First LONG Road Trip

We took our first LONG road trip this week. We drove to Omaha, NE to visit Nana, Papa, and Uncle Steve. It took us about 8 hours and believe it or not, this boy only took 2 short 40 min naps!!! This is the child that pretty much passes out everytime we get into the car. But he was good, and had a fun time. He was pretty much all smiles! Thanks to our friend Julie, we had a DVD player to help entertain. It should be really helpful on the way home, we have new ELMO dvd's! That is his favorite show.



Well, since it has been a total downpour in OK, and the mosquitoes pretty much eat us alive while we are just trying to get in the car, we haven't played too much outside. So we decided to play at Nana's house. Guess what we discovered, Dylan is terrified of the GRASS! I don't know what he thinks, but he just freaks out when he gets near it. We were holding him and his would lift his feet, so they wouldn't touch it. When we sat him in it, he pretty much went balistic. He kept looking down at the grass like it was going to get him. So strange. We will definetly have to work on that.




Dylan got to meet Uncle Steve. He spent a lot of quality time playing with him. Just ask Uncle Steve about "jumping". Dylan's new thing (not really new...just more of it) is to have you lift him in the air over and over jumping him up high! He just squeals and laughs. He keeps "whining" to have more. We kept passing him around because for a little guy, he can get pretty heavy. We go to the dr next week, so we will see how much he weighs. We did a test on the home scales and it was about 16 1/2 lbs. Hopefully it is about that or more. The way he is eating...I wouldnt' be surprised if it is over 17. He is really starting to get a little budda belly!


A lady from Nana's church gave Dylan some golf clubs. You should have seen Daddy, Uncle Steve, and Papa. They were way more excited than Dylan was. Of course they had to take them out and practice putting. Even though the boy can't stand on his own...they all thought he needs to work on putting now! (there is no hope!) This week Dylan has wanted to be on his feet. He is finally growing tired of scooting on the floor, but the problem is, he still doesn't pull up, doesn't have balance and he wants to walk so bad. He has started taking steps while you hold his hands. He thinks he is such a big boy. The therapist really wants him to crawl, but I am hear to tell you, she will have to be more stubborn than this kid. He won't have it...he wants to walk NOW!




ON the 4th, we went to a picnic at the church. We had hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken, and all sorts of food. We all sat out under the trees, sweating like pigs. Can you believe that is is actually warmer in Neb than it is in OK??? They haven't had rain in forever and those of you in OK, let me tell you, sunshine is pretty nice to look at!

My parents live in a neighborhood that shoots off tons of fireworks, so we woke Dylan up and took him outside. He was pretty terrified of the noise. He liked to look at the pretty lights, but he didn't like the way it all sounded. Of course to be fair, it did sound like a war zone and it all went until midnight or later.

Being up here, we have fallen into a lot of bad habits. As is normal, he was spoiled "completely rotten" by nana and papa. He just moans until he gets what he wants, and it doesn't take long before one of them jump to his beckon call. He has been sleeping in our room and in our bed. It gets darker a lot later here, so he has been going to bed really late and waking up late. Poor boy is in for a rude awakening. We are going to have to get back on schedule. There is going to be a LOT of screaming at our house next week. Well, we head home tomorrow, it has been a fun trip, but it is back to reality and a serious reality at that...Mama has to return to work July 17. This Mama's Boy is going to be REALLY, REALLY upset. (So is Mama).