Puerto Rico Day 1

Getting up at 3:00 am in the morning isn't usually my idea of fun but today it did serve a purpose. We were up, out the door by 3:45 and on our way to the airport. The three days before consisted of packing and cleaning and getting ready for our trip to Puerto Rico! Well by 3:15 Maia had woken up which was perfect and allowed me to be able to feed her and get her into her car seat with out to much trouble. She was a gem because she slept the whole way to the hotel where we parked our car. We got to the hotel at 6:32 and just missed the shuttle so we had to wait till 7 for the next one. That made me a little nervous because our flight was to leave at 8:17 and I didn't know how long it would take us to get through the airport.  

I was a bit nervous going through because since we took the stroller we had to take elevators and put it through security but I will say it was nice having the stroller so we didn’t have to carry her everywhere.  We made it to our gate in time to be one of the last people to load. It was perfect. That way we didn’t have to be confined to the plane while waiting for people to load. Well once we got on the plane Sean took his dramomine and then he was out. I started feeding Maia and then she was out. It was quite pleasant. We had a whole bench to ourselves which was nice. Our flight was about 3.5 hours long and we landed in San Juan Puerto Rico. 

We were hanging out at the car rental place.

The Ocean!

Once we got the rental car we took off to explore old San Juan. Uncle Jon wanted us to see the forts.

This was used as a guide point for sailors. Its hard to tell but it looked like it had a bunch of clay pots broken  and plastered to the side. 

The fort and the light house.

El Morro.

Chilling with daddy in the stroller.

The beacon light.

A really cool triangular stair case. View from the top.

Uncle Jon posting a picture to Facebook. 

There was a really cool design in the cement. 

The triangular stairs from the bottom.

The first telephone booth .

This is at the second part of the fort that is about a mile away from the first one. 

This is where we met Michelle and the kids.

Maia loves her aunt Michelle...

and her cousins!

They paint there cobblestone blue here. 

Chilling while waiting for our food. It took for ever to get our food and I think by this point everyone was pretty tired!

After dinner we drove for about an hour to get back to Michelle and Jon's house in Isabella Puerto Rico.

Rolling over for the first time

While we were out in Utah Maia decided she would roll over for the first time! She rolled from her front to her back. 

Utah

On the morning of December 17th, Maia and I boarded a plain in Roanoak VA. We then flew to the Dullas airport where we boarded a plane to Denver. Maia was really good until we landed in Denver. She was not happy that we landed so she let me and everyone on the plane know it too. The hard part of that was we were at the back of the plane and we just needed to get off. We only had about 20 min to get to our connecting flight and had to go from gate 6 to gate 94. Since she was screaming and I had tried everything to quite her down, she ended up only halfway in the front pack, being carried under my arm, as we ran through the airport. She was happy as long as we were moving but if I stopped for any reason she would start crying again.

 

Once we made it down to the end of the terminal, I found out that our plane was delayed and there wasn't really a need to rush but the delay had caused quite the pile up around the gates. There wasn't anywhere to sit. There was a very nice gentleman on the end of a row of chairs that gave up his chair for me. It was extreamly nice of him and one thing that I learned during this trip was to rely on the kindness of others. Traveling cross country with a 2 month old, a broken finger, and all my luggage, many kind strangers helped me make this trip.

 

Once we made it to Utah, Eric (Sean's brother) was kind enough to come and pick me up from the airport. I spent the night in there home and it was so nice to see him and his family. The next morning Kathryn took me to meet up with Kathy. We all had a nice time and then it was off to set up shop and Sean's parents house.

Maia and Grandma touring the house. Maia getting the first close up of the Christmas tree, her favorite thing to look at in the house.

First time meeting aunt Brit.

Getting some good grandpa time and christmas tree time.

Snuggle time!