Brody's First Vacation

This last weekend Brody got to go on his first vacation. We went to Lyman for a family reunion and to celebrate Shane's grandparents 50th wedding anniversary. We left here on Friday and made it in time for the 50th party. Here Brody met lots of new relatives. He was passed around and held so much that he doesn't know what to do with himself now when we try to put him down. The only times I got to see him were when he was hungry or needed a diaper change. Other than that as long as I could see him I was okay. All I pretty much had to do was look for his Aunt Kara and I knew where he was. She was dying to see him so bad being stuck up in Logan that when she finally got her hands on him it was hard for anyone else to get to hold him. It was her bonding time with him. Saturday we had the Chappell family reunion. It was held at a park. We had food and visited with people that came. Well actually I sat there with Brody while Shane played basketball with his cousins. Once the food was ready though I had lots of people offering to take Brody so that I could eat. Shane's mom won out and we didn't see him again until he'd peed though his diaper and needed a change. It was so hot at the park we ended up back at the house ready for naps. Sunday we went to sacrament meeting where Brody threw a fit during the sacrament because he was hungry. I had some milk in the diaper bag that I had previously pumped so after he had that he was good the rest of the time. It was his first time going to church. After church we had a big dinner with a lot of family there and we were soon on the road back home after that.

Here is Brody being held by his Great-Grandma Chappell. She was one of the many that showered him with love over the weekend. This was at their 50th Anniversary party.

This was also taken at the 50th party. This is Grandma Chappell holding her 2 grandkids Keziah and Brody. Keziah is quite the character. She is at the busy stage where she doesn't slow down very much.

One quick story: Shane and I needed to go to the store one evening so we left him home with his Grandma Bezanson for a little while. They were sitting on her bed and Brody caught sight of the picture of Jesus on the wall. He stared at and studied that picture for 20 minutes. He had a look of recognition on his face. It was like he was looking at it thinking, "I know him." We just thought it was really neat. For as young as he is we've really enjoyed watching him develop and start to figure things out. He's started to realize that when he puts his hands in his mouth he's sucking on himself. He'll put his hand in his mouth and get kind of startled then he'll put it back in his mouth. I really love being a parent.