Chera Eric Lexi and Owen: A Special Weekend

Over the weekend, Owen experienced a lot of new "firsts." He took his very first airplane ride and he met his Great Nana and Great Papa who live all the way in North Carolina!

He did just ok on the flight down. We knew it would be a little rough because it fell right during nap time. He was pretty cranky before the flight but that subsided once we boarded the plane and he got to check out all of the new things he has never seen before ... the seats, seat buckle, tray, tv, window, ect. Once the plane started moving and he had his bottle, his eyes got VERY heavy and we thought for sure he was off to dreamland ... man we were WRONG! Like he does in his crib, all he wanted to do was flop around to try to get comfortable, but that is very hard when you don't have a crib and all you have are mommy and daddy's laps. Let's just say for the rest of the flight he went from being ok ... to crying ... to eating some snacks... to crying... to playing with his binki's... to throwing his binki's... to flopping around ... rubbing his eyes ... crying a little more ... laughing ... and finally we were back on the ground -- thank goodness!

Haha ... just trying to keep Owen entertained before getting on the plane ... he was yelling into the bucket :)

Ready for take-off

Wow ... look at the clouds

Once we were off the plane, Eric's dad picked us up at the airport and Owen had a little catnap on our way to meet Eric's grandparents who we had not seen for 5 years and Owen had never met. On top of that, Geoff, Giselle and Noah also made the very special trip! We all headed over to Great Nana Phyllis and Great Papa Paul's community and both boys were excited. When we walked in the door Great Nana Phyllis was prepared with a couple of balls for the boys to play with (which both boys LOVE) and we all got to catch-up and relax before heading over to dinner.

Auntie Giselle came prepared with lots of yummy snacks -- which Owen loved

Noah being silly

Noah!

As a special treat, they had reserved us our own room for dinner which made it awesome for the boys to be able to run around, play and cause mayhem without disturbing other dinner guests. It was really the perfect set-up and so considerate. It made going out for dinner very easy --- which is a hard thing to do with two boys under the age of two. Both Noah and Owen were running on no naps, but were champs! They had so much fun playing with each other and eating the delicious food. Overall it was a wonderful night.

Noah getting some cuddles from Papa

Eric with his grandfather

The boys scheming up their next adventure

The next morning we went back to the same room we had dinner in the night before and had a WONDERFUL brunch and last little get together before we headed off to Virginia to Geoff and Giselle's house. Both of the boys were refreshed after a great night sleep at the hotel and were ready to party. They entertained us all during brunch and had lots of special time with their Great Nana and Papa and even were champs during picture time. It was such a special weekend and we can't thank Papa Paul and Nana Phyllis for such a great visit!

Playing on the bed in the hotel