When a work trip to Brownsburg, Indiana presented itself, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to take Sam to the homeland.... I mean heartland. And it was a good time to visit as a few of our family members who wouldn't otherwise be around were in the area at the same time.
Sam did really well on his first flight! He slept the whole time! Even the crew marveled as we left the plane as he hadn't made a peep the entire flight!
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| Taking a ride on the shuttle to the gate |
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| Just about to board his first flight |
Our first stop was at Bob Evans (Grandpa Kramer would be proud!) to visit cousin Jenna and Alexis and to meet baby Makai! Kai is such a sweet, tiny baby! We could have cuddled him all day!
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| Us and Baby Makai |
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| Happy Uncle Shawn with Makai and Sam |
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| Cousins Jenna and Sam |
From there, we booked it to Logansport for a cookout at Bucky and Mandy's house. We had an awesome evening with everyone and were so glad that Sam and Grandma Kramer got to spend a little more cuddle time together.
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Back row: Ben, Debbie, Butch, Cody, Shawn, Heather, Bucky, Mandy, Jim, Ryan
Front row: Arrick, Grandma Kramer, Sam, Courtney, Kim, Christian, Tina, Grayson, Tyler, Jen, Mason |
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| Grandma love |
It was a must that Sam visit an Indiana staple - Arni's - for some pizza! I guess we'll have to go back when he's on solids so he can get the full experience.
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| Arni's! |
To be closer to the area where I was working, we ended up staying at the Westin Indianapolis our last two nights in town. Sam sure made himself at home in our Westin Heavenly bed with this two friends - giraffe and moose. Actually, Sam slept in a Westin Heavenly Crib.... how cute is that? He was so good to us and slept really well in the hotel room despite being away from home and being put to bed later than usual.
Continuing another week full of firsts, Sam visited a sorority house! The ladies of the Butler University chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma made goo goo eyes over our sweet boy as my Aunt Linda showed us around the house for which she is a house mother. It was so cool to see where she lives and meet the very sweet girls of the house.
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| Sam and Aunt Linda with the Kappa Kappa Gamma Butler Bulldog |
We were so excited that Rick was able to make the trip over to see us while we were in town. We really enjoyed catching up with him and introducing him to our sweet boy. No trip is complete without a historical site visit so we stopped in to look around the Indiana state capitol building, which was just across the street from the Westin.
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| Uncle Rick, President Lincoln, Sam and Daddy inside the capitol building |
Before heading home, we did a little shopping for some souvenirs of our visit. We stopped into the Indiana History Museum to see what treasures we could find. While we didn't come away with anything special from the museum (Sam did get an Indiana state shaped teething ring the day before), we did manage to take a few fun photos to commemorate our trip and Sam's first visit. We're looking forward to our next visit and making more fun memories with Sam in our home state.
Here is the complete
album of photos from our visit.
