Emerald Bowl trip

We just got home from our bowl trip to San Francisco late last night. It was a challenge for sure. A six hour flight, a three hour time change, a week in a hotel - all with a seven month old. And to top it off, JP caught a terrible cold from the plane ride out, so he was pretty miserable most of the trip. Poor little man :(

Even though he was a little more fussy than normal, he still kept his happy little personality most of the time, and enjoyed meeting his cousins, Paige and Peyton and his Uncle Vince and Aunt Monica. He also got to see his grandparents and meet his second cousin Gina and her boyfriend, Johnny and some of Jason's friends from college.

Our hotel was very nice and we had a great set up with a suite with a joined room with the grandparents. At least we had some space to walk JP around all night, since he barely slept!!!!
Unfortunately, we lost the game. (two incredibly terrible calls from the refs really changed the momentum or else we might have stood more of a chance, IMO). And it might take us a couple weeks to re-coop. But, we're glad we made the trip so we could all be together for our first Christmas as a family :)

The view from our balcony:
Peyton in her beautiful Christmas dress:
Paige snuggling with JP:
JP on the airplane, testing out daddy's headphones:
The hotel lobby:
JP loving his card more than his presents: