In July right before Samuel’s 1st Birthday, all of us traveled across country to Long Island to visit with Joe’s side of the family. We had a really great time, despite the challenges that Samuel had with traveling (we spent the majority of the plane trip both ways trying to keep him from crying through both flights). Although we were tired when we arrived, after a few hours of rest, all of us were much happier and Samuel was so happy the whole time we were there.
Both Samuel and I got to meet a bunch of cousins, aunts, uncles, and say Happy Birthday to Joe’s Grandma Olsen. Curtis who is Joe’s youngest cousin was really excited to meet Samuel and they both had a blast together:
Curtis even taught Samuel how to play the piano:
Grandma Olsen was excited to see Samuel too, since she hadn’t seen him since he was 2 weeks old:
Most of the time while we were there, we just relaxed around the house. They had a pool, so we took Samuel in a few times. Here is a family shot of us in the water:
Samuel loves to be thrown up into the air, and he had even more fun in the pool. He looks like he’s perfecting his stunt moves:
Samuel loved being on top of the raft:
When he was on the raft by himself, he actually fell asleep more than once. We didn’t get a picture of it, but we did catch a picture of him sleeping in the crib, which is impressive since he normally wakes up when we open the door:
One of the days we were there, we had a babysitter for Samuel for the day so that we could travel to the Big Apple to see The Lion King on Broadway. It was such a great gift that Joe’s parents gave us and we had a wonderful time. The show was amazing and we even had fun playing at the huge Toys ‘R Us across the way. Here is a picture of us in front of the sign:
We had such a great time and can’t wait to go back and visit again once Samuel is old enough to enjoy the traveling!
