Family Time

This weekend Tyler and I took a little trip with Gramma Pickerd up to Traverse City. The main event was Uncle Tom's wedding (Congrats!) but we also got a chance to enjoy some time with all the family, including Papa Pickerd! Allen was unfortunately unable to come with us since there was a scheduled race already. We left Friday morning, and Tyler did pretty well. Slept most of the way and by the time we got there he was ready to be OUT! We stayed with Granny Yetter. Did a little shopping (you have to any time you go there) and spaghetti dinner and a movie to follow. I was really nervous about Tyler sleeping (or rather NOT sleeping) for the night. And tried to hold him 'til he fell asleep and ended up having to put him in the pack n' play and just let him cry. Didn't take very long, but before he fell asleep he managed to pull about 10 books (guesstimate count that I pulled out when I went to bed) off the shelf his bed was next to and into bed with him. At 5:30 a.m. he woke up and I think he realized he was not at home and freaked so he ended up in bed with Mommy for the rest of sleep time.

Saturday morning we got up had breakfast with Granny and got ready to go meet Papa Pickerd at the Great Lakes Children's Museum. They were having a special day - Clifford the big red dog and Curious George were visiting! I thought Ty would be totally afraid, well much to my surprise it was the exact opposite and the second he saw them he took off to go say "Iiiii" (Hi). TOTALLY cute!!! He had a blast the whole time we were there and really took to Grandpa..... After, I was STARVING, so we headed off to Taco House (I have to stop every time I am there - so YUMMY!) for an early lunch. We said our goodbyes and headed back to Granny's for change and get to Uncle Tom's wedding. What a handful Tyler was. At this point he had not had a nap at all, so I think he was just overly tired and had had it at that point. We did find out, however, that Tyler does like both fish and tomatoes. He must have eaten about 5 cherry tomatoes, just popped 'em right in his mouth. Needless to say, as we headed home Saturday afternoon, Ty was OUT like a light the second the car got moving and slept most the way home.

Sunday, Allen and I took Tyler over to Grandpa Davis'. The car is finally finished with paint, stickers and all!! I just had to see it! From there we took a nice little family walk through the neighborhood down to Dairy Dip. It was too nice of day to not grab some ice cream! It felt so good just be out in the sun and enjoy some nice relaxing time together. Now, if we can only keep this weather around, what a bonus that would be!