We made our third trip to Dallas in October. Nathan did a great job on the plane rides…he played and watched videos on the way there, and slept most of the trip home. I think it helped that he had his own seat without a carseat this time.

It was great to see my grandma (”GiGi” to Nathan) and so special that she got to spend time with Nathan. My Uncle Allen took us out to the Arboretum in Dallas, where we had a really neat opportunity to get professional pictures of Nathan taken. The weather was perfect, and there were gorgeous flowers blooming and pumpkins everywhere. It was a really great day.

Frontier Village. Nathan loved running through here.

Pumpkins

Running through the frog fountain

We also made our 3rd trip to the Dallas Aquarium, which we love. Nathan still talks about some of the animals we saw. Uncle Allen bought him “Curious George at the Aquarium” and he loves pointing out the octopus and penguins to tell me “I saw that at aquarium!” He also thought it was pretty neat to see a jaguar there.

Uncle Allen feeding birds

One morning my Uncle brought over his guitar and played Itsy Bitsy Spider for Nathan. Nathan was interested in checking out his guitar, but the neatest part was when he hopped up to the piano and they played some music together.

My Grandma invited some family and friends over one afternoon, which she often does when we come. We were surprised and happy to have so many people come. I know it meant a lot to my grandma and I love seeing as much family as I can while we’re there

Can’t wait to go back next fall!