Memorial Weekend Trip

We took our first out of town trip for Memorial Day weekend. We visited Brett's parents and had a great time! We drove up early Saturday morning. This was our longest car ride with Sean to date and he did really well, especially considering he was awake for almost the entire time! We stopped at a rest stop a little over halfway there to give Sean a jar of peaches. He seemed a little confused as to why he was eating in his carseat but after a couple bites was chowing down like usual. 

Gemma and Poppa bought Sean a bucket full of toys so we did not have to bring very many (other than those needed to entertain SJ in the car). One of Sean's favorite activities is to "unpack" his toys. At home he has a little bucket that we fill with his toys and put it in front of him. He likes to make sure they are all out of the bucket. It is pretty funny when he has finished "unpacking" to put them all back in the bucket because he almost always feels the need to unpack them again. Sometimes he just turns the bucket over and dumps them out but usually it is one or two toys at a time, studying each one closely. Anyway, not only were they new toys but Gemma had them all in a real bucket! Sean did not really know what to do with himself at first so he just looked inside. :-) 

This bucket quickly became one of Sean's favorite "toys". He would turn the bucket over and bang on the bottom over and over. I tried to get a video but did not end up getting a good one. Here is a picture though! 

Poppa and Gemma have a pack and play so we did not have to worry about bringing ours (thank goodness!). The mattress in the pack and play is pretty thin and I was a little worried if Sean would be comfortable enough to sleep. One of my coworkers told me that they bought a special pack and play mattress and sheets for their daughter when they travel (not very expensive). We bought the exact mattress and boy am I glad! Adding the mattress definitely made it feel more like his crib at home. He did alright for naps (once we actually got him down) but slept GREAT at night. He actually slept later then he ever has at home. He did wake up once in the early morning. I saw him open his eyes and look over at the bed (the pack and play was in the same room we slept in). I pretended to be asleep and tried my best not to move at all. He went back to sleep and slept for another hour. We were so proud of the little man! 

Sean felt right at home in the high chair. This is the same one we have at home! 

Woody got in on the eating fun, although I am not sure what he found since Sean was eating pureed food but still funny! Sean did drop a few Puffs during the weekend and Woody snatched them up pretty quickly. However, much to Woody's chagrin, most of the dropped puffs tended to end up in the sides of the high chair, not the floor. 

Fun with Poppa!! 

We all had a great weekend and look forward to doing it again soon! Sean had so much fun he slept the ENTIRE car ride home. This might have also been the result of his refusal to nap on Sunday but I like to think he was tuckered out from so much playing.