QT with the GP's {Colorado Part 1}

Last week we took a little trip to Colorado to visit the grandparents! It was kind of nice to visit on a non-holiday when we were not consumed with holiday activities. This visit was full of lots of kids activities and fun with the grandparents.

The "exciting" part of the trip was flying alone with 2 toddlers. The first adventure started with a 4 am wake-up call. We got to the airport, checked our bags, went through security and immediately boarded the plane. It went very smoothly. The kids were great the entire 3 hour flight. Sawyer watched videos and Nora played. We had a whole row to ourselves so she was free to roam a bit.

We landed in Denver at 7:00 am and Papa and Nana picked us up. We spent the rest of the first day recuperating from such an early wake-up call. After naps Christina and the boys came over for some play time. Sawyer and Noah played really well together. It was comical listening to their conversations (you could only understand about 1/2 of it but they seemed to fully comprehend each other).

Nana reading the kiddos a book before nap time

the cousins together again

Nora's 1st juice box...she was LOVED it

watching Toy Story with Papa before bed

Over the course of the next few days we took walks in the sun, had a play date at Noah's house, went swimming, fed ducks, made cookies, had an epic whirlpool bath, and went to the park. But those things all deserve their own post. Here are some random pictures from our week in CO.

Nora trying on Nana's jewelry

making cookies with Papa

Nora learning her shapes with Tache

Nora reading with Aunt Wendy. Nora would gravitate to anyone who would read her a book :)

Our return flight was not as smooth as the 1st flight. The kids were pretty spent and ready to get home and to compound matters it was during nap time. We made it to the airport and through check-in with relative ease. However, Denver is a much larger airport than Akron/Canton which equates to longer lines and more wait time and with 2 little ones that can be difficult. But we made it through security, stopped for lunch and reached the gate in plenty of time. The issues began when we boarded the plane. The pilot announced that Denver was only using 1 runway due to high winds so we would have to wait in line to take-off. That wait was about 45 minutes and because we weren't in the air we had to remain buckled in our seats, tray tables up with no use of electronics and our carry-ons stowed underneath the seat in front of us. Do you know how difficult it is to keep 2 small children occupied while buckled in with no toys and no videos? Not to mention it was during their typical nap time.  And to compound the problems Nora pooped her pants and I could not get up to change her :( It was not fun for anyone involved :) I finally got out the carry-on and found a few books to read and doled out snacks to pass the time.

Once we took off things went more smoothly. Sawyer watched movies and Nora played. She finally fell asleep as we were descending into Canton. Boy were we excited to see Daddy's face when we got to the airport!

While it was exhausting traveling alone with 2 little ones it was worth it to see our family!