Texas!

Our dear friends Eric and Dava got married last weekend! We had known about the wedding for awhile and, while we were thrilled to celebrate with them, I was pretty nervous to fly with Dax. It didn't help that we had four flights for the trip and that Dax and I would be flying without Jake for one of them. Silly me for being anxious, though. Our curious, social little dude LOVED all the new places and experiences and did so well on all of the flights. Minimal fussing as we took off and landed and a lot of eating and sleeping made for an impressed and thankful Mommy and Daddy. Beyond the successful traveling, we had a great time with good friends!

Ready to leave

Dax's first plane ride

Our first flight brought us in to Dallas/Fort Worth. Jake flew on to Amarillo for the wedding (as Best Man he had a few extra responsibilities), while Dax and I stayed with my good friend Andrea and her family. It was awesome to see them! Her son Nolan (4) and stepson Dylan (10) could not get enough of Dax. They were so sweet to him - playing with him, snuggling him, asking about him, and commenting on his little arms, little legs, little feet, little cheeks, and little "earsies". Nolan was also on drool patrol and promptly said, "Drooler!" every time he noticed it coming. Dax loved them, too, and I think he was happy to be spending time with people closer to his size.

Dax, Nolan, and Dylan

Snuggling with Andrea

We spent one afternoon at the pool. I was excited for Dax's first swimming experience and decked him out in all his gear. Poor little guy HATED it! Every time his toes would touch the water he would immediately start to cry. I tried many times to dip him and he almost calmed down at one point, but it was very clear that it was not going to happen. I think the water was too cold for him (though I thought it felt amazing in the Texas heat!) and hope to try again soon to help my little man enjoy swimming.

Ready for the pool (but not quite ready to sit up!)

Kind of calm because he wasn't touching the water

It took all his energy to hate the pool so much!

After only two days with the Koons family, we flew on to join Daddy in Amarillo. All of the wedding festivities were fun and it was great to see friends that we don't see nearly often enough. Dax had another of many firsts on the trip as he had not yet been to a wedding. While I had to stand in the back for most of the ceremony to keep him quiet, he did pretty well. We were thankful to be able to share in Eric and Dava's special day.

Dax makes friends everywhere he goes... this was Graham, the pastor's grandson and he was just a few weeks older than Dax.

Eau Claire boys - Brian, Jake, Eric, Dave, and Andrew

Playing at the reception...

Done :)

Best Man speech

We were also blessed to spend time with some other good friends. Brian and Dave had driven down from MN and Andrew and Sarah had driven up from San Antonio for the wedding. It was so great to see each of them and we enjoyed all of the time we had chatting, playing cards, and laughing together. Sarah is an incredible photographer (http://www.thelifeinart.com/) and we were lucky to get her to take some great shots of Dax and our family. Thank you Sarah!

Overall we had an awesome trip. It was great to experience traveling with a baby and we are so blessed to have such a go-with-the-flow little guy!