What a Trip!

We're home! We got home around 2 a.m. this morning. As I mentioned in an earlier post, Nathan is not very understanding about traveling for 9-10 hours anymore. We stopped in Sioux Falls and had a long dinner. He loves, loves, loves French fries and anything else dipped in ketchup. He gets that from Steve. Nathan had a full belly so we thought he would be good until we got home. He fooled us. We had to stop at Walmart and let him run around to tire himself out. We took him to the toy department and let him play. He didn't care about the toys, he just wanted to crawl under the bike racks. Nathan left with a few Matchbox cars, a ball and a bottle of milk. He drank the milk in the car and slept the rest of the way home.

Nathan learned how to drink from a straw.
Nathan is so full of energy once he gets out of the car. Here, he is trying to climb across the table at Perkins. 
Now that's what we like to see!

Now, going back to where I left off on the previous post. Nathan and I got over our little tiff. We were friends again by that evening. He taught me a lesson in leaving him. Not a very good one though because Steve and I left him two days later for our cruise, which happened to be awesome. We flew to Miami early to spend a day there before we departed for the Bahamas. I could have used a few more days there. Enjoy some pictures from our trip. Don't worry, there are no bikini photos. I'm not that mean. 

We were going to sit down for a quick lunch before heading out to the beach, but that quick lunch wasn't so quick once we saw the 2 for 1 drink menu. 

Me in Nassau.

Steve and me in Nassau.
Steve in Nassau.

Now that I've made you suffer through our vacation photos, I'll get back to Nathan's life. He had a pretty good vacation. Steve will post about their Minnesota Vacation Part I, so I'll jump right into his Hotlanta visit.

Here we are on a walk. Clearly, Nathan enjoys these walks. He was laughing so hard as Grandma ran towards him. 

Waiting patiently for Grandma to run up again.
In case anyone is wondering how Hank is doing, he is doing just fine at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Hank waited in the shower as Nathan took his baths.
Playing in Grandma's suitcase. He was looking for his San Antonio souvenirs.
These pictures are hilarious! Here are some pictures of Nathan with Cousin Emma at church. Emma isn't a huge fan of Nathan. After scrolling through these pictures, can you blame her?

Emma's look says, "Please go back to South Dakota."

 The only way to keep cool during the hot Georgia summer.
Nice swimming pants, Nate!

Nathan and Grandma.

Nathan's shirt says it all. Nathan can do no wrong in Grandpa's eyes. Too bad he didn't have that same eyesight for me!

It's cute when Nathan grabs handfuls of dirt and drops it on the sidewalk. It wouldn't be so cute if anyone else messed with the landscaping.
And again, running up and down the side of the house.

Just hanging out.

After Nathan's Georgia visit, we had our Minnesota Visit Part II. We started it off by taking our car to the dealer in Minneapolis to get the shifter fixed. I know, it's hard to believe Rapid City doesn't have a Jaguar dealership. Nathan and I had a good time drooling over, I mean looking at the cars on the showroom floor. 

Nathan is picking out my next car.
Nathan says, "I'll take all three!"

"Daddy, Mommy told me to tell you that she wants that black car instead of her Altima."

Actually, Nathan was more impressed with the automatic door and the rocks in the landscaping.

We also went to Oma's retirement party at Pump It Up. I think the only reason Oma retired was so that she had an excuse to go to Pump It Up and jump in the bouncy castles and run through the obstacle course. Nathan had a blast bouncing and playing with all the kids. All Nathan ever wants to do is jump and climb, so it was perfect for him. Actually, I think we all had a blast jumping and climbing. Adults could play too. Here are some pictures of Pump It Up. It's easier to just show pictures rather than explain what it is.

 

Nathan is giving Steve a few pointers.
Nathan and Emily.
Nathan and Aly.
There was definitely no shortage of kids that night. These are Nathan's cousins and Steve's godparents' grandchildren.
Aly, Emily and Nathan.
We had one nice day in Minnesota so we had to take advantage of it. We went to the park with Nathan's uncle and aunt, Matt and Deborah, and Laura and Karl. 
Nathan brought half of the sand home in his shoes. I think the other half was in Laura's shoes. :)
Karl and Nathan are just hanging out.
Opa, Steve, Karl and I went to a car show in the Cougar. We didn't invite Nathan though. He stayed back with Oma. Here is Opa, Daddy and Nathan posing with the Cougar.
Nathan wanted a little closer look at the car.
 I don't know if Nathan had more energy today than other days, or if I've just gotten spoiled with all the help over the past couple of weeks. Our house was clean when we left, now it's obvious a tor-NATE-o hit. He wore me out today!!!