Last weekend we flew up to Boston to visit our dear friends Travis and Claire and their sweet little girl Makenna. She is only 6 weeks older than Drake and it's been awesome having a close friend in the same baby age bracket. We miss them so much and don't get to see them nearly enough so we try to make the most of our time while we're up together.
This was Drake's first flight and we weren't sure how it was going to go. We had to wake him up early for our flight and knew that napping on the go was going to be tough. He was a champion. He nursed throughout the flight, played with his new car we brought for him, and fell asleep in my lap for the second half.
I ordered him a car that he had never seen before so it would hopefully hold his attention during the flight. It worked pretty well as a distraction for about 20 minutes or so although he did fling it into the aisle during take off and it proceeded to roll off down the aisle. You could see the other passengers leaning forward to grab it and then being too late and watching it roll by. It was pretty funny.
Once we landed, we rented a minivan so we would all be able to fit together and Drake passed out on our hour drive to their house.
It was so good to see them and Makenna is so big and active! She's pretty much crawling...it's an army crawl but she gets where she wants to go. She's eating solids and sitting up like a champ. It's fun to see her and know Drake is not far behind those milestones.
On our first full day there we went to this entertainment mecca! It had just about everything including an escape room! We called ahead and told them we'd have babies in tow so they set the room aside for us to do on our own. You can always count on Breakout for a good escape room.
We also went candlepin bowling and visited the arcade. The babies were fascinated by the lights and screens and the bowling was perfect because we had our own comfy little area to hang out in. We could nurse, eat, and take our time.
Travis won Drake a ball in one of those claw machines at the arcade and it was a huge hit. (PS- Travis went 3 for 3 on those claw machines...I didn't think they were possible!!) Drake is learning to play catch and thought it was hilarious if the ball hit him in the face. We have the best video of him cracking up over it.
The biggest issue of the weekend was sleep. This was our first big trip and his first time in a while being in a pack-n-play. He didn't nap well and the pack-n-play is pretty small for him now. We ended up having to drive around for an hour one day just to get a decent nap in and he also slept on me for a nap which he hasn't done in a long time.
Makenna has the best bedhead!
One of our favorite activities of the weekend was swimming! They have a Goldfish swim school close by and you can bring your kids for a free-swim hour. It's affordable and the facilities are really nice. They had changing areas, extra diapers, blow dryers. Everything you would need to come for a swim in the middle of the day. It was Drake's first time swimming and I about died when I saw him in his suit.
Makenna is a little fish and was kicking and splashing all over the place. Drake was a bit more hesitant so we spent some time on the steps learning to splash. Once he got the hang of it he loved that part.
We have a series of these pictures and they are hilarious. Poolside chats. How long do you think they'll let us recreate this shot?
Overall this trip was so fun and it was so good to see Travis, Claire, and Makenna. Drake did super well on the plane and really was as good as we could have asked for given the change in routine. Sleeping was a struggle but he settled back into routine fairly quickly once we got home. Traveling with a kid is no joke though! Derrick and I were exhausted when we got home!
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