So Ben's company, actually the backers of his company, had a conference in Santa Fe and encouraged families to attend. So we thought, "perfect!" we'll fly up and back on the company's dime and visit Ben's parents cabin in between.
Jack had not been on an airplane since the last time we went to Santa Fe when he was 3 months old. So that flight was a piece of cake. I will admit I was worried about Jack and how this flight would be. Well it was awful!
We let Jack crawl around next to our gate at the airport to hopefully get all of his energy out. Then on the plane he was ok... at first. He sat in our laps and then noticed the window shade. For the next 20 minutes all he wanted to do was push the shade up and down. The only problem was that he couldn't physically push the shade up, all he could do was pull it down. So I had to push it up. I wasn't going to try and teach discipline on an airplane, so I did it. Then, Jack was sitting on Ben's lap and accidentally spilled a full cup of cold water on my leg...that was ok, I knew it would dry. But with 20 minutes left in the flight, I took Jack and laid him on my chest, and he proceeded to pee all over me! We had him in his nighttime diaper which is supposed to hold more and the flight was only an hour. This was humorous because when we had picked him up from his preschool his teacher made the comment, "We just changed Jack, but he pees all the time!"
So, after checking into the hotel we took Jack over to the Kids Camp. Now, I wasn't sure how good this would be but Ben assured me that everyone at this conference makes waaaay more money, like millions of dollars more than us, so there is no way that the kids camp isn't top quality. And he was right. They were great. When we picked him up, 9pm (10pm Texas time) he was just about to doze off. He was snuggled up in a big blanket in a pack n play with his "baby" while the younger kids watched a movie in the same room. They said Jack was the star of the night, everyone wanted to play with him and he enjoyed playing with them. They said he'd eat a little, then crawl off and play, then come back for some more food, then go play again. I'm pretty sure he was spoiled that night.
Time to put him to bed. This was the first time we had Jack sleep in the same room with us since he was 4 weeks old, if that. So we put his pack n play in the corner of the room and piled pillows up on the side of the double bed not being used to create a wall. This way if he stood up after we laid him down, he wouldn't be able to see us. So, we did his whole bedtime routine, turned out all of the lights and put him down. Ben and I just looked at each other and said "do we just stand here and not move?" He did great...he went to sleep after about 5 minutes. So we did too. We didn't want to turn on the tv for fear he would wake up.
Unfortunately, since Jack only slept about an hour during the day and then went to bed about 2.5 hours past his normal bedtime, he woke up about an hour after going to bed with a night terror. Jack has had a few of these so we knew that's what it was. It is happens when kids are sleep deprived and/or go to bed late. They wake up crying/screaming and are actually not awake, it's like sleep walking. But you are not supposed to do anything, just make sure they don't hurt themselves. If you try and console them, call out their name or pick them up, it will make it worse. We have yet to not do anything, plus being in a hotel room, we were even more stressed. So Ben took him oustide and after about 10 minutes total Jack came to. We put him back in his crib and he went right to sleep. So needless to say, I had a super stressful day.
The next day, we had breakfast as a family and then Ben went off to his meetings. So Jack and I came back and I tried to put him down for a nap but he wasn't having any of it, he was sleepy but didn't want to be in the pack n play. So I laid him on the bed to see if he would take a nap....and he did! He slept for over an hour.
Then at about 10:30 I took him to the Kids Camp. After that I had a nice relaxing day. I laid by the pool, ordered room service (which I have never done before), and then got a facial. All paid for by the company. So nice!
Healthy, right? But it was good!
I told Ben this was exactly what I wanted to do a year ago when Jack was a few months old. I just wanted to go to a hotel by myself.
At about 4pm I picked up Jack who was having a ball playing and we went on a stroll to downtown Santa Fe. Ben's parents picked Jack up about 5:30 and kept him till they picked Ben and me up the next afternoon.
That night Ben and I went to Museum Hill and had a nice dinner with his Boss's. And got to take a few pictures in the photo booth:
The rest of the weekend we spent at Ben's Parents cabin in Glorietta. Jack had a great time playing with his cousins Abby and Ben and Mikey, the dog.
Looking and saying "outside"
Playing with Aunt Emily
Hanging on her every words
I don't know what this face means
Weee
Helping Daddy figure out how to put the carseat to front facing
Climbing
"OOoo... Am I allowed to do this?"
Sitting in a big boy chair
Jack figured out he could drink from KK's cup...
...and wasn't happy when she took it away.
Playing with KK's phone
Worn out after strolling the square
Jack got to enjoy the kids playground this weekend.
He started saying "slide" on this trip and loved to go down it.
On one of our nightly strolls
Rocking on the porch...Jack LOVED the porch
While we were in Santa Fe Jack took his first steps....
And gave a lot of kisses
