carson and me were light hoodies. We were pretty cold the entire time, especially when it snowed! We got him a blanket at Target to wrap around him at least!
Saturday we met our friends, Scott & Jeanette, and their two kids down at Gateway to go to the children's museum and have lunch. We played at the fountains at while we waited for them to meet us. Carson didn't know what to think about them.
Here is Carson showing his "muscles"...
and his "Touchdown!"
The Gateway museum was seriously awesome. The kids (and adults) had so much fun and we only left because we were all starving. The first room is all pipes and balls.
All of a sudden Carson has discovered cars and trucks. He drives everything around like a car even if it isn't close to being a car. He found this big Tonka truck to drive...we know what he's getting for Christmas!
And then he found a truck version of his Cozy Coupe. It was love at first site. He was pretty possessive over it and kept going back to it.
This picture made me giggle. I'm attempting to take a picture with my child while he screams from excitement and Peyton gives us a total side-eye from the backseat. I love that girl! Before this she brought me mail and asparagus to deliver to a horse. I didn't ask questions.
Costume time! He wouldn't keep the turtle head on :(
He was climbing all over this big tree house like such a big boy. He's so much fun to watch.
Carl, Carson, Scott, Connor and Peyton playing at one of the big water tables.
And just so you don't wonder, Carson does NOT want to be a news caster.
This was the only other time I got out the camera. It was a prime example of why we were so tired from chasing him. In the hotel we had a gate up for the bathroom, the safe locked, the phone up on the TV, a chair blocking the lamp and buckets stuff etc. etc. etc.
After he was done pulling all the clothes from the drawers he decided he'd just stand in them. He turned that TV off about 4,893 times in a 5 day period.
By the time Wednesday came we were all really wound up. We went to get our favorite local lunch and had two hours before taking off for the airport. We took Carson to the Treehouse in Ogden to play because he was so fussy and needed to just run free.
Then my mom and dad both call to say that it is snowing so bad in Denver that they were talking about canceling flights. I about had a nervous breakdown. We just decided to go to the airport and hope for the best. They told us we'd probably get off the ground, but there was still a chance we could be re-routed if they couldn't land.
Luckily everything worked out perfect and we got home safe and sound. Carl had already taken Thursday off and my mom got stuck trying to leave for work so we were all home for a snow day. I don't have a snow outfit for Carson, but this was his first snow experience. I put him in fleece-lined jeans, 3 shirts, baby legs, a fleece hat, a thick coat we got as a gift last year and socks on his hands. He didn't like the snow, but had a lot of fun running around while we all shoveled.
Carl called him Ralphie. :)
You can see that the snow was up to Carson's waist! And our poor pumpkins are under the snow pile on the left...BOO!
Carson's top and bottom eye teeth on his left side both broke through the surface yesterday too. He slept much better last night.
All in all, we got a nice break, got to see our lovely family and friends and got to eat at some of our favorite restaurants from "home". Utah definitely still feels like home and always will. We love knowing our way around with our eyes closed and just the overall feeling of nostalgia. Roy and Ogden haven't changed much at all, but that's what brings back that loving feeling. :)
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