We Made It

We officially survived our time at staff training!

At the hotel on Monday!

It really wasn't as bad as I had psyched myself out for it to be. I still got to see Landon several hours each day, the childcare room was fine, all the babysitters loved him (no surprise there) so he wasn't lacking for attention at all, they sent me text messages anytime he was ready to eat (or I just went up to check). He even napped decently in the room considering that there were other babies sometimes crying in the room. Aside from the fact that he slept *terribly* at night every night, it was an all around successful trip!

Thinks it's funny he refused to sleep

We took our smaller stroller & used it for the first time. It was perfect wheeling him all around the hotel. He liked it!

I also bought the pacifier tie thing in the above picture specifically for the trip - didn't want him losing that thing (or having it borrowed by another baby)!

Thank goodness he learned to eat Puffs before we left - they turned out to be a HUGE lifesaver in the car. And I think the babysitters fed him a few a LOT of them if he would start getting crabby. Good thing a serving size is 90 puffs! And only 25 calories! They're the perfect solution to distract him from being hungry/tired/generally upset. In fact, he's eating them right now as I type as I'm trying to keep him awake for another 15 or 30 minutes. Here's a video of him the 2nd or 3rd day of him trying to eat Puffs:

How hilarious is that? He's much more adept at feeding himself now, but it sure was funny to watch him try at first. He would eventually get mad that he couldn't get it in his mouth and just whine till we would just put one in his mouth. Yes, he has us wrapped around his little finger. Can you blame really us with that smile?