We celebrated by lounging in AZ by a pool, soaking up the western sun. 'Twas fun to spend time with the fam. Colin did great on the flights. He had his own seat and I think felt more secure in his car seat, esp. when it was time to nap. FYI, Southwest has infant fares -you have to call to make a reservation vs. online! We didn't know until too late. Colin and daddy enjoyed swimmin' in the pool and playing in the waterfall. He smashed only one water glass when we went out to dinner. I didn't move it out of his way in time. Oops. Another table of diners did the same thing awhile later..their's was alcohol, not child, induced.
We also posed for a family portrait. We couldn't get Colin to smile. He was so serious through the whole shoot. All of us are smiling at the camera and Colin has a look like "who are these strangers waving a duck in my face? And, why are we all wearing brown?". At least he wasn't crying. Later, we learned he was dealing with the start of a double ear infection. Poor little dude.
Kelly and AJ were the trailblazers and Bill and I joined them for a hike up Black Rock Mountain in Cave Creek Saturday morning. That kicked my butt! And Kelly was 18 weeks preggers. Way to go, momma! It was a great view of AZ. I didn't make it to the top and decided to wait for them. Then I freaked myself out thinking about snakes. So, I started back up and fortunately met Bill coming down. We continued down and waited for KJ to finish the rest of the hike. If I upload the photo I'm thinking of, I'm pretending to be a saguaro cactus.
