(March 25- 29th) Heading to St. Louis & spending time with G.G. and Grandpa Jim

A great surprise - Erin, Martin, and Addie were on our flight from Portland to Dallas :)

Getting ready to take off on her first flight

Taking a nap after having a bottle during take off

Oh what fun, getting ready for a diaper change in the plane bathroom

Thank goodness Mariela found the cracker bag entertaining

Looking at the lights on the Skylink at the Dallas airport

We arrived in St. Louis! So excited to see G.G. and Grandpa Jim

Eating with Grandpa Jim

What a lucky little girl, falling asleep in G.G.'s arms

G.G. put the elephants that were on my crib when I was little on the Pack-n-Play for Mariela. Thank you Marge for giving my parents your Pack-n-Play and feeding chair! They have been really helpful.

At the Butterfly house. A Blue Morpho butterfly landed on Mariela's diaper bag

Mariela not paying attention to the butterfly that's on the bench right in front of her

Mariela with  G.G. and Grandpa Jim in front of The Carousel in Faust Park which they rode when they were children :)

At the Orchid show at the Missouri Botanical Garden

Mariela: "Oh, how pretty. I want to put it in my mouth"

Mariela: "Let me have it, I want to chew on it!"

In front of the Climatron at the Missouri Botanical Garden

Playing with her new book and wearing the cute bow Aunt Kay brought her. Thank you for coming over Aunt Kay and bringing Mariela the gifts. It's always fun spending time with you and Mariela really likes the gifts you brought her :)

 

Playing the fun game Aunt Kay started with G.G.

Pretending she's a helicopter