We have returned from our week spent visiting Isaac's paternal grandparents in South Carolina. We all had a lovely time, and Isaac had a blast. (I'll give you details, plus upload photos, a little later -- right now I'm trying to unpack the luggage, wash our dirty laundry, water the garden, and deal with the huge mess we created before we left. At least I already picked up the dog and the mail.)
But there were a few milestones from the trip worth mentioning briefly:
(1) First rain -- that Isaac can remember, that is. (It rained last winter, of course, but that was over six months ago, and he doesn't recall it very clearly.) He kept asking, "Why doesn't Grandpa turn off the windshield wipers?" He thought they were just used for washing the windshield free of dirt, not continuously wiping away rainfall.
(2) Most hours awake -- just over 16 hours. (This easily beats the previous record of just over 15 hours.) Isaac napped for an hour on the plane coming home, but he was otherwise awake from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. (PST), and he spent most of that time traveling. And how was his mood? Consistently cheerful, if a little wild-eyed by bedtime. (What are the chances of the next baby having such a pleasant temperament?)
(3) First McDonald's -- a Happy Meal cheeseburger, to be precise. Isaac has eaten fast food a few times before (including celebrating his second birthday with dinner at Nation's Giant Hamburgers), but we just never had an opportunity to eat at good old McDonald's until we were stuck in an airport. He liked the fries a lot, and the cheeseburger seemed popular too. Well, at least we opted for milk rather than Coke, so he still hasn't tasted soda.
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I enjoyed my fries and cheeseburgers too, I must admit, although I wouldn't have dreamed of eating a fast food hamburger while I was pregnant with Isaac. First Dramamine, now McDonald's! To what indulgence will I next succumb? A Listeria-ridden hot dog? A mercury-filled tuna fish sandwich? Maybe I'll just go ahead and dye my hair.
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