Visiting Granny in Littlefield

It is after 9:30 here in TX, (so after 10:30 on the east coast) and I am amazed that Connor is still awake. He has had SUCH a full day that I thought for sure after his bottle he would be out like a light....nope. He isn't fussy at all, just wide awake and wanting to play. As Granny says, "He's all keyed up and excited to be at Granny's!". Right now she is rocking him and we have the ceiling fan going slow, so hopefully that will do it. I've got his PeaPod tent set up and it is all ready for him to go to sleep.

Backing up a bit....what a long day!
Connor and I left our house in Grand Rapids this morning at 8:30 with Jill and she dropped us off at the Detroit airport right at 11:00 for our 12:10 flight to Dallas. Well, in typical Southwest fashion we didn't go straight to Dallas, we landed in St. Louis (didn't deplane) and then went on to Dallas. There, we did change planes with a 2 hour layover and got into Lubbock at 6:05 central time. Man, what a long day of traveling! Connor was absolutely amazing on all the plane rides. I was very worried about his willingness to sit in my lap for so long, but he did great! I was so proud all day! Connor took a little nap in the car to Detroit, then a 15 minute nap while we were on the ground in St. Louis and then about 20 minutes during the very last leg of the trip from Dallas to Lubbock and that was IT all day. ———I just looked over and Granny got him to sleep. He is snoozing in her lap right now.....hold on....gotta get a picture. :)
Granny and Aunt Gwen were inside the airport waiting on us to arrive. I'd checked Connor's car seat and then 1 big suitcase with all of our stuff. The stroller was gate checked and it was all very convenient and hassle-free. In typical Littlefield style we drove straight to the Mexican food restaurant. I don't remember what it was called, but it was the one by United...not the one downtown (they don't go there anymore). Anyway, some of the best Mexican I've had in a while....especially for $4.99. :) Connor sat in his high chair and ate sweet potatoes and puffs and basically just flirted with Granny and Gwen while we ate...it was too cute.

We made it to Granny's and even though he wasn't fussing at all, I was starting to worry that he might loose it at any moment.....I really feel like I pushed him beyond the limits of normal baby behavior today. I immediately put him on the carpet so he could crawl around for a while while I unpacked all of his gear and started getting his bath ready. It was already well passed his normal bath time. I wasn't sure how we would do in a big-boy bathtub without his bath seat, but he was awesome! He sat on a towel and didn't fall over at all. Granny gave him some measuring cups and measuring spoons to play with in the bath and he was good to go. I should have known he wasn't going to go to sleep right away when he was kicking and yelling on the bed while I put his onesie/pjs on. He was too excited about the ceiling fan overhead!

Anyway, I just put him back into his tent and I need to go to bed now too. I'll have to upload the picture I just took of Granny and Connor sometime tomorrow. I'm not sure what tomorrow has in store, but Granny walked 6 miles yesterday so it is a good thing I brought the good stroller and my running shoes!

Oh, on a weather note....if I had any doubt that my blood has thickened before this trip, it has been completely eliminated. It is a reasonable 75º outside and I thought my blood might start boiling. I'm sure I'll get used to it again in the next few days, but there was a big difference to the 45º when I left Detroit! Connor is sleeping in just a onsie for the first time (maybe....)! I do LOVE wearing flipflops!