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  • The Mouse

    Stacey and Alex 0:08 am on January 21, 2007 | 0 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , , Disney, , flying, , grandparents, , , , ,

    Didn’t really get a chance to mention it before, but for Christmas, Lyle and Vicki popped for all of the grandkids and their parents to go with them to Disney World in Florida.

    We just got back on Thursday. It was a great trip! Really good experience for Benjamin; lots of socialization, lots of animals and sights and sounds for him to experience. He seemed to really enjoy himself!

    We were really concerned that we might have some trouble with him as far as naps and food were concerned, but he managed to nap when he needed it, falling asleep and staying asleep during some louder show finales, for example. He ate well, and he slept well during the overnights. He handled the later evenings just fine, and loved all the attention and company, playing with his cousins, etc.

    The most impressive aspect of the entire trip was how well he handled flying! While everyone else drove from WI down to FL, we ended up flying down, because 20 hours in a car seemed like a bad idea with an 11-month old. He was perfect on the plane in every way. Didn’t cry or become upset during takeoffs or landings, and lasted the entire flight with no trouble, despite being a lap passenger and not having a seat or an opportunity to get down and crawl around at all, being held the entire time, etc. He ate, he drank, he made faces and flirted with the stewardesses and other passengers…he is such a great social being!

    We ended up with a few souvenirs from the trip, and a few pictures, too. We’ll try to post some of the pictures soon.

     
  • Halloween 2006

    Stacey and Alex 11:22 am on November 1, 2006 | 0 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , grandparents, halloween

    This tag is DELICIOUS!

    Benjamin was, of course, a duck!

    He’s trying on the costume for the first time here; he seemed to really like the tag. :)

    He didn’t do any trick-or-treating himself, but he did go around with his cousins and grandparents while they had their fun. It was really cold, but he had a few layers on underneath.

     
  • A(nother) real date...

    Stacey and Alex 13:57 pm on September 23, 2006 | 0 Permalink | Reply
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    HUGE thank-you to Vicki, Stacey’s mom, who watched Benjamin for us so we could go out on a date (we went to a local university theater production of Tommy).

    It was only for a couple of hours, but it felt nice to have some time alone with each other.

    Previously, we had Ashley (our fabulous babysitter this past summer) watch Benjamin while we went out for dinner (for a surprise for my birthday), back in September.

    That makes a total of two ‘just us’ dates we’ve had since he was born (now seven months ago, yikes!). As much as we love Benjamin, we’ve been craving some time alone together… He was still in our heads constantly throughout the evening, of course… no escaping that! ;)

    We were told he behaved really well; we’re really glad it worked out, because we’d certainly like to do it again! :)

     
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