The Rest of SV 2011

So three days of vacation blogged so far. I've come to the conclusion that it would take me weeks to keep doing blogs for parts of our trip, so here are the rest of our events in one large picture-filled blog.

The humid heat was effectively fought off one afternoon in the kiddie pool!

Fun with Uncle Rob

Helena was introduced to Indy racing. You've got to start early, right?

Check out those muscles!

My mom may not have those huge muscles, but she can lift 90 pounds!

Helena was babysat by Kayla, who I babysat for starting when she was 2 months old.

Papa got to take his little Smooch'ems (yes, that's his nickname for Helena!) on a few bike rides.

Her chariot was so comfortable she fell asleep!

We don't have a rocking chair at home. It didn't take me long to learn how wonderful it is to rock my baby to sleep. Plus, Helena was having a hard time falling asleep in all the new places. So we changed her sleep routine so that we put her down already asleep. By the time we were visiting John's family, it was taking a very long time to get her down for naps or for bed. So, lesson learned.

Picking flowers with Grandma

Learning about Bubba Sam the Cat

A wonderful part of seeing John's family was spending time with our nephew Jack. He's been sick during our last few visits but this time he was a spunky little boy!

Swimming with the cousins is definitely going to be a tradition.

We were fortunate to be in MN for two important weddings, the first being that of John's cousin Rachael.

Four generations! Helena has now met her three living great-grandmothers.

The other wedding we attended was our good friend Sonia's. I still can't believe she's married!

Last stop was at my Fufu's. Fufu is Bengali for paternal aunt, and since Aunt Connie came to Bangladesh when we were there, it has become an appropriate nickname.

All in all we had a great trip. Helena is more than ready to be out of her car seat for a LONG LONG time, and we're glad to be home.