East Coast Trip, '09

Ok, now that we've covered Easter, here is the update about the trip to the East Coast. The reason for the trip was business. Stephen had a conference for two days. Jesse and I came along to make a vacation out of the weekend. It's not every day that you get one of your two airfares paid for by someone else to a place that is very close to relatives. So, Jesse and I hung out at the hotel in Maryland for two days, and then we traveled up to New Jersey to visit my Uncle Earl and Aunt Dianne. We were only able to stay with them for 24 hours, but in that time they took us up to N.Y. City. Stephen had never been, so it was a treat for him especially to see the Statue of Liberty, Ground 0, and the Brooklyn Bridge. Although we did not get into the heart of N.Y, we did enjoy walking around South Seaside Village (I think that was the name of it), and eating at a restaurant there. Jesse was spoiled by his great aunt and uncle, and came home with two toy cars (a taxi and a police car) and two "I Love N.Y." onsies. =) Thank you! He also loved my aunt and uncle's huge, 125lb Newfoundland dog, Sydney. That black mass in the front of this picture is her. It made us really excited about getting our own dog for Jesse to play with. =) As far as the actual traveling went, Jesse did really good, but it was exhausting for us to keep him entertained for the long flight to and from the east coast. We are not sure that we are brave enough to try it again any time soon. But we are really glad we were able to make this trip.