This past weekend, we all went to Boston for a wedding. My former boss at the Boston University Fitness and Recreation Center got married. It was such a great wedding! I love seeing people so happy.
It was a really fun trip, but boy, was it a long one. We were only gone two days, but it felt like forever. Brett almost wasn't able to make the trip with Sophia and me. His work shipped him off to fly to Buffalo that morning, so he couldn't drive with us to the hotel outside of the city. We had to drive separately, and he ended up meeting us at the wedding. Thankfully, Sophia slept the entire car ride to Boston, which made my drive a lot less stressful. I spent the entire morning packing everything, and the drive was relaxing compared to all the running around that I did in the morning. It's amazing how much STUFF you need when you travel with a baby. And we only stayed one night!
The ceremony was gorgeous. Kris and her fiance (now husband), Dennis, were just beaming. They got married on the grounds of an inn, under a grove off trees on the banks of a pond. The leaves had changed colors by that time too, so the surrounding area was beautiful. I shot a bunch of pictures of the ceremony. They are in the posting above.
Their reception was in a big tent right near the pond. I completely flaked during my prep time at the hotel, and I forgot Sophia's food in the room. Nice...and it was at least a 20 minute drive back to the hotel. So, Sophia learned how to eat table food that night. We filled her up on crackers and apple pieces, and she liked the rolls and pasta alright. Thankfully, I did remember the Cheerios and yogurt bites, so she ate something other than carbs that evening.
We got to visit with a lot of people that I used to work with and hadn't seen in while. My friend, Sam, who worked under Kris during the same time I did, ended up bunking up with us, so we had some good quality visiting there. She lives all the way out in Washington state, and we really don't get to talk a lot. Sophia just loved her! She pretty much went right to Sam when she walked in the door of the hotel room! I was so surprised! They must be kindred spirits deep down.
So the wedding was on Friday night, and we had a great time. The next day, we packed up everything and drove to a T stop to take the train in to the city for the day. We ended up walking around the Boston Public Gardens, and Sophia sat on the duck statues in the park. It was a crisp but sunny day, and the city was peppered with people and strollers. I never realized how difficult it was to ride the subway with a stroller. Brett and I carried that thing up and down stairs more times than I can count! So, we walked around the gardens and the Common. Then, we went out to Long Wharf and ate lunch at Legal Seafood. YUMMMM... We hopped back on the train, got off at Arlington, and walked Newbury Street with EVERYONE ELSE in the city. It was packed! Sophia fell asleep on the walk down Newbury and stayed asleep on the train ride out of town. All that fresh air knocked her out.
We ended up stopping at a mall just outside of town to let Sophia crawl around in a play area before we hit the road for good. Poor girl had been in either a stroller, carseat or high chair the entire day, so she was happy to get out and speed crawl for a while. We hit the road around 6 and caravaned back to Albany, Brett in his car and Sophia and me in the other. We were all pooped when we got home. All-in-all, it was a great trip, and well worth the effort.
