Family fun

Kisses from Uncle Kevy

Special time with Grandpa

Courtney and I flew up to Hartford on Thursday to spend a long weekend with my family (minus Brian, Carly and Joyce). Courtney was an angel on the flight but it was a much different experience than our last trip. She's MUCH bigger than she was at 5 weeks old when we made this trip last. In December she slept almost the entire time in my lap and took up very little space. This time, she was awake most of the time and is a very wiggly baby. She also kept kicking my seatmate (a super nice man) and made lots of noise. She was mostly "talking" but I'm not sure everyone appreciated her excitement as much as I did. But she handled the takeoff and landing like a pro. I will say, flying with her on my own was more exhausting than I thought it would be.

We've had a very nice weekend with my folks and grandmother. She was a very happy baby and was quite the love to everyone. The cutest though was Courtney's Uncle Kevin, he was such a love with Courtney. When he first saw her on Friday morning, after he gave her a bunch of kisses, he was all, "I have to take her picture" and rushed to get the camera. Every chance he had, he was holding her, kissing her, playing with her and generally being a great uncle. I wish that Kevin was able to see Courtney more often, sometimes it's sad that we live so far away. Of course, Kevin could come see us more than once every 4.5 years... (I'm just saying, Kev.)

After a very quiet and relaxing weekend, we're heading home today. I'm hoping that Courtney is as well behaved as she was on the way up. We're on another full flight so I'm hoping our seatmate is just as nice as on the way up. Fingers crossed!!