On my Spring Break Codi and I decided to take a well needed trip to go see Codi's family, and instead of flying we wanted to take a road trip to Utah and make a stop at the Grand Canyon. It was the longest drive of my life. Having to stop every three hours to feed Xander in the car, as well as changing him in the car was an adventure. He was such a good baby though. His cousins had a wonderful time meeting him and no one could keep their hands to themselves. Xander had a good time as well. He was making so many new noises and facial expressions, especially with his Grandpa. Everytime Grandpa K would open his mouth he would start making fun noises. It was fun seeing Codi's family.
Also, on a random note, we have recently noticed the hidden blessing in having a car seat. We have heard to never take Xander out of the car seat because bad things can happen, but on the road home we had to take him out so he could stretch and what do you know, bad things happened. With a baby in the car seat no one will dare to touch him. We were at Pizza Hut on the way home and while Xander was out of his car seat some crazy ladies came over and started playing with Xander. While I was up walking with Xander one lady asked if she could hold him. I lied and said, "I am sorry, he is sick." She said, "I am a grandma, I can't get sick anymore. Let me hold him." I nicely said no and walked away. Then while it was Codi's turn to hold him. Another lady said, "Can I show you the best way to burp a baby?" And Codi being too nice let this crazy, country lady hold my baby. It was a scary moment for all. So the thing to learn from this story is...do not take your baby out of the car seat until you are ready for creepy strangers to touch and hold your baby, or else you should come up with reasons why they should not touch your baby.
