And ya know what? It was completely accurate! We had quite an enjoyable trip.
Living in southern Texas means there is no way around the fact that travel will take all day. Unfortunately, our 9 hour travel day turned into 13 due to a fog delay in the Denver airport. Brooke (and her parents) actually handled the delay quite well. We ran around the airport, climbed up stairs and made some new friends. The benefit of such a long delay was that our once full flight was now half empty. We had plenty of space and that helped lots. She melted down eventually (about 30 minutes outside of Baker City) but what can you expect from a 15 month old who refuses to nap while out and about. Not even a little cat nap in her carseat...silly girl.
Once in Baker the real fun began. Brooke's cousin, Tanner (age 3), was there for the first half of our stay and she adored having someone else her size around. They had their good moments and not so good moments (read: Brooke is a bully) but it was good practice for Brooke. It made me worried about how she will treat kids in Nursery next month, so we are practicing a few things in the meantime. Spoiler alert: I don't think it is helping.
Playing in the table fort
Brooke seemed to adore her Aunt Haili and cuddled with her more than she ever does with me. Partially because Haili is awesome and partially because she could tell it bothered Tanner.
She pushed Tanner right off his mother's lap so she could get in on the cuddles.
Brooke met someone else her size while in Baker....Sophie the dog! She was only really around Sophie during the Christmas Eve dinner but she was pretty interested in her!
We also got to spend time with:
Uncle Tyler
Auntie Vel and Uncle Ev
Great Grandma and Grandpa Smith
And of course lots of fun and play time with... Grandma and Papa!
It was so good to have that whole side of the family together. The Smith boys hadn't been together for a Christmas in 6 years!
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Looks like you guys had a fun Christmas break! Brooke is growing up way too fast:)
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