Our trip....VERY VERY VERY long entry....

So, we are FINALLY home...not that I really want to be home but its nice to have our own space and our own stuff. Beware it is a LONG post and there are no pictures...I need to go do some chores when I finish and will post a separate post of pics everything tomorrow or the next day!

Friday, October 17
We left at 5am from our place to go to my mom's. Half way there I realized that we forgot Aidan's crocs. His shoes were packed so it was get the crocs or have him go barefooted. Oops. I blame it on the 2 hours of sleep I got. Boo. John got less than me. He put me to bed so that I could be well rested...or try to be. We got to the airport and off just fine. The plane was AWESOME!!! We had the type of plane with 2 seats on either side and 3 in the middle. Don't know what it was but I loved the fact that John, Aidan and myself had the middle. Aidan did great!! Watched some TV and slept some and just sort of hung out.

We got into Atlanta and it was POURING!!! We had our flights changed so we were leaving 2 hours later instead of 1 hour later. So we get on the plane and found out that the fuel truck was broken so we had to wait for it to be fixed. An hour later....we were finally on our way. I don't remember take-off. I was asleep by that point. Aidan was too. I woke up to the beverage cart by me. The stewardess looked at me and smiled and walked right by me and didn't help me until 10 minutes later. Grrr.

We got into Akron-Canton airport around 9:30pm, got our car...had a few minor issues with that but it turned out ok, and went to find food. We went to a restaurant named Friendly's that my mom use to go to when they lived in Ohio. It was a great deal!! Dinner, drink and dessert for $9.99!!! We then headed to Wooster!! We got to my grandparents house around 11:30pm and to my cousin Melanie's house about 2 minutes later. We all went to bed because we had a big day the next day. Overall we had at least 16+ hours of traveling and being prego it wasn't the most fun.

On top of everything, Aidan's car seat was soaked and my luggage was soaked and my pillowcase bled. It more than likely sat uncovered on the tarmac for an hour. I am working on calling Delta to complain. It was so uncalled for. GRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday, October 18, 2008
We woke up and got wedding ready and headed to pick up my mom at my grandparents house and headed to the wedding. We left around 10:45am, got to the church around 12:15pm and the wedding was at 1pm. The reception wasn't until 4 or 5pm and we ended up sitting around visiting until appetizers were served. I was filled up on that. Then they announced that the reception hall was open and for us to head in for them to serve us dinner!! Once the wedding party was announced, they cut the cake we were served the first of 5 courses!! Italian wedding soup, salad, sorbet/sherbet (lemon and strawberry), dinner (main course-salmon and fillet minon I think), and then cake. That was all five!! I couldn't finish dinner!!

Then we were able to go to the table filled with all the pastry goodies and tarts and such and fill a doggie bag to take with us!! Its a tradition that Andrea's family picked up from her Italian roots, or that was what I was told. This is done at EVERY shower, and wedding and you don't just take a few and not be piggy....you FILL your box almost to overflowing. If you don't you get sent back!!! It was so fun!! Everyone had a great time and Andrea looked beautiful and Andy was definitely handsome!!

Sunday, October 19, 2008
We slept, and relaxed

Monday, October 20, 2008
more sleeping and relaxing and playing. That evening we went to a delicious restaurant called El Campasino!! They have amazing cheese and I ordered a side of it for my fajitas. It was SO yummy!! We also were turned on to the yummy cheese dip that essentially was queso. This trip to El Camposina was for women only or at least the women in my family. It was an informal baby shower for me and I got many wonderful outfits and gifts from my family!!! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!

Tuesday & Wednesday
Relax and play around....Melanie had the day off and she and I went on a date to El Campasino. It was fabulous yet again!! Then we headed to the Rubbermaid store to let the kids (Corinne and Aidan and maybe John too) play on all the toys that they had set-up!! Heaven for any kid. We went to the College of Wooster men's soccer game and then headed to The Barn for dinner. Another yummy restaurant. They have amazing honey butter that I was craving!!

Thursday
We headed to Fremont to visit with my biological family. It was so fun!! Aidan ended up getting sick though. He started coughing, then threw up a few times and everyone just sort of sat there while John was the one getting thrown up on. He was fine later. My mom and John cleaned Aidan and the floor up since they both knew I would join in the throwing up if I helped. The whole 2 hour drive he said that his tummy hurt and he hadn't gone number 2 in a day or so so we figured that was it. He even had tears the last 10 minutes of the trip. We stopped 5 times and then between the time we got there and the time he threw up he went to the bathroom at least another 5.

I was given a bunch of little girl clothes that my cousin's daughter, Jaylee (Aidan's age) had grown out of. THANK YOU!!! They are so cute!! So we ended up heading home and we got just down the road and realized that my mom forgot her purse. We turned around and got it. We got to the end of the driveway (on a country road) and Aidan frantically said..."I'm going to go BLAH!!!!!!!!" so John threw the car in park, put emergency flashers that he didn't need to set, as my mom got a bag ready. John got Aid out of the car. Aidan was distracted and was asking what things were and then all of sudden threw up again. It was A LOT too. Poor guy. He slept the whole way home after that. When we got home he had chicken noodle soup and went to bed. The next day he was fine. We still have no idea what that was all about but he's better now and that is what counts.

Friday
My mom, grandma and I went to the Beauty school. My grandma goes once a week to get her hair set and my mom got a trim and I got my brows waxed. We then went to El Campasino. So it was 3-0 between John and I. Next time babe!! I PROMISE!!! Once it had been 24 hours since Aidan had thrown up last we headed to my grandparents house. We had dinner and visited until it was time to go home. John headed to the HS football game through half time. It was pouring and the wind was blowing. It was COLD!!! He had a blast!!! I am so glad that he got to do something fun. Aidan and I had quality time and headed home. John got back when Aid was about to be tucked in.

Saturday
we cleaned, and packed and visited and headed to the airport. We were eating at Arby's and they paged us. Apparently they were trying to leave early and we thought we had another 20 minutes before they boarded. Oops. They had to cancel the baggage pull. We made it and were on our way early too!! The seat belt didn't quite fit comfortable. It was digging into my stomach. Baby girl grew!!! We got to Atalanta, got on our connection and I had to get an extension to my seat belt so I was comfortable.

We got to Sea Tac and while we were waiting to get off the man behind me pushed me from standing partially in the aisle to back into my seat to get by so that he could get off. Jerk. He also was rolling his eyes that people were taking forever to get their walkers. As we were getting our luggage and car seat he was still waiting for his. He hadn't taken anything off and looked rather irate. Oh well. Karma baby!!! So we ended up getting home to our place around 1:30am after going to McD's for dinner. We hadn't eaten in almost 12 hours or at least a meal. WE were all finally in bed by 2am. What a vacation!!

We wish we were still there but had a blast!!! Thank you to everyone for making it a special trip and for making us feel so relaxed. Thanks to Melanie and Corinne who gave up their home for a week for us to stay there. We really appreciate it. Oh and it was the least I could do to clean and wash some dishes and laundry. Sorry this is SO long, if you made it congrats, but that was our trip!!!