Andrea’s Weblog

Elizabeth’s first girls-only vacation to the midwest to meet her Great
Grandma Poffenberger was great. I was worried about flying alone with
her, but she decided to sleep on both flights each way. The Benadryl I
gave her for her ears helped with that on the longer flights. She had
her own seat on one flight, but the others she had to stay on my lap. I
was just praying that the person sitting next to us wouldn’t be one of
those people who turns her nose at breastfeeding in public. But how can
anyone complain if the baby is quiet?

We met up with Grandma and Aunt Kirsty in Chicago-Midway and drove 2
hours across the corn and soybean fields to Polo, IL
http://www.poloil.net/ It’s hard to tell what Elizabeth expected when
we told her we were going to visit a nursing home-she probably thought
it was a dream come true. She probably wasn’t too disappointed when we
arrived, because there are a lot of parallels between her life and her
Great Grandma’s. Until we wheeled her into the nursing home she thought
that you had to grow up and learn to eat by yourself and walk on your
own, but they make strollers, diapers and bibs big enough for adults.

Between visits to the nursing home we took some hikes at the Pines
(where we were staying in a log cabin), shopped at Farm and Fleet, ate
Butter Burgers (an actual menu item) and had our traditional DQ
Blizzards. Elizabeth’s Grandma taught her about curlers and her Aunt
taught her about jumping on the bed and off of swings. I think we all
had a great time!