Omaha Trip '09

For the first time in.....I don't know how many years, we were headed to Omaha for the Fourth of July. We were so excited. Grandma and Grandpa B have a big party on the 3rd with their neighborhood fireworks...they live on the lake, so it's pretty awesome. We were so excited that we decided to leave the evening of June 30. That way the kids could sleep for the 4 hours we drive at night and then we would get a hotel. We would simply lay the little angels down and they would drift into a quiet slumber when we got to the hotel.



AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! WRONG!!!

We drove to Concordia, KS and to be completely honest, the kids were dolls. And by dolls I mean they made no noise because they slept the whole time. haha. We arrived at the hotel about 11:30 pm. Z checked in and I got everything rounded up that we needed to take inside. Somehow Z and I managed to wrangle all the baby gear and two babies up the stairs to the room. I knew I would have to nurse L, but I had not anticipated on G waking up. And you know the ironic part? It's like he knows the sound of the pack-n-play being opened, and he hates sleeping in that thing. So he woke up and started exploring ever trash can in the room. After I fished all my flip flops out of the trash he had moved on to stealing his sister's blanket and throwing it. We got everything set up, I nursed L, and then we put the kids down. G was not having any of that. He hates the pack-n-play (and who can blame him, it's like laying on plywood). He screamed and cried. Being that we were in a hotel I gave in and put him in bed with us. I thought that we could snuggle and fall asleep together. Needless to say, that did not work. He rolled around and kissed and cuddled and hit and even recited the "little piggies" on his toes. As cute as it was, by 1:30 I had had enough. I kissed him and put him in his bed and surprisingly I didn't hear another peep from him until the morning.


We got up and were headed to load up. G decided that he was suddenly interested in the sprinkler system at the hotel. What does he do you ask? Does he look at it and study it, no. He stuck his head in it. Yes, his entire head soaked from the sprinkler. He was a little shocked at first, but then thought it was hilarious. He cracks me up. The rest of the drive was pretty uneventful. We listened to Weezer and sang along. L slept and G played with his clicky giraffe and probably drank 4 cups of juice...woops.


When we got there Gma and Gpa B were super happy to see us. L fell asleep again, so we lathered G up and took him out to the beach. He wasn't quite sure what to think about the sand. So we set up a chair and a bunch of sand toys for him. His favorite game soon became 'sit and point at the toy you want'. He didn't want to walk in the sand because he didn't like it squishing between his toes. He really loved swimming with Z...and he looked so adorable with his little red 'Crocodile Dundee' hat. He was very tentative about the water AND the sand. But all in all, he liked it. So imagine my surprise when the second day we are out there he takes off for the lake and dives it falling face first into the lake. Yes, my 20 month old son jumped in the lake without me there to catch him...and he didn't have a life jacket on. I scored an F on that one. No worries, we were right there to fish him out. Was he hurt or scared? Nope, but he was determined to keep doing it. We were all on our toes after that. L was awake on the second day. We took her swimming for the first time and she loved it. She loved it just like she loves everything else. She is so easy going and happy. She reminds me so much of G when he was her age. Very mellow and giggly.





Our 4th wedding anniversary was the 2nd. So we got all dressed up (not really) and went to our favorite little Omaha restaurant. It was really nice to get some alone time with Z. Did we do anything romantical after that? Nope, we went to Nebraska Furniture Mart and looked at appliances. haha. It was just nice to do that together without having to worry about G getting rambuncious and trying to find a place to discreetly nurse L. So all in all, it was a great anniversary. We didn't even do cards this year...that shows you how busy we are. We got home and Gma B was telling us how G was mirroring Gpa B by putting on his reading glasses and holding up the paper. ahhahahahahhaha. That one really made me laugh. He is so into mirroring everybody. I wish I could have seen that one.


L really started to get spunky on this trip. She is talking non-stop these days. She coos and coos constantly. She gets really loud and we can hear her all the way across the house. She is so cute.




Cousins C and M were in town that weekend. G had a great time playing with them. Their Gma and Gpa bought them swords and they fought with them. I'm not going to lie...Z participated. I think I even got a few limbs hacked off in the fight. I was surprised at how upset G would get if somebody swashbuckled me. If C or M attacked me, he would run over and jump in my lap and hold onto me. So sweet. G also discovered the dollhouse in the playroom. He brought out this teeny tiny doll chair and sat it in the living room. We weren't really sure what he was doing. He patted the seat of it and then looked at us. Hmmm, what is he doing? And then he proceeded to back his little bootie into it. We caught him just before he sat on the chair crushing it into a million pieces. It was so funny. I think we all laughed so hard we were crying. He knew that was a chair, he just didn't get why it was so small. haha.

On our way back home we stopped at a McDonald's so that G could play and eat and I could nurse L. Well I quickly found out that she was not having a nursing cover anymore. She refused to let me tuck the receiving blanket in my bra and drape it over her. She kept ripping it off and then hollering at me (yes, she hollers now in an angry tone). So I gave up. There I was, sitting in McDonald's with my boob hanging out and my daughter feeding. I think it bothered me for a split second, but then I was over it. What was I going to do? If anything, I wanted to show the other kids in there how normal it is to nurse a baby. Maybe that would desensitize them to a nursing woman. It's all a part of my master plan. Z decided that it was time to go when a 200lb little girl climbed up onto the play tunnel that was hanging over our table. I agreed.

It was a great trip and we can't wait for next year. Now we need to get moving with the house!!!