Crusing

I have been growing more adventurous the older Wyatt gets. I made two trips this month, both driving, that were extremely successful. He is always very well behaved but for some reason when I take him out of his comfort zone I expect him to freak a little. He never does. It always takes me by surprise. I guess it shouldn't. He is so happy ALL THE TIME. Its unnatural really.

Lizzy needed to head down to Baltimore for college orientation at Loyola. It seemed like the perfect opportunity for me to test out the trip to Baltimore with Wyatt since Terry lives there most of the time. Then Rebecca decided to join us for the pool and free dinners. I booked a hotel downtown by the Inner Harbor for 2 nights and called it a vacation. The ride down was extremely pleasant because Rebecca had the foresight to get Wyatt the Cars movie. Oh my God, I have seen that movie about 1472 times since. He is in love. Big time. He slept for most of the ride, then when he woke up Lizzy put the movie on and he was content. Driving at high speeds with a screaming toddler while reaching behind you trying to console is the definition of accident and perhaps my worst nightmare. But seeing how smoothly the ride went I would definitely give it a shot by myself.

Then, of course, in classic Lizzy fashion when we get to the hotel she goes and asks the concierge for an upgrade. Literally, she makes up some HUGE story about her sisters boyfriend coming home from Iraq, he's surprising her, so we need more bedrooms, and he has never meet his son. Lies, upon lies, upon lies. But it works and the hotel is in love with us and thinks its the cutest story. So they give us a 2 bedroom suite, with jacuzzi, harbor views, which is normally priced at $800/night. I felt like I was a princess sleeping in my king size, 4 poster bed, with french doors opening our two harbor view bay windows. Terry feels that is is highly immoral when I fill him in on the plan but he stopped complaining as soon as he saw the room.

We had a great time, letting Wyatt run around the hotel room, around downtown Baltimore, around Loyola. He was so excited by his new surrounding that he went to sleep around 11 each night. We took advantage of the indoor pool, also a Wyatt favorite. He charmed the pants off of every hostess we encountered. Even managed to get free gummy bears from a closed ice cream shoppe, which he loved so much that Rebecca, Terry, and I had to take turns to get him more. Rebecca and I took Wyatt on the water taxi. He enjoyed the boat ride but LOVED the hand stamp. Typical kid. Happy with a paper box.

My second trip, I made by myself to Connecticut to visit my friend Kelly. To break up the trip we took the ferry from Port Jeff to Bridgeport. I thought Wyatt's head was going to explode. Seeing the cars go on and off the ferry, then actually being on the boat. I thought it might be too much for him. He grew so over confident on the boat that he wanted to climb the stairs leading between decks by himself. At Kelly's, he was as comfortable as anywhere, running circles around her house, helping himself to anything in Kelly's fridge. We also made his first trip to Chuck E Cheese. Seriously, this place is like crack for kids. He ran himself insane but made for a great nights sleep afterward. It was truly a great time and has now got me planning many more trips.