AAAA

Every year we have the opportunity to go up to AAAA with my Dad. (this year Kris had to work and have class so he didn't make it. I went up with my sister.) We always get bags of cool stuff, tons of reusable bags, and food. We get to see old friends and of course, see helicopters. Last year Wesley wasn't quite old enough to enjoy all the goodness of the experience. This year he was more aware. He could say helicopter and airplane. He started to shake peoples hands, and turn away from others. He could run around. And sit in helicopters. Wesley wasn't too sure about the noise of the helicopters, it freaked him out pretty bad. He warmed up to people pretty fast, and enjoy shaking their hands if Grandpa was shaking their hands. Some people had special stuff for him from seeing him last year, and whenever someone would give him something he would hold on to the item for dear life. If you tried to take it away he would scream. We were only there for one night of events and a day, then we had to come home.

While we were up there we were able to go to lunch with some good friends, and mom and I walked around Opry Mills Mall now that it opened up after the floods a few years ago. Wesley slept in his stroller the entire time we walked around the mall which was nice.


A funny story or two:

The night we stayed, we actually stayed at the Opry Land Hotel. We stayed in my parents room. There were two beds, so my sister and I shared a bed and my parents were in the other. Wesley was going to sleep with my sister and I, but as we were getting ready for bed, my Dad came over picked him up and put him between my mom and him. It was so funny. My dad is attached to Wesley just a little bit. I briefed them and told them he would wake up in the middle of the night and probably want juice, gave them his juice, and his little blanket. Well sure enough about 3 o'clock in the morning he woke up saying juice juice juice, but mom couldn't find the juice cup. We had the "juice search of 2012". WE all had a good laugh in the middle of the night. The next morning we were all awake at 630 and all very tired.

When we first got to AAAA, we walked into the room to drop off our bags, and GPA was on the phone. He just casually waved to Wesley. Apparently wasn't happy with that, and went up to him and slapped him on the arm to get his attention.