Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Weekend trip to Dallas


 


On October 13/14 we made a weekend trip to Dallas to attend Jimmy's cousin's wedding. Nathan slept a good part of the way there so that qualifies as a great 5 hour road trip! By the amount of luggage we took you would never know it was just an overnight trip.  Little people require a bunch of stuff!


Author's Note: We did not take Joule

Asleep. Notice the bear, open book and one leg cocked over the side of his car seat. Comfy?

We stopped in Madisonville for lunch at a gas station/Subway where we bought the final element to Nathan's Halloween costume, a straw  cowboy (farmers) hat. 

Lori, Ashley, grandma and grandpa were already at the hotel from the night before. Once we arrived our room became very popular (Popo even cut himself shaving he was in such a hurry).  Jimmy and I got showered and dressed for the wedding being held at Lakewood theater. It was a very interesting venue and Nathan was mesmerized by the lights. I will say that the facilities were not very wedding ceremony friendly,  especially for the bride who had to get her train up the stairs.  As at Tommy and Shirley's wedding in September, he got very upset by the clapping and cheering at the end. I was totally unprepared because I don't usually associate the end of a wedding ceremony as a time for loud cheering and clapping. I rushed out with him crying loudly but the sweet bartender gave him a balloon which made life better. We stayed at the reception long enough for dinner then headed back to the hotel to put Nathan to bed.






This was a view of the venue from our seats.

Oooooooh, lights!

Balloons make everything better.

Here's a better picture of Nathan in his suit (taken before church).  We couldn't get him to stay still in the hotel in Dallas.
Nathan of course loved seeing his Lolo, Momo, Popo and Aunt Ashley and was very well behaved the whole trip. The morning following the wedding we had breakfast with the family at a place recommended by Jimmy's friend Erik then hit the road to head back to Houston.  I had my doubts about making a trip like this with Nathan, but he did great.  Silly mommy!



Acting silly at breakfast.






1 comment:

Unknown said...

He looks so handsome in his little suit- what a big guy! Awesome pics. :c)