This trip back to CO was likely the last time I bring Andrew with me. Not because he's misbehaved during the trips, far from it. He loves traveling. No, once he turns 2, I have to pay full price for his ticket. The DDJ certainly isn't going to cover it.
This trip then was a nice farewell to our unique joint business trips. Drew flew well both ways. He even took out the safety features card and read along with the safety video (the card has pretty pictures!). He slept well, though not in the crib the hotel provided. He climbed out of the thing his second night there. So I used the base of the crib (really a play pen) as a mat for him to lay on, but he didn't like that for much more than an hour or two. So he shared the king-sized bed with me for the other three nights.
He ate very poorly for me every night, too. But apparently he ate quite well at day care, which is better than nothing.
The last day of the trip, he came with me to the office. He was a big hit as always and helped me out quite well with the few bits of work I had to do.
The highlight of the trip, though, was when we went to the mall for dinner and I let him play in the kiddie area just to the side of the food court. Drew was sitting on the top of a slide, deciding whether or not he really wanted to go down the thing, when some girl behind him got impatient and kicked him. Drew slid down the slides' raised edges on his back before thunking to the ground. I shouted something (I think it was "Oh!") and bolted to him, picked him up and took him back to the table to calm him down. Only he wasn't calming down. He didn't seem hurt at all. In fact, he kept reaching back for the kiddie play area. Sure enough, as soon as I plopped him down in the play area, he stopped crying and went trotting off to play as if he hadn't just sailed five feet through the air and landed on his back.
But it's good to be back and better to know that I don't have to routinely play at being a single mom anymore. We had some fun traveling together for the DDJ, but that solution has outgrown us and its time to find a better day care option for us here in AZ for Drew when I do travel. It should be easier to manage now that the summer is over and day cares aren't flooded with kids who are back in school.
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Dear Drew and his parents(who are great hosts),
I really enjoyed my quick weekend visit with you. I got to know alot about you. You love to ride in the van, hold the keys, put puzzles together(absolutely brilliant)dance, kick balls and jibberjabber. I love spending time at the playground and the Museum of Youth where you liked the derby race cars and wanted to climb up the slide rather than down. I also got to give you a bath which reminds me that I have a great story to tell in later years. Thanks for my great home-cooked meals and my visit to Ted's. Til we meet again-Love Auntie Gayle
Thanks, Gayle! Drew really enjoyed your visit, too. I had even forgotten about the bath incident until you mentioned it. Probably blocked it out. :)
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