Traveling man

We did some traveling over the holiday weekend to Columbus OH. We got to see and stay with friends John, Stacy and JT. JT is going to be 2 tomorrow-it was fun to watch him interact with Lucas. I thought for sure there would be some typical toddler tandrums and "MINE" but they had few issues. JT was even open to Lucas crawling up on Stacy's lap during the fireworks, sitting with John while he read them a book and even having Lucas sit almost his lap while they watched "Cars". Our Mr. No Napper and No Sleeping in my own bed was in fully force though. So Marc and I didn't get much restful sleep-come on Lucas! You need to sleep-you are like Mommy's tomatoes that grow at night with the moon.

We also spent a night with Marc's aunt and uncle and their two wonderful dogs-Max and Millie. They have a beautiful house with an inground pool. I was in HEAVEN! Marc kept saying how happy I was to be in the water. Of course I was! I grew up swimming and miss it. Nothing beats a sunny day in a warm inground pool. Lucas wasn't too sure about wearing the life vest at first but we changed to a different one and he was much happier. Marc and Lucas took a couple of turns in the raft with me pulling. The highlight was getting to be friends with Max-a 9 month old English Golden Retriever. He is beautiful and he and Lucas seemed to be buddies during the time we were there. At one point Lucas was calling for the puppy!

It was nice to be away and see how easily Lucas can adapt to new surrounding but then Monday we were back home and our normal life started again-laundry, mail, planning meals, work.