Look Out Spokane!: Caden meets the Anda family

Last week Caden and I flew to Spokane to meet the family. The plane ride went well for us, not too many issues. Immediately after take off, Caden did have a blow out, so we had to change clothes right away. Jeannette picked us up at the airport and we got Caden situated into Charlie's old Carseat. We also got to ride in the new mini van. I agree with Jeannette that it is pretty sweet. It definitely puts our old dodge caravan to shame.

Ginger drove over with my mom and the two of them did some babysitting. It was fun to be around the family for the week. There were definitely some funny moments throughout the week. Charlie is being weaned from the bottle and moving to sippy cups. This was going well until I gave Caden a bottle. Charlie saw the bottle and crawled right over to us. Jeannette gave him his own sippy cup, but it wasn't the same. He would have some sips, take it out of his mouth, look at Caden and then grunt, and then have some more sips. It was pretty comical.

The picture below is when Charlie wanted to eat Caden's feet. Charlie is getting teeth - right now he has 6. He had just bit Matt's heel and was told no. Then he crawled under the table to my mom "Grandma" and saw Caden's feet and literally licked his lips. We were all laughing so hard because he was so intent on getting the feet in his mouth. Don't worry, Caden was safe.

This could be a whole post in itself.... We went on a roadtrip in the mini van to the Tri-cities so that Caden could meet Uncle Pete and Aunt Vanessa. Jeannette & I were up front, the boys in the middle, and Grandma & Ginger in the back. This was my first visit to their house, and both my mom's and Jeannette's first visit since each of them had their fateful visit with Hamlet, so needless to say, this was a big deal. When we got going on the road, Caden fell right to sleep, unlike cousin Charlie. Charlie apparently does not like to be restrained in a car seat. In order to let us know this, he grunts. So for 2 1/2 hours, we listened to Charlie grunt. When we got to Pete & Vanessa's, Hamlet was locked up and we all hung out and had a great visit for a few hours. We ordered pizza, had a tour of their house and played with Caden & Charlie. When we went to leave, we prepared ourselves for the grunting. Luckily, both boys fell asleep once we hit the freeway. When we stopped for gas an hour away from Spokane, Charlie woke up and the grunting began again. This time, I did some puppet shows, played peek a boo and read "There's a Wocket in my pocket" to keep him entertained. Lots of driving, but fun to see Pete & Vanessa.