Reasons Why Kansas City Was Cool

(not that I've had a lot to compare it too).
A photo essay by Little E

Back in May, our family went on an adventure to the mid-west. Reasons we had a great time:

1)I got to fly on a plane for the first time. The flight attendants loved me and promised to get me a pair of wings. They forgot. I still had fun.




2)Mommy seemed pretty stoked about turning her conference (about learning to be a better chief resident) into a mini-vacation. It's the first time she's had time away since I was a newborn. We went to see some church history sights. First stop, Liberty Jail.



3)It was fun to meet Aunt Sally and Uncle Dale. They took Daddy and I to see more sights while mommy was learning about conflict resolution. Daddy forgot to change me out of my PJ's. He does everything else right, so that's okay. They wanted me to smile for a picture, but I was busy reading the signs. An inherited characteristic from Papa Wilson.



4)I got to try out many different restaurant high chairs. You can't tell from my face in the picture, but my favorite was this one at Baja 600. Mommy and Daddy seemed coo coo for coco puffs about the BBQ shrimp enchiladas. They also thought it was pretty hilarious when I'd lean back and prop one foot up on the top of the highchair. I just like to be comfortable.



5)Midwestern people LOVE me. We couldn't walk five feet without being admired. Can we go back?



6)The "Heavenly Bed" at Westin is as comfy as they claim. My port-a-crib? Not so much.



7)They have really good BBQ. So my Daddy tells me. We walked over hill and dale (or this bridge) to get to the best.



8)We had a great view from our hotel room.





9)Mommy bought me my Halloween costume, but you'll have to wait until October to see it. No photos yet.

10)Mommy wasn't on call. :) She was a little bummed to be on call the day after we got back, though. I hung out on her lap while she talked to patient's and nurses on the phone. Some of them were crazy, but I'm not talking. Yet.



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In other news, I had a lovely Mother's Day. Chris went all out with breakfast in bed. I'd post a picture of me enjoying it, but my bed head was a little scary. Can I just say 'donuts AND chocolate chip mickey mouse pancakes in one sitting?!?' wassup!


*We're child-proofing. A few weeks ago E decided creeping and hurtling herself toward her toys wasn't enough. Within a day or two she was crawling like a champ, pulling herself up to stand, and getting into everything. Busy, busy, busy little girl. It's amazingly enjoyable to watch her grow.

*I've got ghetto fabulous nails. I decided to ask the pedicurist (?) to do a little design on my big toenails. I remembered my cousin Lisa having a cute little flower on hers at one point. I figured she'd ask me what I wanted before decorating. My eyes were covered with an aromatherapy beanbag, and I didn't even know she was painting yet. I took it off to see this:


What can you do but laugh? I'm loving them. And yes I've got big feet. I'm not ashamed. :)

Life is good. We're happy and humid and loving Summer. Ciao for now!