MA trip - multiple posts to come

Wow - it's taken a while to start these posts. Between work, the pregnancy and still not sleeping through the night I find myself going to bed with Aubrey between 8:00 - 9:00 every night. That of course means no blogging. Sorry!

We headed back to MA the last week in July to visit family and friends. On the way we had a direct flight and Miss A did fantastic! She fell asleep right after take off and napped for a little bit over an hour. When she woke up it was time to play! She kept busy with markers, stickers, book reading and snacking.

We got to Nana and Nani's house pretty late for MA time. Our goal was to stick with Arizona time so as to not need to worry about a transition when we came back home. We talked with Nani for a bit and then headed to bed. We woke up Sunday morning and Aubrey fell in love with Noah (as you can see from the pictures above). They were the best of buds while we were there!

Sunday we headed out to Adams to see some friends. It was a 2 hour drive and I was nervous about how Aubrey might do after being cooped up on the plane the day before. I was worried for no reason - she did great! We got to Mr. & Mrs. Mendel's house and got to spend the day outside with Josh, Dana, JoMo, Chad, Marcia and their girls Lauren and Kiera. Aubrey had a blast running around the back yard, playing with the girls and eating blackberries right off the bushes in the yard. Mr. Mendel found some old toys that she got to play with as well and even took a few of them home with her! Lucky girl!

Monday night we had ravioli's and homemade sauce and meatballs that Nani made. We had a family dinner and got to eat with Nani, Nana and Jeremy. Brian was so happy to have sauce and meatballs. Aubrey had a whole egg for breakfast that morning so wasn't a huge eater at dinner. She did however amuse herself with the tablecloth!

Tuesday we visited the Worcester Ecotarium with Nani. Aubrey had a good time walking around and exploring. She even got to see a real possum walking around and a hedgehog! That night we headed over to Rob and Celeste's house for dinner. Aubrey made a new friend with Pinot their dog. He was so excited to play and so was she! Rob grilled the food out on the deck which was wet from the recent rain. Celeste broke out some towels to dry off the chairs and Aubrey quickly got a hold of a towel and cleaned the entire deck! She had a blast cleaning.

We didn't get to see everyone we had hoped to see when we were in the Worcester area. We missed out on seeing Melissa and her new little one AJ. We also didn't get to see Andrew or Levi. There never seems to be enough time to see everyone and spend quality time with them. Guess that means we'll have to take another trip soon!

Stay tuned for Part 2 of our trip.....hopefully coming soon :)