A Month of Traveling with a Baby...

February has been a month of travel. We have had something every weekend of the month. It was been exhausting and lots of fun. Overall Cora did great on all three trips. I think we have a traveler on our hands- and if you know us at all that is a good thing in our little family!

Our first trip was to Midland. Cora (like I said in a previous post) handled the plane trip like an old pro. Above is Cora in the car on the way to the airport to go back to Houston- she did not wake up until we got back to our house in Houston- we could not have asked for better.
My mom flew back with us and spent the next five days with us. It was great to have my mom in town. We got good, home cooked meals, shopped a bit, but mostly hung out around the house. Thanks for coming, Mom- when are you come back:)!?!
The morning my mom left my sister-in-law and her boyfriend flew in to surprise Steve's mom who was here with Steve's Dad and grandparents at the annual Houston Radio Conference. She was super surprised and it was a fun weekend to spend with the family. We spent the majority of the weekend at a Marriot in North Houston. I am glad they had a couple hotel rooms. Cora and I hung out there most of the time- we got some good naps in:).
And Cora got to meet her great-grandparents on Steve's mom's side of the family. Above is Cora June with June Green. It was sweet to watch Cora with her namesake.
And since we were at a radio convention we had to put Cora in a radio onesie. Thank you Cafe Press for having every random shirt/onesie known to man. Cora was a big hit among all the radio collectors.
That Sunday Cora had her baby blessing at church. I love the look on her face in the above picture. Yes, the outfit was over the top and yes, I loved every minute of it. Not sure how Cora felt judging by the look on her face...
Everyone left after church that Sunday and Steve and I had 3 days to recoup before we headed out that Thursday to Abilene. Cora handled the road trip like a champ. Above is Cora in the new rec center at ACU. I loved having my child on that campus. Gotta start her love for ACU early:)
Steve is on the new ACU Camps Advisory board to I tagged along to hang out with my good friend Molly and introduce our girl to many people we love in Abilene. Above is Bob Strader with our little family. Bob married Steve and I in 2005. We have a picture just like this from Jan. 1, 2005- now we are a plus one:).
Also got to see my good friend Kat and meet her five month good son Graham (what a cutie!). Cora and Graham will be good friends in the future, I just know it. Cora also met a slew of other people- guess I can't capture everything on camera.
Molly let all four (we brought Hope!) of us crash at her house for the weekend. Cora still loves her bath time. Above is Molly helping out. (You can never have too many baby-in-the-tub pictures, right?!).
And then this last weekend we made a quick trip up to Quinlan, TX. The trip was to help out with an auction Steve's dad was doing and to let Cora meet her great-grandparents on Steve's dad's side of the family. Above is Cora meeting Mei-Mei for the first time and below is Pa getting a good first look at Cora in Jim's arms.
They loved her and it was sweet to see Cora with her great-grandparents. And of course Cora was a big hit at the auction...
She got to wear her radio onesie again. Which is good thing- the girl is growing fast! Who knows how much long she can wear it. I love watching Jim do his radio auction. He is so good at it and knows so much about the radios. All the profits for the auction went to the Boles Children's Home. We got to stay on the campus for the weekend. I was pretty impressed with the home. It looked like a neat thing to be apart of.
And guess what I got- a vintage radio for my kitchen:). It is not the above radio but it is similar coloring and is a Crosley- best $15 I spent all weekend. Jim has it and is going to get it back in working condition. I think it will be a good addition to my Fiestaware-themed kitchen.
And guess who I bumped into at the auction- Jenny T's grandparents. I feel like I see them everywhere- so I had to take a picture and send it to Jenny:). Again, it is pretty fun to introduce Cora to people we know.

Now we are at home enjoying this lazy Sunday afternoon. I have had a couple decent nights sleep all things considered, enjoyed a good work out this afternoon, and hoping there is a nap on the horizon. I am feeling good. We are working on getting Cora into a loose routine here in our house. We have a pretty good night time routine down and I plan on starting to get our mornings and afternoons in more of a routine as we enter into March. I think our travels are slowing for awhile. The next time we leave town will be to go back to Abilene to meet the newest Sargent- due to arrive any day now!