Trip to Washington

A couple of weeks ago (November 6-14) Cooper and I took a little trip up to Washington to visit Brad's sister Julie and her family (aka the Richey's). Brad didn't join us, he stayed home to work and take care of Indiana :) I absolutely love spending time with the Richey's, they are so fun. Julie and Tyler have three boys Michael (5), Jack (3), and Bennett (almost 9 months).

Cooper and I flew into Portland. I was really nervous about how Cooper would do on the flight and how it would be sitting close to strangers and feeding him, him spitting up, crying, etc. I got SO LUCKY on the flight to Portland. There were only 36 people on the entire flight. So I didn't have anyone on the row in front of me, behind me, or the three rows across the aisle. Not only was it nice having no one around but Cooper was the perfect baby on the flight. He ate at take off, then he played while laying on his blanket on the seats, then with like 20 minutes left he fell asleep. Once we landed a few people on the flight and the flight attendants commented on how great he was! He even got an official certificate that said his name and date for his first airplane ride....it was really cute!!!

Cooper on the plane

It was so nice being able to lay him on the seats next to me

Just a picture showing how no one was around us

When we got to Portland we went to dinner and then Target. I had to buy some diapers and things that I hadn't wanted to pack a lot of. While we were walking around Jack kept handing me things for Cooper.

This was just some of the things he wanted me to put on Cooper.

We had a lot of fun while I was there. We went to the Columbia store and I spent way to much, the most amazing fabric store I have ever seen (I so wish we had one here), Costco a couple of times, and just had fun hanging out at the Richey's house. I could kick myself for not taking more pictures while I was there.

The only picture of Jack that I got

Michael absolutely LOVED Cooper. He couldn't get enough of him. He was constantly wanting to kiss him and just be by him. He would always ride in what car I was in and was such a big helper on getting Cooper to stop crying and making sure Cooper's binky was in his mouth.

Bennett was sometimes curious about Cooper and other times was doing his own thing. Bennett is getting so big. He is crawling all over the place. It's amazing that they are only like 4 1/2 months apart but such a drastic size difference. I just want Cooper to stay tiny forever :)

Mr. Bennett....he is the most photogenic child ever!!!!

Cooper loved Bennett's jumper

The babies hanging out

Cooper at Costco. I didn't want to have to deal with the car seat so I just laid him on a blanket and he was in heaven looking around!!!

Julie and the babies

Cooper watching football yet again

While we were there Cooper decided it was necessary to poop 4-6 times a day. It was insane! I ended up having to go buy more diapers because he kept going through them so fast. He normally went maybe twice a day. But even being home he has continued on his pooping spree. Lucky me :) He has definitely earned his named of Cooper the Pooper!!!

We had such a great trip. It was fun just being able to relax and spend time with the Richey's. Our flight home was another story though. They boarded us late because they were waiting for some connecting flights to land. Once we finally got on Cooper was starving so I started giving him his bottle. He finished his bottle and we still hadn't taken off. There ended up being a problem with the cooling system which in order to fix they have to unload the cargo bin. So that took about an hour and a half. Luckily we were able to get off the flight and walk around. The only problem was that I no longer had my stroller because it had been loaded. Luckily I had my sling and was able to walk around a bit. Cooper started getting fussy because it was now nap time. Once we finally were able to get back on the plane Cooper fell asleep and slept the entire flight. I was glad because this flight was completely full so we were surrounded by people. There was a baby who screamed the entire time and I felt so bad for the mom. If it had been me I would have probably been in tears because it is so stressful! I was so glad he was easy for me. It was very nice getting home. Being away from Brad for a week is a really long time. I can't even imagine how much worse it was for him being away from Cooper for a week.

Thanks Richey's for letting me and Cooper stay with you for a week and thanks honey for letting Cooper and I take this little trip!!!