A's 1st trip to St.Louis!!

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We finally made it to St. Louis!! We were so excited to be able to go back to the city we love! And this time it was even better because we had A with us!! :) We also had more friends to visit this time since M and B moved back.

Our first night there was pretty interesting....A wasn't sleeping well. About a week before the trip he started this crazy fussing thing around 9:00 every night. We heard from a friend that if you have a really fussy baby then you should try turning on the fan on the stove and see if it helps. Well, it works great with A. It is a lifesaver when he won't stop crying! But of course while we are on vaca in STL there is no stove fan to soothe him. We made a mad dash to Wal-Mart at 12 AM to try to find something that makes some "white noise" that would help soothe the little guy. We ending up buying a clock radio and ocean CD, a hand held vacuum cleaner, and we also tried to find a LOUD fan but this doesn't exist anymore! We tried the Ocean CD first but the sound of the waves scared him instead of soothing him. We decided to tune the radio to an AM station with static. That seemed to work well. Crazy how the boy loves noise! We finally got to sleep sometime around 1:30. But we still managed to make it up and out by 10:00 to go eat at Uncle Bills!! The best Pancake house ever!! :)

On Saturday, we met M, B, and JJ at the Mills Mall and shopped a little and then we went to Lion's Choice (our favorite fast food BBQ place) for dinner. Here are some pics....

Mommy's and babies

Daddy's and babies

A was having a little bit of a problem while we were gone. We recently introduced a small amount of formula into his diet to make life a little easier on me (C) and it stopped him up a little bit. So, needless to say he was a bit fussy. B invited us over to their house to visit and help with A. By the time we got to their house A was fine. We stayed anyways and A had a surprise for us while we were there. The largest poopy diaper EVER!! lol...he saved it for Nanny B. She is the brave soul who volunteered to change it! :) Then she volunteered to give him a bath to make him feel even better.

Getting him ready

Trying to put the diaper on as fast as possible to cheer up the screaming baby. :)

JJ had bath time too. Isn't he cute!!

While we were in STL we went to the zoo. It started pouring down rain right when we got finished feeding A, but we waited it out. It was so humid after the rain. We walked around for a while and got some neat pics...

We also walked around Forest Park and laid on a blanket to play with A. The weather was perfect for this...

And of course Ted Drews!! Still can't believe M hasn't been there! You guys have to try it out! Their cookie dough concrete knocks Skeeters out of the water!! :)

We spent much of our time in the car, either feeding A or changing him. Neither of us our brave enough to take him to the public restrooms to change him because he usually screams his cute little head off. We weren't quite ready to introduce the screaming to the public just yet. Instead we created a little changing table in the front seat of the car! lol Newbies....I know.

Fancy changing table


A little cuddle time after one of the many feedings in the car

We also visited with our friends Mike and Sue and their babies while we were there. It was so good to see them. They had their second baby a week or so after A was born. I don't think V took his camera into their house....I guess he forgot.

Our visit was a little different than usual but it was so much fun. We had a blast. I think we took it easier this time because we had A with us. Usually we run ourselves ragged trying to get everything in but not this time. We really slowed down and enjoyed what we did get to do. We are looking forward to the day when we can take A to a Cardinals game. :)