This weekend was Uncle Greg and Aunt Heidi’s wedding. And since, you know, Ada wouldn’t be part of Team Manhangeles if she didn’t already have her own frequent flier number, we hopped a plane to Pittsburgh to go see them off to holy matrimony. (Mainly, we didn’t want to make the 9-hour drive with a baby who hates the car seat, but that’s another story.)
Grabbing a coffee before we caught the car to the airport. Ada agreed: it was too early.
Ada has decided that she is definitely a window seat girl. The window was one of the few entertainments on the flight that helped us keep a happy baby. It seems that in the last month since we flew home from Los Angeles, she’s grown just enough and become just active enough for her to get seriously antsy on the plane. Sure, it could have been any number of variables (namely, her eat/sleep/poop schedule) but this flight was definitely more of a stretch for our little bunny than the last time.
But once we arrived in Pittsburgh and made the rest of the drive to Morgantown, it was all gravy. We got to spend time with the groom and Grandma Barb at the hotel, and then spent the afternoon prepping for the rehearsal dinner.
On Greg and Heidi’s big day, Ada had a very special outfit chosen just for her – a junior flower girl’s dress. She got to walk Greg down the aisle in Grandma Barb’s arms. How special is that?
Ada says, “Congrats, you two!”
Check out her junior flower girl dress! So pretty.
After her outfit change at the reception. All that taffeta made her bum sweaty!
Afterwards, it was all a big party, and presented lots of opportunities to visit Uncle Greg the Elder, Hannah, Heidi and many grandparents – Grandma Barb and Joe, the newly-renamed Granddad (formerly known as Grandpa Dave) and Pat, and also her Nana (Great-Nana? Great Grandma Nana? A few naming details remain to be settled.) and Great-Grammy and Great-Grampa.
Snuggle time with Nana
The most exciting toy of all: spoons!
She had a bone to pick with her cousin. He may have had the size advantage, but she’s a Jersey girl, dammit, and she’ll tell him what she thinks.
There were silver bells to ring after the ceremony finished. Uncle Greg may have donated his to the Ada cause. She rang hers until she was nearly asleep.
Greg looks mighty comfortable with babe in arms.
Team Manhangeles, all put together.
The wedding and reception overlooked the West Virginia mountains and the sunset. There was even a nearly-full moon. So lovely! (Also, the wedding cake was half FUNFETTI! Awesome.)
Ada also got to spend time with her cousin Noah, who at 18 months is walking, talking, and really fond of “baby!” He very helpfully buckled Ada back into her car seat just as we arrived at the morning-after brunch.
“Baby??”
Don’t you wanna eat him up?
Hanging out with Hannah and Heidi at the brunch. Big cousins make excellent babysitters… hint, hint!
Daddy after the wedding brunch. Isn’t he pretty?
On our last day, we finished up the brunch, then went back to Greg and Heidi’s house to watch them open up their wedding presents while Ada napped. Then we had lunch together before saying goodbye, and Team Manhangeles retreated back to the hotel to veg for the evening before an early flight home the next day. We took the opportunity to teach Ada some boxing skills. Hey, who knows what might come up on the plane and require some baby martial arts. 😉
We all made it home in one piece, though infinitely grateful for all the times that we can fly into and out of Newark Airport instead of JFK or LaGuardia. (It’s a haul!) A short bit after we got home, Auntie Carly stopped by to welcome us back!
Tummy time is definitely better with company.