Mimi came out to babysit while Eric and I played some flip cup on Saturday. For those of you who don't know flip cup, you are missing out. It is a great way to revisit high school/college days! It was nice to be able to be gone for the whole day and night and know that Addy was in good hands. I think Mimi had fun during her girls day with Addy.
Sunday Addy, Mimi and I began our travels through New Mexico heading to Taos. Addy got to meet all sorts of fun people! In fact, it was her first time to meet her uncle Steve. Not only did he not throw her when she threw up on him, but they had lots of fun together. I have a feeling he will spoil her lots in the next few years. She also got to meet my aunt Judi, uncle Larry, cousins Cori, Debbie, Mary, Eddie Jo and their kids A.J. and Jackie. It was a big day of travel but she did great. I have to apologize to whoever has to take out the trash outside the little coffee shop in San Luis, New Mexico. Addy left her mark all over Mimi and we left Addy's outfit in the trashcan there. Sometimes you have to cut your losses.
Then we headed to Albuquerque and hung out with my cousins Cori, Jamie, Kristy and their adorable kids GiGi and Jett. Too bad the camera died, imagine some of the cutest kids with lots of personality and you have these two.
On our way back to Denver, Addy had her first opportunity to ride a train, hitch hike and spend hours stranded at a Diamond Shamrock. The Trooper, which has served us well for many years, lost the transmission in Raton, NM. We knew we weren't going to have a lot of luck finding a rental car in a town of 7,000 people so we hopped on a train that we thought was going to take us to Denver. After finding out that by "Amtrak", they meant "Greyhound" we found ourselves on a scenic tour of Raton Pass going 17 miles an hour only to end up in Trinidad, CO as opposed to Denver. What a disappointment. After hitch hiking (not very smart in retrospect) to the bus stop, we spend 2 hours waiting for the Greyhound only to find out that it wasn't coming until 1am instead of 6pm. Although it sounded like a lot of fun to hang out at the Diamond Shamrock in the middle of the night with a 7 week old baby, Eric drove the 4 hours down to pick us up. We were all very happy to see him. "Sarge", the man who loved Colorado because he had scored lots of free pot and found lots of bridges to sleep under in good weather, was a bit disappointed that he couldn't ride back to Denver with us. Sorry Sarge, we could only pick up one hitch hiker and Heather, our new friend from Littleton, was the chosen one. This was the short story, the long one involves the opportunity to get in a pick up truck with a strange old man, running to the closed convenience store where our luggage was stored and a box with my grandmothers silver tea set. Really, it was too traumatic to really explain here. Addy was a trooper. The only time she got really upset is when we were in the restaurant (closed at the time). Apparently she was really sick of being all cooped up so once I laid her on the booth, she was as happy as could be.
Here are pics of the great part of the trip.
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Didn't the doctor tell you not to hitch hike before Addy had her vaccinations? She's so cute and getting so big! What a good girl, and that's a great story to be able to tell her one day.
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