Travel

There were entire fields full of wishes to make!

A camel stole my bucket!

A zebra right outside the window!




Grandma Donna and Nora Lee




VMI Parade

Grandpa Mike and Nora Lee

Military Parade at VMI



Grandpa Mike and Nora Lee

We just returned from spending a week in San Diego and then a week in Lexington, Virginia - all visiting family. Nora Lee did beautifully on the flight to and from the east coast. We only had one mishap when she fell in the toilet in the airport and bruised her leg. I was holding onto her and then lifted one of my arms so that I could grab the toilet paper. When I did, she fell in and started screaming "Mama you're hurting me!" Everyone in the bathroom (and outside the bathroom) were convinced I was torturing my child. When we finally got cleaned up and left the restroom Matt said, "What was going on in there!" Nora Lee dried her tears and said so sincerely to Matt, "Daddy, did that ever happen to you when you were little?" He lied and said yes.

Grandpa Mike and Grandma Donna live in a beautiful tiny town (about 7,000 people) in Virginia. It takes about ten minutes to drive into this town from where they live which is located in the Shenandoah Valley and absolutely stunning. Green everywhere and my personal heaven. We played in the yard and Grandpa Mike showed Nora Lee how to play golf, football and soccer. She even had her own sized golf clubs!

One of my favorite things on the trip was going to Safari Park. Incredible animals lived on acres of land and we got to drive our car through and feed them. They would actually stick their heads into the car! It was scary at times and totally thrilling!

We were in Virginia for five days and then we flew home. We ended up on an international flight with our own TVs and tons of movie choices. Nora Lee watched movies the whole way which was awesome. She got really tired near the end and fell asleep. Unfortunately we hadn't put her in a diaper so when we lifted her up to carry her out we realized she was sleeping in a pool of pee. Luckily the seats were leather and I got it cleaned up quickly and gave the flight attendant a heads up.

We are happy to be home and with Hogarth again. it was our first time away from him and all went well.