A weekend of family visits

Kaitlyn started the month of August with a very busy weekend. On Saturday morning, we all woke up and got ready to head out to San Jose to visit new cousin, Alyssa. On the way, Kaitlyn took a very good 2 hour nap and was ready to play and show off her walking capabilities to the family. She also thought Alyssa was interesting and tried to touch her face on numerous occasions. After a little while of hanging out at Alyssa's house, we left and went to lunch with the family at Flames restaurant. We were joined by Gramma, Grandma Sue (Kelley's mom), Uncle Dan, Aunt Kelley, cousin Andrew, and of course cousin Alyssa (who slept the whole time!). Kaitlyn learned there that she really likes canteloupe! After lunch, we headed back to Alyssa's house to play some more. With only a 10 minute nap late in the afternoon, we did lots of playing until dinner. Dinner was delicous pizza (of which Kaitlyn had none, but was promised one day she would be able to try it). Before we left, Kaitlyn got ready for bed, knowing she would fall asleep before we reached our next destination; Grandma and Grandpa Pride's house.

As we hit the road, Kaitlyn did fall asleep and stayed asleep for a while once we got to the grandparents house. Mommy and Daddy got ready for bed and chilled out for a while, then got a bottle ready to feed Kaitlyn before putting her back to sleep in her Pack 'n Play. She went right back to sleep, after hardly waking up for her bottle, sleeping until about 6:15am. Everyone got up and started to get ready for the day. Breakfast was in the oven and we were all buzzing around while Kaitlyn went through her morning routine of eating and playing. Uncle Mike joined us for breakfast, where Kaitlyn ate more canteloupe - her new fave! After breakfast Kaitlyn took a 2 hour snooze while the adults hung out and watched TV, read the paper and generally relaxed. Once Kaitlyn woke up, we all decided that we should make sandwiches and pack a picnic for our planned trip on the Niles Canyon Railway. We rushed out and almost missed the train, but made it in time for the All Aboard call. It was a nice ride through the canyon, with lots of trees and a nice breeze through the open windows on the car. We all sat and had lunch, even Kaitlyn got to eat some of Mommy's sandwich. Halfway through the ride, we stopped at a train depot in Sunol, got out and walked around, picked up some more riders, and headed back to Niles again.

When the ride was over, we hopped off the train and headed to the Fremont Festival of the Arts. Kaitlyn had never been, so we walked around and looked at all the booths. Kaitlyn has a pretty short attention span, so we didn't linger much. After that, we headed home to Tracy, arriving at 4:30pm. Mommy and Kaitlyn both slept on the way home. Later, we went to Famous Dave's BBQ for dinner, where Kaitlyn ate most of a corn muffin and had a great time listening to the music being played in the restaurant. Home again, it was time for a bath, bottle, books and bed - in that order.

All in all, a very busy and fun weekend!