We returned from vacation with the Zebrowski's on Saturday. We were supposed to come home on Sunday but Emma wasn't sleeping very well in the pack n play, plus some teething going on, so we decided to cut our losses and come home. Of course the night we got back she slept for 10 hours straight!
Ryan, Emma and I drove to MI on Monday the 18th after having an oil change on the car and meeting the Fortners for a last goodbye breakfast and then meeting with Ryan's new teachers - Mrs. Nickell, Miss Stephanie and Miss Chris. We had our best drive ever making it in 5 hours and 15 minutes and only stopping for 15 minutes. Kris flew in to MI on Wednesday and we made the rounds visiting the McCarthys, the Deckers, the Scramlins, the Stones, the Igels and my grandmother.
Sunday morning we drove to Traverse City to begin the real vacation! While there we shopped downtown, visited a few wineries, explored Old Mission Penninsula, took a ice cream sail, went to the pool and the beach. Here are some of the many pictures from our trip.
On Thursday, we drove to Frankenmuth. While there we explored the town and the hotel which had a lot of pools and play areas. Ryan took a horse and carriage ride with Nana & Buppa and really enjoyed dancing to German music with anyone else who would (we have some great videos). We also indulged our shopping needs at Birch Run. Here are some pictures from that trip!
We had a great time in both places although by the end we were ready to get home. Emma did great at the beginning but it steady degraded until I was barely able to stand it. Ryan loved having Nana and Buppa to play with and it was so nice to have some breaks from entertaining him and keeping Emma happy! Ryan loved being at the beach, really enjoying driving cars in the sand and burying Daddy and himself. We enjoyed having connecting rooms, thus a place to go to after we put the kids to bed. Overall, it was a great trip. We're looking forward to our trip to Boston with them in November.
Other news - Emma learned to roll from her back to her stomach and has been rolling herself away. While this seems to make her happy, she has decided not to be the perfectly happy newborn anymore and is increasingly fussy if no one pays attention to her. She has found her feet though and is able to keep herself busy playing with them, especially if she has the pjs on with the ducks on the feet. Ryan was supposed to start school tomorrow, but they decided to only send half of the kids the first day and the other half the second day so that they had more one on one time with the kids. So he will not start until Wednesday. And we were all prepared except for the few problems I had encountered (such as the bus not calling to tell me what time they will pick him up!!). But this gives us a day to get him a bigger backpack since the one we bought for preschoolers won't hold the folder we need to send back and forth to school. I'll update again on Wednesday to let you know how it went!!
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