Oh wow, did we have a great weekend.
We saw the Toledo Museum of Art. We ate out at a nice seafood restaurant along the Maumee River and followed it by a walk along the park by the water. We swam in the indoor pool at our hotel (which we hadn't even booked; our hotel had lost our reservation and paid the difference for us to stay at the Homewood Suites behind it, meaning we ended up with a one-bedroom suite and an overall better hotel for the same price.) The weather was perfect, cool but not cold, sunny, a little breezy, with all the leaves changing colors. We ran into at least six wedding parties through the course of our weekend, and why not? This is a great time of year to get married, obviously. ;-)
But I'd say the best part of the weekend was the alone time. No baby, no cat, no real responsibilities. We slept. A LOT. Sprawled out in that king-sized bed with three pillows and just vegged. All in all, a wonderful anniversary weekend.
And of course, had I had reason to worry about Veronica, then the weekend would've been awful. But no, we had Jason's Aunt Emily and his cousin Maria watch her at our house, and they had a great time too. Maria is around nine years old and just loved playing with the baby; fortunately, the feeling was mutual. It looks like Veronica just adores her, smiling and laughing whenever she's around. And Emily's taken care of all her nieces and nephews all these years - even Jason when he was small - so she was totally at ease with Veronica. (In fact, I daresay Veronica seemed happier when Emily was caring for her; I feel like, upon our return, Veronica's care went from professional level to that of a rank amateur. I mean, not like we have any clue what we're doing - we're just kinda making it up as we go along.) And it was wonderful to hear that Veronica was so good, only fussing when hungry or tired, and otherwise just being a delightful little baby - looking around Red Lobster or the mall when they went, and smiling coyly at passerby who stopped to comment on how pretty she is.
A good weekend for Jason and I, that was much needed. A good weekend for Veronica, who was loved and coddled all weekend long. The only one of us that had a bad weekend was Pita, freaked out by the houseguests and our absence, until we came home. Although I'd say all the snuggling we've gotten from her tonight, and have returned to her, has more than made up for her weekend. :-)
We saw the Toledo Museum of Art. We ate out at a nice seafood restaurant along the Maumee River and followed it by a walk along the park by the water. We swam in the indoor pool at our hotel (which we hadn't even booked; our hotel had lost our reservation and paid the difference for us to stay at the Homewood Suites behind it, meaning we ended up with a one-bedroom suite and an overall better hotel for the same price.) The weather was perfect, cool but not cold, sunny, a little breezy, with all the leaves changing colors. We ran into at least six wedding parties through the course of our weekend, and why not? This is a great time of year to get married, obviously. ;-)
But I'd say the best part of the weekend was the alone time. No baby, no cat, no real responsibilities. We slept. A LOT. Sprawled out in that king-sized bed with three pillows and just vegged. All in all, a wonderful anniversary weekend.
And of course, had I had reason to worry about Veronica, then the weekend would've been awful. But no, we had Jason's Aunt Emily and his cousin Maria watch her at our house, and they had a great time too. Maria is around nine years old and just loved playing with the baby; fortunately, the feeling was mutual. It looks like Veronica just adores her, smiling and laughing whenever she's around. And Emily's taken care of all her nieces and nephews all these years - even Jason when he was small - so she was totally at ease with Veronica. (In fact, I daresay Veronica seemed happier when Emily was caring for her; I feel like, upon our return, Veronica's care went from professional level to that of a rank amateur. I mean, not like we have any clue what we're doing - we're just kinda making it up as we go along.) And it was wonderful to hear that Veronica was so good, only fussing when hungry or tired, and otherwise just being a delightful little baby - looking around Red Lobster or the mall when they went, and smiling coyly at passerby who stopped to comment on how pretty she is.
A good weekend for Jason and I, that was much needed. A good weekend for Veronica, who was loved and coddled all weekend long. The only one of us that had a bad weekend was Pita, freaked out by the houseguests and our absence, until we came home. Although I'd say all the snuggling we've gotten from her tonight, and have returned to her, has more than made up for her weekend. :-)
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