ADVENTURE!
So our first trip out of town is behind us. Our first overnight stay some place other than home.
The trip was a mix of a lot of things. Fun but difficult. The drive up was easy. Emmett fell asleep about a half hour into it and slept the whole way, which was great. We finally got to the hotel about 11:30, but then he woke up and wanted to explore the most awesome place ever! I finally got him back to sleep about 1:30.. but then he was awake at 6:00, so I didn't get much sleep. We had a really nice hotel room. It was a suite so we had a sep bedroom and 2 bathrooms. Lots of room for him to crawl around.
The tough part was being outside the hotel room. He never wanted to sit still to eat and I didn't have a kitchen, so meals were mostly quick snacks when I could get him to eat something and he didn't get to nap good. He was just too excited to check everything out. The second night was tough, he woke up a lot and was sort of upset. The air was really dry and he would start coughing which would wake him up. I think I got even less sleep the second night and then since Brian was teaching the class yesterday I was pretty much on my own with him. I had Rachael around which was a huge help, but it was still tough. I was the only one in our group with a kid, so I felt bad that we sort of had to do things around his schedule. I should have spoke up more about what he can and can't do, no one really knows what a one year old is like until you actually hang out with one. I tried to do things that other people wanted to do and it didn't feel like it worked out too well. Busy lunch places are not a good idea. Emmett was not into sitting around and let us all know by chucking whatever was in reach. I did a lot of walking him around while everyone else had lunch and I was pretty frazzled by the end of the day. (plus I had only had bit of breakfast and too much coffee) Then it was time for the 4 hour drive home! By then Emmett was already sick of the car, but he was sleepy so he took an hour nap. When he woke up he was not happy. We had to make a stop in Sacramento to walk him around. We bought him a toy, which worked for a little while. He wasn't really in a bad mood he just did not want to be in the car. I sat in the back with him and tried to keep him entertained. Finally I had Brian's computer and played an Elmo video which work so well I think I owe Elmo a million dollars. He finally relaxed and about the time we hit Berkley he was ready to sleep.
I was dreading having to change him to put him to bed, but he was super cute. He never really opened his eyes, but he was smiling and kept stretching his legs like he was happy to be home and being put in his bed. Later I heard him giggling in his sleep so he doesn't seemed too scarred by the day.
It was also fun! Yesterday was tough and I was saying I wished we had stayed home, but after getting a little bit of sleep, I'm feeling much better so I can see that it was a lot of fun, too. I just wish I could have a do-over of yesterday. I now know how I could have made that day a lot better. I'm feeling a bit embarrassed, I'm sure everyone could tell I was really stressed out ... and I think they felt bad or annoyed. Not knowing everyone (except Todd and Rachael) very well, I feel weird that that was sort of their first impression of me.
Oh well, learning experience. Now I just wish I had a week to sleep.
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