Georgia landing a big one on Kiev. She also did this to Truman on this trip. She loves to love!
Me, Shelley, Truman & Gigi at the Denver zoo. I miss my good friend Shelley!
Here we are at the hotel restaraunt eating breakfast. For some unknown-to-us reason, the waiters kept apologizing every morning and comped every single breakfast we ate even though we insisted on paying. It was probably good this happened because I had a voracious appetite each morning and ordered a whole heck of a lot of food.
Uncle Butch, Aunt Brenda, Kendal (she is so tall and beautiful! I can't believe she has grown so quickly), me & Gigi
Georgia is not growling here, she is actually saying "cheese".
The cousins playing in Uncle Butch's back yard. They are growing pumpkins out there. Isn't that cool? You can see the pumpkin patch a little better in the photo below. This photo is also a great action shot of Trent! He is becoming quite the sportsman from what I understand having scored 2 points in his first basketball game! Go Trent!
Whew! What a crazy last 5 days. Rodolfo had an SPE conference in Denver that Georgia and I joined him on. I don't know under what illusion I was when I made the decision to go along with him. Traveling and staying in a hotel can transform the most angelic toddler into a hairy monster! Not to taint the image of my darling that I love so much, but here is a brief summary of her transformation. We had a nightly/daily scream-a-thon before bed/naptime, the falling off the bed episode, the repeated flushing the toilet syndrome, the introduction of the phrase NO WAY!!!, the lets throw our sippy cup across the airport waiting room and see how far it will fly as I drop to the ground kicking and howling episode, the I refuse to sit in my airplane seat episode which resulted in hugging the adjacent stranger's leg and holding on for dear life so that mommy could not pry me off episode, and finally, the grand-finale, the pilot of the plane getting on the intercom and reminding the entire plane that all passengers must sit in their assigned seats, even two-year olds episode. These are the low-lights of the trip. The highlights were much, much, better. We saw my Uncle Butch, Aunt Brenda and cousins Kendal & Trent, we hung out with Jehan and Kiev and we also saw my roomate from college, Shelley and her husband Jason and son Truman. Georgia did enjoy kissing as many babies as she could, as you can tell from the photographs. She even started kissing a little 3 year old girl who was standing by her as she looked at the apes at the Denver zoo. Actually, Denver was quite a beautiful city. The parks are amazing-- hello Washington Park! The people are sporty and warmly casual, and health seems to be a top priority of the masses. The area of Denver we visited most had lots of pedestrians, which both Rodolfo and I love! We've often talked about longing to live in a pedestrian city. The weather was gorgeous and the shopping great! Georgia and I visited Congress Park twice and really enjoyed the swings and the playground. I wonder what it is like there during the winter months? Oh, and the old mansions and cottages were so spectacularly picturesque I find myself asking, is there a home in there for me?
Georgia landing a big one on Kiev. She also did this to Truman on this trip. She loves to love!
Me, Shelley, Truman & Gigi at the Denver zoo. I miss my good friend Shelley!
Here we are at the hotel restaraunt eating breakfast. For some unknown-to-us reason, the waiters kept apologizing every morning and comped every single breakfast we ate even though we insisted on paying. It was probably good this happened because I had a voracious appetite each morning and ordered a whole heck of a lot of food.
Uncle Butch, Aunt Brenda, Kendal (she is so tall and beautiful! I can't believe she has grown so quickly), me & Gigi
Georgia is not growling here, she is actually saying "cheese".
The cousins playing in Uncle Butch's back yard. They are growing pumpkins out there. Isn't that cool? You can see the pumpkin patch a little better in the photo below. This photo is also a great action shot of Trent! He is becoming quite the sportsman from what I understand having scored 2 points in his first basketball game! Go Trent!
Whew! What a crazy last 5 days. Rodolfo had an SPE conference in Denver that Georgia and I joined him on. I don't know under what illusion I was when I made the decision to go along with him. Traveling and staying in a hotel can transform the most angelic toddler into a hairy monster! Not to taint the image of my darling that I love so much, but here is a brief summary of her transformation. We had a nightly/daily scream-a-thon before bed/naptime, the falling off the bed episode, the repeated flushing the toilet syndrome, the introduction of the phrase NO WAY!!!, the lets throw our sippy cup across the airport waiting room and see how far it will fly as I drop to the ground kicking and howling episode, the I refuse to sit in my airplane seat episode which resulted in hugging the adjacent stranger's leg and holding on for dear life so that mommy could not pry me off episode, and finally, the grand-finale, the pilot of the plane getting on the intercom and reminding the entire plane that all passengers must sit in their assigned seats, even two-year olds episode. These are the low-lights of the trip. The highlights were much, much, better. We saw my Uncle Butch, Aunt Brenda and cousins Kendal & Trent, we hung out with Jehan and Kiev and we also saw my roomate from college, Shelley and her husband Jason and son Truman. Georgia did enjoy kissing as many babies as she could, as you can tell from the photographs. She even started kissing a little 3 year old girl who was standing by her as she looked at the apes at the Denver zoo. Actually, Denver was quite a beautiful city. The parks are amazing-- hello Washington Park! The people are sporty and warmly casual, and health seems to be a top priority of the masses. The area of Denver we visited most had lots of pedestrians, which both Rodolfo and I love! We've often talked about longing to live in a pedestrian city. The weather was gorgeous and the shopping great! Georgia and I visited Congress Park twice and really enjoyed the swings and the playground. I wonder what it is like there during the winter months? Oh, and the old mansions and cottages were so spectacularly picturesque I find myself asking, is there a home in there for me?
3 comments:
OK, I laughed pretty hard at your description of Gigi on the airplane. I know it was not funny at the time, but it does make a great story. I was just about to update my blog with stories of my normally sweet Jake's tantrums while on our Hurricane holiday. Its amazing how traveling can transform our sweet darlings :) Glad you made it through and had a great time as well!
Sounds like a fun trip - minus the "bad Gigi" appearances. I usually dread travelling with Mark, then after we're back home and settled, I realize it was a fun trip after all!
um yes, I am pretty sure there IS a home here for you!! I will help you with your search whenever you are ready!!! miss you, shelley
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