Tyler's First Visit to Atlanta

We spent the Labor Day weekend with Brian's extended family in Atlanta. Tyler was such a trooper and loved meeting his cousins, aunts, uncle, and great-grandparents. We started off the trip at DFW on Friday afternoon. Brian and I made sure we were the very last to board the  plane to minimize "sitting" time. (Tyler doesn't like to be held when you are sitting down. He wants to be held standing up...high maintenance, I know!) I fed him during take off to help with his ears but about 30 minutes into the flight he started to scream. We tried everything we could but nothing seemed to work so I got up and held him in the back of the plane. I think what it came down to was him being overly tired. We left for the airport around 2 and didnt get him to fall asleep until we were getting our rental in Atlanta around 9. Here are some pics from the flight over.

Heading to the airport

Dont let this picture fool you...the smile was VERY short lived. 

Look who FINALLY fell asleep.

Saturday we spent the day hanging out with the family and celebrating Grandmom's birthday. We always have such a fun time when we go to Atlanta. The cousins introduced us to a new game, Spikeball. The boys spent a lot of time outside playing. 

Tyler was quite the hit. There were times that he had up to 8 people touching and playing with him and he never once fussed. I think he enjoyed all the attention :).

Grandmom and Grandude

 Aunt Leigh

Michael loved playing with Tyler and Tyler loved staring at Michael!

Lots of attention!

 He needed some pictures with mommy since she is always the one behind the camera.

 Grandude got out a dancing monkey and Tyler loved it!

 "Hey dad your beard is scratchy!"

 Playing a little poker. This was only my second time to really play and I actually was winning! WOHOO!!!

 Michael and I ended up having the same cards so we got to split the pot. 

This was the whole crew (minus Scott, Adrian, Jackson, and Will. They had to stay in Dallas because the boys were sick.)

Tyler was a champ and did great with naps and sleeping at night. We headed back to the airport on Monday and he did great on the flight back! Yes, I did have to change his diaper on both flights. Brian was worried he was going to fall in the toilet! 

Walking the aisle to keep this little man happy. Tyler's face cracks me up!

We survived!!!

It was a very long day of travel but we were so glad to get to spend time with family. We hope to visit again soon!