Blair took off a couple days of work while I was on Fall
Break so we could spend time as a family.
We decided to go to Cincinnati for the day and then get a hotel to stay
the night. We left bright and early
Wednesday morning and got down there about 11:00 am. and decided to visit Ikea –
a store with about any home item you could imagine. Ayla slept the whole time down and was in a
great mood while we shopped. Ikea is a
really cool store that has lots of decorating designs set up on the top floor
along with a café to eat. We got
breakfast and then looked at some ideas before going down to the first floor to
buy panel blinds for our back sliding glass door. I have wanted to get them for a long time now
and I’m so happy that we’ve finally purchased them! After shopping, we stopped at Joe’s Crab
Shack for lunch. The waitress couldn’t stop
talking to Abe. She ate bananas for
lunch and smiled the whole time.
It was finally time to check into the hotel, so we got into
our room and then took Ayla to the pool for a swim. She really enjoyed herself. She screeched and smiled. She splashed in the water and kicked her feet
like a big girl. She even tried to put
her face in the water a few times. She’s
such a daredevil! J We could tell she was getting tired, so we
took her back up to the room and put her down for a nap. She slept about an hour and Blair and I got
some peace and quiet. Blair read his
book “Killing Jesus” and I looked on Facebook and sipped coffee. It was nice to just sit and do nothing for a
little while!
When Ayla woke up and we all got ready and went to Buck
Heads for dinner. It was so
delicious! Blair got a rib eye, I got a
burger, and we ordered a side of green beans for the babe. It was great to sit as a family somewhere
other than home and enjoy each other’s company.
After dinner we went home and put Ayla to bed. Blair and I sat in bed and watched some TV
and drank a couple beers. (I about died
laughing when I went into the liquor store to buy our drinks and Blair asked me
to get him a 40 ounce Budweiser. It’s
like he reverted back to the Broad ripple days for minute there! hehe)
The next morning we stopped at Macy’s to get Ayla a hat
since it’s getting cold. And we also
picked up a baby gift for Andrew and Laura’s new little boy Will. He wasn’t due for another couple weeks, but
her water broke at school and she had him early! We were so excited for them, so we got a gift
and drive right up to see them on our way home.
But before we met Will, we stopped at Ayla’s daycare to take Miss
Melissa and Miss Cheyenne a Starbucks coffee just to say that we missed
them. It was cute to see Ayla get
excited to see them and know that she remembered them after not being around
for almost 2 weeks. I know she’s in good
hands there and that they love her very much.
But they’re going to be in for it when they see all the new tricks she’s
doing now! Our trip was a blast and I’m
so glad we could be together for a couple days!
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