VA Weekend

This weekend, as a Valentine's Day present, Abuelos watched Alex while Pat and I went down to visit VA.

Friday afternoon we drove down to Chantilly, VA and I had a phone interview. On a positive note, I was sent a Writing Sample for the 2nd round and will hear by mid-week.

Saturday, we went exploring. Pat showed me where he worked in Fairfax and then we explored the cheaper Woodbridge area of DC. This led to a lot of discussion of what sort of life/home we wanted to provide and a lot of us getting lost :) Thankfully the GPS led us back to Chantilly.

Sunday, we say goodbye to high speed Internet and look forward to seeing Alex (and Abuelos) again :) Life should be busy the next few months!

In Dallas

It has been a great time in Dallas with Pat! Saturday we went to the Grapevine mall and walked around for 4 hours (hehehe) and then Sunday afternoon we went to explore the Forth Worth Stockyards. The pictures will show a cattle auction, the "thrilling" cattle run through the stockyards, and dinner at Rickey's Saloon. A nice time but the company is MUCH better :)

Spring Break

To start off my Spring Break and end Pat's, he and I went away to Atlantic City to see LIVE in concert at the Borgata. While we were away enjoying ourselves, Magnee and Abuela had the Alex experience. He told them all what to do and talked alot. He also did not want to take a bath for Abuela and had a hard time going to sleep. The real kicker was the 4:20 am nightmare that kept everyone up. I believe Magnee and Abuela were glad when we got back and they could go home :)

Ocean City, MD

Thanks to Expedia.com, we inexpensively took Alex down for his first active beach vacation. We stayed at 24th street and immediately checked in and went down to the beach. Once on the beach, Alex tried to throw sand but thankfully that was a one time no no lesson. We got our space set up and went down to the water. Alex really loved the water, even though it was a bit chilly. He would laugh when it came up and dance when it left. I don't believe he went under at all but we got a few wet faces from unintentional splashes.

After the water, we tried to warm up quickly and then play in the sand. Alex really enjoyed his sale CVS items (shovel, pail, rake, scoop, sieve, and molds); in fact, so did Daddy. Once the sand got a little old, we played with other CVS toys (bubble wands) until Alex dumped the last of the bubble solution.

3 hours later, we headed back to the room for showers and clean clothes. Phillips was our buffet destination where Alex LOVED the french fries and saying Hi to everyone who walked past. To off set the dinner, we did a bit of walking on the board walk.

That night, Alex slept like crap. He did not want to go to sleep and let everyone know it. After 2 hours of sleep he woke up and climbed into the spare bed with me. An hour later, he fell onto the floor. Oopps! Finally we just let him run for 2 hours, after barricading the porch door. Finally at 4am, we put him the pack 'n' play to stay 'til 7am.

After that lovely night, Alex and I went down to the beach while Daddy went for donuts. At the beach, Alex was content chasing the sea gulls and just walking along the edge of the water. Once we got food, Alex loved sharing his donut with the birdies. Of course this was after he was full. After breakfast we played in the Ocean and on the beach for the last time in 2007.

We went back to the hotel to clean and pack up. We walked around a bit to wear Alex out and left Ocean City around 11am. After a Wendy's lunch, we hit the highway and Alex did not fall asleep until the half way point between Dover and Wilmington. Thankfully he slept once we got home 'til 3pm. That night, Alex slept from 7:45 PM to 8am Saturday morning.

Overall, it was a nice vacation!

Knoebel's

This weekend we visited North Central PA. We stayed at a nice Red Roof Inn Hotel in Danville. This has been our first solo vacation since Alex's birth. It was a fun experience!

On Sunday, Alex actually slept in but Abuela woke us up at 7am. So we all got ready and went to a little ball field park in Danville. There Alex played in the dugouts and ventured into the Susquehanna River. After getting quite muddy, we got changed and headed to Knoebel's.

At Knoebel's we checked into the Keystone National High School Pavilion and got our free ride and meal tickets. After a short lunch, we hopped on the rides. Alex rode on the flying airplanes, Merry Go Round, Train, Firetrucks, and the Ferris Wheel. He seemed to enjoy each ride and was DEVASTATED to get off. Totally off schedule, Alex crashed in his stroller around 3pm and slept until we got our food at 3:45pm. After the meal we headed back to Danville and every got clean and ready for bed.

After a decent night of sleep, Alex ended up sleeping with me in a spare bed, we had a Friendley's breakfast and back to Aston.