A Midland Wedding Weekend

Off we went... Connor, myself, Papa and Grandma Mary all piled into their car and we were off. This was Connor's first road trip. It took about 6 hours to drive to Midland, TX, for Greg's second cousin's wedding. Greg was in California for work and was to meet us in Midland mere hours before the wedding started.... more on that later.

Connor did very well on the trip. He had a few cranky moments, but who wouldn't? He was strapped into a seat and wasn't able to "get comfortable". But with his favorite learning DVD and the happy distractions of Grandma Mary.... we made it in one piece. Oh, and we HAD to stop at at least one Dairy Queen in honor of Greg. He calls them "Texas stop signs". Here's a little video of Connor playing with his sun shade rather than using it to shade the sun. Silly!

So once in Midland and after we checked into our hotel, we went to see the bride to be. She was very VERY calm for getting married in two days. Connor loved playing with all the doggies and warmed up to everyone after a little while. That night we just took it easy and tried to go to sleep close to our regular schedule. Connor had a crib provided by the hotel, but was NOT very happy about it. He would not go to sleep for me. So I ended up having to hold him till he fell asleep and then carefully lay him down. After two failed attempts... He finally went down for the night.

The next day we got ready and down to the complementary breakfast we went were we saw Connor's Uncle Mike, Aunt Ashlie and Cousin Wyatt who arrived late the night before from Michigan. Connor and Wyatt are on opposite nap schedules so they didn't get to play a whole lot. That night we had the rehearsal dinner were Connor was up way past his bedtime. You'd think he would go to bed easy because he was sooooo tired. But noooooo! This night was worse than the night before. I don't think he fell asleep till around 10pm.

Here Connor is playing in the hotel room. Greg wanted to see a video of Connor so I was happy to oblige.

The wedding day... Grandma Mary, Connor and I hit the mall for some last minute items before the wedding. Greg's plane was supposed to arrive at 4:05pm. This was 3 hours before the wedding started so plenty of time... right? Wrong! The plane had mechanical issues, so they had to switch planes... delay. The new play failed the security check... delay. Finally he made it to the hotel about 6pm and we had to meet the parents downstairs at 6:30. Greg had to shower, shave and get ready which he actually did.... but then couldn't find his wallet. We ended up spending an extra 10 minutes looking for it. He feared leaving it on the plane. But thankfully he only left it in the car. WHEW! Crises averted.

We arrived at the church with minutes to spare and were quickly seated. Let me just say that the bride looked soooo BEAUTIFUL!! I brought some snacks to distract Connor in hopes of keeping him quiet and the was hilarity began! He held the big container in one arm and started diving into the goodies with the other. It was like an avid movie goer with his huge tub of popcorn, continuously shoveling handfuls in his mouth while watching the show. I finally had to put the lid on it. Then he squirmed for a little bit and right as the vows were about to start he got vocal. Greg rushed him out of the room... Darn, almost made it.

The reception room looked awesome! We were already way past Connor's bed time, so I decided I would just be able to feed him (and myself) then just go ahead and take him back to the hotel for bed. Here is the handsome little guy! His hair is a muss because the ladies couldn't keep their hands off of his curly locks. He's a lady killer already!!

The next day was time for the long drive back home. This time with Greg in tow. We again made it in one piece and were all very happy to be home! All in all I would say Connor's first road trip was a success. Thanks for hanging with me thru this long post!