My First Vacation!

Over Memorial Day weekend we traveled to Des Moines, Iowa to visit my family. My parents along with both of my siblings live there. It took us about 8 hours to get there. Sophia did awesome on the trip! She slept most of the way and when she was awake she was content to coo and smile in her car seat. People have made fun of us for having such a big SUV and one little baby (Infiniti QX 56) but it was completely stuffed. So traveling with a baby is not bad but packing for the trip is a lot of work! Mom and Dad had to wonder if we were moving in or not?!

On Friday us girls went to the Perry Tea Room. It such a beautiful Victorian restaurant that my Mom and I have always enjoyed. It was fun to take Sophia there with us. The menu has such girlie food, we both enjoyed the quiche and it comes with an other foo-foo items such as heart shaped crackers and such.

Jason and my Dad spent most of the weekend at the horse track. I don't think they had huge success but had fun trying. The track there has lives races so if anything they enjoy watching the horses run.

Sophia finally had the chance to meet her only cousin Carter. Carter is my sister Leslie's son he was born in September. They were so cute together at one time they grabbed each others hands, it was so precious. Carter had a double ear infection and didn't feel well so it was a little bit of a bummer. My sister was so excited to see her, Aunt Leslie held her quite a bit. It was fun to see Leslie's new apartment too.

We did a little bit of shopping as there are so many great malls out there. Sophia loves to move around so as long as we keep the stroller moving she is happy as a clam. A couple of the malls had nursing rooms near the restrooms so that was nice for me to use as we needed them. They were just little rooms with a changing station and a rocker, so that was perfect.

We were sad to leave everyone, but are planning to head that way again for the 4th of July. By that time Carter should feel better and we will have even more fun. Hopefully Jason and Dad will have better luck at the track too. Sorry so long to make these posts but unpacking takes much longer with an infant and I can't seem to get anything done in a timely manner anymore. But she is so much fun and we can't imagine what we did without her. Have a great weekend!