Two days after McKenna's birthday party, McKenna and I boarded a plane with my parents to go visit my grandma in Illinois. My grandma is a really special part of my life, and I really felt that I should take the opportunity before another baby comes one day to go visit her.....so off we went! We flew from Austin to Houston, and then Houston to St. Louis on the way up. After getting to St Louis, we still had to rent a car and drive another 3 hours....so let's just say, it was a LONG day. Unfortunately, that night, what my grandma called "the biggest storm since she's lived there" rolled in. McKenna was up for almost 5 hours, straight. 1-6am. That kinda put us on a bad sleeping pattern from the get go, so that made for a tough week. However, we did make the most of it, and all things considered McKenna was quite the trooper, and we really enjoyed getting to spend time with Grammy. We played at the park, went to New Salem to visit Abraham Lincoln's old town, saw some other relatives, played in the backyard, took walks....
Here are some pictures of the visit.
Looking at airplanes with Grandpa
Buckled up and ready to go!
Got three seats together on the short flight, unfortunately not to lucky on the long flight :(
Waiting for the shuttle bus to the rental car place
Swinging on Grammy's indoor swing - a highlight indeed!
Visiting with "Aunt Sug", my grandma's sister
Ashland, Ill is home to 1,350 people - it's a small farm town
Going up the gigantic metal slide with Grandma
Lovin' the merry go round!
One of the only original buildings Abraham Lincoln stepped foot in
Four generations!
"Checking Grammy's body"
Icecream, which is only appropriate since my grandma owned a Baskin Robbins for forever!
Grammy, Grandma, and a baby - what more could a girl want!
Helping Grammy water flowers :)
Reading books
I'm so glad I had to pay for her to have a seat on the plane....
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