Jackson Trip

Isabel and I had a great trip out to Jackson, Wyoming. We were there for 12 days, but it went by too fast. I got to see most of the people that I wanted to, but I really felt like I didn't have enough time. I doubt it will ever seem like enough, unless we move back there. Isabel was such a trooper! She went out to dinner and lunch more times in those 12 days than she had in the past year. She was great on the flights out there; a portable DVD player with a couple of Sesame dvd's really helped. We stayed most of the time with Anthony and EB and for a few nights with Steve and Christy. At Anthony and EB's house Isabel's favorite thing to do was to chase the cat and dog, luckily they are very patient animals and Isabel was really gentle with them. Hopefully we'll be able to get her a cat of her own soon. We had a horrific time getting back to Massachusetts. Our flight left Jackson about 15 minutes late and headed to Dallas which was socked in by storms. They almost sent up to Shreveport while they closed Dallas for a little bit, but then they re-opened and we were able to land. Unfortunately we then sat on the tarmac for about 20 minutes while waiting for a gate. We also were in the air for about an extra 45 minutes. All this meant that we missed our connecting flight by 7 minutes! Then next flight out to Hartford was at 7pm, 6 hours later. Okay, so we dealt with that and Isabel was awesome. Then that flight was delayed! First because our head flight attendant hadn't arrived yet, then lightning closed the airport. All in all it was a horrible experience. We finally boarded at 10pm and took off at 10:30. Isabel didn't sleep all day, and she got up at 5:45am. She finally fell asleep on the plane at 11pm. The last hour at the airport before boarding was horrible, she was a cranky screaming mess. We got in to Hartford at about 2:35am and then had to wait till 3:15 for Jason to arrive to pick us up. By the time we got home it was 4:15am. Yuck! I will never fly through Dallas again, I hate that airport! We were supposed to move into our new apartment on Saturday, the same day as we ended up arriving home,but we postponed that till Sunday. We were a bit more rested then and the move went pretty smoothly. We're fairly settled into our new place and happy to be closer to family. I miss all my friends back in Jackson and had so much fun spending time with everyone. Thanks for making it such a great trip everybody!

This is Isabel in her favorite chair at Steve and Christy's, watching Elmo on the tv.

Suzanne, Abby, Isabel and I at the Cadillac.
Playing with Anthony and Russell(Russell is the dog).

Clumping around in Anthony's huge hiking boots.

Playing with Steve and Cusco.
Aaaw! Snuggling with Steve.