Sunday, July 13, 2014

Wild, Wonderful West Virginia

Christopher and I went on our final vacation of the summer. It is so hard to believe that we go back to school in just 2 weeks! Dad was going to West Virginia to go to a Yankees game (well, to Cleveland, OH) so Christopher and I decided to tag along with him and mom. We flew up on Tuesday and came back on Friday. I think Christopher loved every second... he was up at 5:30 every morning ready to start his day.
We did so much as you can see from the pictures below....

Up and at 'em early to head to the airport- had to beat that Atlanta traffic so we wouldn't miss our flight!
Christopher got a bookbag to take on the flight. He got to pick out some toys to take to do on the flight. I also put the iPad in there, but when we went to walk down the stairs of the garage... he kind of fell backwards so I thought it might have been a little heavy.

He kept himself amused by singing the Itsy Bitsy Spider.

He got a new airplane at the airport to take on the plane as well. Nana was super smart and bought him a pack of Toy Story toys and we gave them to him one by one over the day to keep him enetertained. Buzz and Woody were a huge help to the diaper changing at the airport!

Christopher got to see Eric and Michelle the night we got there. I would say he was completely smitten with Michelle. He kept hugging her and wanted all of us to hug her too!

The first full day we were there we went to Oglebay. You may remember that place from our trip to WV in November. It is where we stayed when we came up and we were able to do some of the activities then, but not all! We had a picnic up by the lodge on a hill looking out at the mountains, went to the Good Zoo, rode paddle boats, hit golf balls at the driving range, and played at lots of playgrounds!

Slapping the otters! The little girl is Gracie. Her and her grandmother were on the same pace as us as we went around the zoo. She thought Christopher was great and wanted to mother him everywhere we went.

Playground fun!

Trying to find some dinosaur fossils.

We got to see donkeys at the barn behind us. ...Dominic!

Waiting on the train at the zoo!

Christopher's duck face (definitely not taught to him, but it is pretty good!)

Feeding the goats! It was fun.. until the big goat and the little goat started fighting over the food we had. Christopher and I bolted.

Paddle boating!

Practicing with his iron!

I forgot how much I love hitting golf balls! When we took Christopher last week at home, only Matt hit and I tried to teach Christopher! My farthest was about 175 yards... I don't think that was too bad! :)

The second day we were there we went to Wheeling Park, where we got to have another picnic, play on playgrounds, go to the pool, and play mini-golf. We had the option of paddle boating again.... but someone didn't want to wear a life jacket....

We picked up some nuggets and set off for lunch!

Walking to the pool!

Playing on the playgrounds! They were such great playscapes!

Playing putt-putt.

Riding a motorcycle.. for like 5 seconds and off to something else!

When we got home Thursday from Wheeling Park, we got to visit with more family at the Eric and Michelle's. They have a cute little house right on the Ohio River with a pontoon boat. Christopher had a ball there. He ate lots of watermelon, met some dogs, rode on the boat, ate mint out of the ground, and learned to roll down a hill!

Okay I know it's not the manliest life vest.... but he wore it and he loved his boat ride with everyone! He even got brave enough to walk around the boat and sit wither Eric to drive.

Swinging by the river.

Eric took a bite off a mint leaf...

and somehow convinced Christopher to do it as well!

Yum!!

And of course....
Granddaddy brought Christopher a Yankees jersey home from the game!

Christopher was a great flyer on the way up... played, sang, snacked... and on the way back...PASSED OUT.

Way too much fun! (and way too many 5:30 wake ups!)

This was on the way to airplane. Such a big boy holding on by himself.

And I do have some other random photos from the week before we went...
I think he looks so old sitting on the bar stool.

Playing ball- his favorite thing to do. I don't know how this boy keeps all these sports straight.

I woke up with a swollen eye one morning due to contact problems... and Christopher kept rubbing my eyes to make me feel better. Such concern.

Hanging with Woody!

Christopher finally got a playroom! I convinced Matt awhile back to give up his mancave upstairs, so we swapped downstairs with upstairs... and VOILA- Still need to take down the sports stuff and put up Christopher's stuff on the walls but it works for now! It is quite cozy up there.

We had a play date with Lucas and he was kind enough to let Christopher drive his car... big mistake. He was a wild man with no control! :)

I love this split picture. I asked the boys to take a picture together and the first one Christopher looks smiley... and by the last picture I took, this is what he looked like. LOL.

We started potty training today too. I knew I wanted to at least attempt it this summer while I was home, but I did not want to do it before vacations, so today was the day. We stayed inside all day and sat on the potty a million times. He wet his first 4 pair of undies... but then started to get it. Someone must have said "Oh shit" when he wet his underwear because that's how we knew every time he wet them after. :) He ended up going in the potty about 6 times and we went through about 7 pairs of underwear. Not a bad first day, but yes I definitely wanted to rip my hair out at times.  He is staying home with me all week to work on it!

And that's it! Hope everyone has a great week!
Be kind.


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