Fun with Mimi and Big Pappa

We went to get horribly spoiled by see Mimi and Big Pappa for 5 days. Pictures are HERE. We took a two-leg flight each way, which we thought would be great to keep Little Miss from melting down. Except we forgot pacifiers AND her favorite blanket, so um, she HOWLED for a long time on the first flight (to Denver), and pointed to her mouth crying PACIE PACIE PACIE. I basically felt like the worst mother on the face of the earth. So. I went up to the front of the plane and begged BEGGED BEGGED another mother for a pacifier. She said several times she didn't think she had one, but I just kept standing there, watching her search her bag, confident she had an extra. I mean, what kind of mother doesn't have extra pacifiers? (or say, any??) So she had one in the bottom of her bag. I dipped it in boiling water and wiped it off. Lucia was too exhausted to fight the shape of it (not her normal pacie). Thank. God.

The other flight was great, thanks to THIS borrowed from a friend. Seriously, greatest thing EVER. Also, the flights were practically empty, so we were able to bring the carseat on the plane, as in FREE SEAT FOR THE KID! Awesome.

We had a great time seeing my parents. Lucia is just madly madly madly in love with their dog, Jasper. Madly. Wants to chase, follow, kiss, hug, feed Jasper just about everything. They shared pretzels and bread and all kinds of other things.

We got to go shopping, and I got some new jeans, boots and beauty stuff to make me feel more attractive and less dorky. Lucia enjoyed dancing with musical toys, going up and down the steps, and amazing my mom with her capacity to eat half a bag of frozen blueberries. We were really happy my cousins both came home from college to see us; we got together over the weekend for a party. It was great fun. We got to see Megan, Jon and Little Miss Finley and their new daughter Ryan who is a year old but I hadn't gotten a chance to meet.

The visit went really fast, which is always hard. It's hard not to cram in as much activity as possible. We're thankful for the trip still!