Traveling Adventures

Isaac has not been on a road trip since he was about 3 months old (when he went with me to Memphis). So we were excited on Memorial Day weekend to visit Aunt Stephanie and Uncle Eric in St. Louis. We spent time hanging out with family, had a cookout, went to church, and just enjoyed being together. It was a fun, relaxing trip. Isaac loved playing with their huge exercise ball. He just pushed that ball all over the place. He also enjoyed playing in their backyard and exploring his new surroundings. He seemed to really have fun on his first trip to Uncle Eric and Aunt Steph's house!



Our second trip was Isaac's first time to fly on an airplane. We went to Austin, TX to visit Adam's family. I have to admit, he did much better than I expected him to do. He is so busy and does not like being confined at all, so I was really nervous he would just want to run up and down the aisles the entire flight. On the way down to TX, he kept wanting to pull the guy's hair in front of him. He was tired, but since everything was so new to him, the overstimulation kept him from sleeping. The flight back home was a little easier because we had Grandmama to help out too. He did well. He just stared out the window during the take-off and during the descent prior to landing. He was so curious about the world around him! He just takes everything in, and always notices new things. While up in the air, he just rotated from each of our laps. He was very entertained by the trays and a plastic cup the flight attendant gave us. Funniest moment on the flight: Isaac was attempting to eat some little potato bites (kind of like hashbrowns); although, he was just licking them and then throwing them down. Well, I bent over to pick up all the potatoes he threw down, and noticed that some of them were stuck in between the sandal and foot of the lady sitting behind me. I was so embarrassed. I turned around and told her what happened and she said "oh, so that is why my shoe feels so mushy." I felt really bad, but at least she was a good sport about it. Grandmama and I still laugh about that!
We had a wonderful time in Texas. We attended cousin Zach's graduation from high school. This was also the first time Isaac met Zach and uncle Mark. He really seems to favor men. Zach would sneak around and startle Isaac, and little Isaac just cracked up everytime (even though he knew it was going to happen). Isaac would just stare at Mark. Even though Isaac seems to favor men at times, he just loves cousin Abby. He just smiles and snuggles with her (and believe me...it's hard to get him to slow down enough to snuggle with anyone). Isaac got to spend some quality time also with Aunt Joy, Auntie M and Uncle G, Grandmama, and Nanny. He had a great time playing in his little baby pool that his Aunt Joy got him. He spend a lot of time pushing his own stroller and spinning it's wheels. He is just all boy and so fascinated by wheels! They did have a couple small dogs, but Isaac was really scared of them. He slowly warmed up to them, but still did not seem comfortable being close to them; although, he really wanted to touch them. We had a great trip, and enjoyed our time with the family.