Two weeks ago we went on our first "real vacation" with Aaron! We joined some friends of ours, two other couples (each with one baby), and made a quick road-trip out to Estes Park, Colorado. We're all from eastern Nebraska, which means this would be a ~8 hour road-trip under normal circumstances. As part of our parent initiation, we had the bright idea of trying to drive through the night so that the babies would sleep the whole way there.....yeah, right. All that really meant was that no one slept well that night so the whole first day was spent recovering and nap schedules were kind of messed up for Aaron the whole trip! :)
Nonetheless, we had a lot of fun and learned a lot about how to travel with Aaron. Sara did a great job of packing all sorts of fun new toys for Aaron, including small cars, motorcycles, helicopters, books, and more (she went garage-sale shopping that week), so that really helped. Aaron actually handled the road-trip very well (we drove during the day on the way back), and we all decided that made a lot more sense!
Anyway, enough ramblings, here are some fun pictures from our trip. Of the kids, Aaron was the oldest (at 20 months), then Naomi at 15 months and Natalie was 7 months. You can click the play button to see the slideshow below, or you can view the full-screen version.
It was kind of cold there - it snowed the day we arrived and finally warmed up again the day we left! :) The guys still went hiking, though, and it was a lot of fun.
Some of the other cool things on this trip: Aaron has learned how to smile upon request, loves pine cones, and says the word "Elk" because we saw so many of them on this trip (it comes out sounding more like "ihl").
As always, vacations are always over too soon!
Nonetheless, we had a lot of fun and learned a lot about how to travel with Aaron. Sara did a great job of packing all sorts of fun new toys for Aaron, including small cars, motorcycles, helicopters, books, and more (she went garage-sale shopping that week), so that really helped. Aaron actually handled the road-trip very well (we drove during the day on the way back), and we all decided that made a lot more sense!
Anyway, enough ramblings, here are some fun pictures from our trip. Of the kids, Aaron was the oldest (at 20 months), then Naomi at 15 months and Natalie was 7 months. You can click the play button to see the slideshow below, or you can view the full-screen version.
It was kind of cold there - it snowed the day we arrived and finally warmed up again the day we left! :) The guys still went hiking, though, and it was a lot of fun.
Some of the other cool things on this trip: Aaron has learned how to smile upon request, loves pine cones, and says the word "Elk" because we saw so many of them on this trip (it comes out sounding more like "ihl").
As always, vacations are always over too soon!
