Danilo's first road trip / Primer Viaje de Danilo

***Ver más abajo para la traducción en español: Primer Viaje de Danilo.***

This weekend, we took a road trip to Red River, NM to see this family!

WARNING - This blog is going to have a

ridiculous number of pictures in it.

They were just all too good!

And after all... this is my online scrapbook - so I think pictures are in order.

First, I had to pack. Wow, packing when you have a little one takes on a whole new meaning.

Especially when packing cloth diapers. Stay tuned for how the cloth diapering is going… Preview: I LOVE it! But there is only one downfall, and that is the bulk. His tooshie is a little bulkier with the cloth diapers. Traveling with them isn’t difficult, so long as you have access to a washing machine wherever you’re going, except that 24 cloth diapers take up way more space than 24 disposables. If we were going to Disneyworld I would definitely travel with disposables. Not that we’re really thinking of going to Disneyworld anytime soon! :( But back to the subject.

Next, we got on the road…

See how excited Danilo is to be on the road? Don't worry. He settled down as soon as we got moving.

The funniest picture never got taken. We were driving along the highway and we passed an old white van going very slowly. In the back window, installed with duct tape and bungee cords, was a window air conditioning unit …you know, the ones that go in houses! I almost peed. Ok, not really. But it was pretty funny.

We arrived after their kids were already passed out. We slept up in the loft, where we had a view down into the kiddos' room. Check out these two! Really, how does one sleep with another's foot planted on their cheek?

We did lots of hanging out and resting. I am not in hardly any pictures because, well, I spent virtually the entire weekend in pajamas. Ha!

Toby (our dog) got LOTS of attention! Particularly from Bay Bit!

Alejandro and Papa Bear went and tasted chili at the town Chili Cook-off, while Kingdom Mama and I hung out with the kiddos and… well, we talked. And blogged. And talked some more. :) It was fabulous.

Danny had his first (and certainly not last) oatmeal bath. Yes, that is the kitchen sink. And yes, that is a popcorn bowl. Yes, he still fits. :)

We even got Danny's smile on camera for the first time! (Although I'm still waiting to catch the one that looks like he's about to squeal!)
Sunday morning, Kingdom Mama made the most amazing home-made chocolate doughnuts! Every, ahem, kid had chocolate on them!

Sunday afternoon we all went for a walk into town.

We took the kids to play at, not one, but two parks...

...and ended the day with ice cream for everyone!

I think you missed some, Little Prince!

All in all, we had an AMAZING time! Thanks guys, for hosting our four-some for the weekend! Sometime, we'll have to return the favor!

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¡Este fin de semana, fuimos a Red River, Nuevo México, para visitar a esta familia!

¡Primero, tuve que empacar! ¡Wow! Empacar para un viaje con un bebé es mucho más difícil. Especialmente con pañales de tela. Me gusta mucho usar pañales de tela, pero hay una desventaja: toman mucho más espacio.

Después, empezamos a manejar... (primera foto)

¿Ven que emocionado está Danilo? No se preocupen. Se calmó ya cuando empezamos a manejar.

La mejor foto no se puedo sacar. Estabamos manejando por la autopista y pasamos un van blanco muy viejo. En la ventana atrás, habían instalado una maquina de aire acondicionado. ¡Eran uno de los que se usan en casas! ¡Que risa me dió!

Llegamos a la casa de nuestros amigos después de que los niños se habían acostado. Alejandro y yo dormimos en el tercer piso con vista hacia abajo al cuarto de los niños.

(segundo foto) ¡¿Cómo se puede dormir con la pata en la cara?!

Pasamos mucho tiempo relajando. Casi no salgo en ninguna foto porque pasé casi todo el fin de semana en mis pijamas. ¡Ja! (fotos de todos dormidos)

Toby - nuestro perro - recibió mucha atención, especialmente de la chiquilla menor. (fotos del perro)

Bañé a Danilo en un tazón con avena y agua. (Foto de Danilo en la pila en un tazon verde.) ¡Que suavecita se quedó la piel!

¡Aún logramos a captar la sonrisa de mi bebé precioso en unas fotos!

El domingo, mi amiga cocinó donas de chocolate. ¡Todos los niños tuvieron chocolate en la cara!

El domingo, fuimos a caminar por el pueblo. Llevamos los niños a dos parques. Terminamos el día comiendo helados.

¡Al final de todo disfrutamos muchísimo el fin de semana!