Our visit to the Lone Star State

About two weeks ago we packed our bags to head down to Texas. Once Mikal got off work we left for the Richmond Airport. We grabbed a bite to eat at the airport since we were traveling right around dinnertime. Carter was a wonderful little traveler. He did much better than I expected. He LOVED being on the airplane and wasn't scared at all. He said,"we fly to the moon Mommy!" During the flight mommy and Carter fell asleep while Daddy read a book. Our family (Mikal's mom, sister and our nieces and nephew) greeted us at baggage claim and it didn't take long for Carter to start enjoying the company of the other little people. We made it to the house and crashed after an eventful evening of travel. The next day, we hung around the house while the kids played, Joanna took us by her work and we took Mikal's mom to our FAVORITE Mexican restaurant for dinner. We had a great day. I was in for a surprise on our third day. I thought we were meeting up with extended family in the afternoon for a cookout, but was shocked to find out when we arrived that not only was it a "get together" it was also a surprise baby shower. I was so surprised I actually asked who are the gifts for and thought why didn't anyone tell me to bring a gift. Needless to say, I thought it was a very nice gesture and enjoyed getting some girly stuff for the baby :) We all enjoyed seeing family members that we hadn't seen in quite some time. We had our "Texas Christmas" the following day, it was so much fun watching the kids open thier gifts. On our final day, we made a stop by the Arlington National Cemetery; it was our first time there since the funeral, we then headed back to the airport for our trip back to Virginia. Carter was a bit more energetic on the trip back but was still a good little boy. It was a whirlwind of a trip but we had a blast and enjoyed visiting our family. We can't wait for our next trip to the lone star state!