Over Memorial Day weekend we flew back to Pennsylvania to visit my family. There were a lot of family members anxious to see him. It had been almost a year since we last visited and Kevin had changed a bit since then!! Above is a picture of Kevin in our driveway ready to head to the San Francisco airport. He hauled Mom’s suitcase most of the trip. He entertained quite a few folks at baggage claim.
When we stay in PA we stay with my sister and her family because they have a big house with plenty of extra room for all of us. My nieces had a great time getting to know their cousin again. They put him to work out in the big backyard helping them water the plants (below)
One of the first things on the itinerary for our trip was a little triathlon in Mt Gretna on Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Friday I spent the day putting my bike together and then taking a drive on the bike course with my Dad and Uncle Jim. Uncle Jim always likes to point out places where I can cheat and cut corners. 
We also fit in a visit to see my Dad at work at the volunteers’ office of the Good Samaritan hospital. He loves showing his grandson off to all the ladies in the office.
Saturday was the race and the entire family made their way out to Mt. Gretna early in the morning to spectate. I think everyone had fun watching me suffer. I had a good time and it was a well organized event. The bike course was pretty hilly but the run was on a railroad bed trail that Heather and I had run on in the past. I really enjoyed that part of the race. The results of the race are on my website.
After the race we spent lots of time with family and visiting friends. Nanny took Kevin to visit Marshall, her horse. The picture on the left is from our 2008 visit, the one on the right is from this year.
By far Kevin’s favorite part of the visit to the farm was playing with the pitchfork in the hay…yes we’re horrible parents for letting him play with a pitchfork…but it did make for some great pictures and he had a blast as can be seen below.
Finally we packed up and started the trip home. We were a bit worried on the 6 hour flight home as Kevin was super hyper and very loud. We were not making many friends around us. He had learned to “sing” at my sister’s house while playing Guitar Hero and was practicing his best Adam Lambert whiny/screeching singing voice for the first hour of the flight! Finally he lost energy and fell asleep on Heather’s lap. I had loaded episodes of Dora the Explorer and Sesame Street on my iPhone and that helped put him to sleep. He would sit on Heather’s lap watching, fighting to stay away, but eventually his eyelids got REALLY heavy until he fell asleep.
After a peaceful (for everyone) 2 hour nap Kevin was awake, had a snack and seemed to be enjoying himself. 20 minutes before landing in San Francisco he was sitting on my lap when all of a sudden he started vomiting like a volcano. He was completely covered and I started feeling a wet, warm feeling soaking into my lap. Two minutes later he was sitting in his diaper in his own seat giggling like nothing had happened. Meanwhile I’m sitting in a pile of puke and smelling wonderful. I must officially be a Dad now because I wasn’t even phased by this…I mean, what can you do?
Aside from the final vomit event, it was an excellent trip and Kevin was a real trooper. He adjusted well to east coast time and to the new surroundings and thoroughly entertained the family.
Tags: Family, Friends, grandparents, pennsylvania, race, Travel, Triathlon
Today, we were getting Kevin’s tricycle out of the garage to let him ride around when all of a sudden he yelled “I need a HELMET!” We whipped our heads around to see who just said that and sure enough he repeated it again in an urgent voice: “I need a HELMET!!” His first complete sentence! Later in the day he seemed to enjoy practicing his new sentence and below is a video clip of him practicing during dinner. Enjoy.
My parents keep saying they are too busy “dealing with me” to have time to update the blog, so I’m considering changing it to Kevin.com and updating it myself. There has been quite a lot of activity around here lately and I thought someone should keep you informed about all the events.
A few weeks ago was Easter and it was a very busy day. My parents dressed me up in a brand new outfit; my Mom even put some kind of mousse in my hair to “give it more body” whatever that means. Then of course I was forced to pose for pictures in the backyard with my new outfit. I did have a cool stuffed bunny from my Nanny in PA to carry around all day. After the “photo-shoot” we went to church and while my parents were at church I played with lots of kids and had my first of two egg hunts of the day. I also got to sit on the Easter bunny’s lap after church and that was a lot of fun. After church it was off to Grandma and Grandpa’s house to meet up with the rest of the family and have another egg hunt. This time I changed out of my nice clothes and got serious. I had eaten a few chocolate eggs before my Mom and Dad caught up with me!
Dad knows I love technology and recently installed a new App on his iPhone call Smack Talk . I’m having a lot of fun with it because it has a picture of a doggy on it and every time I say something, the doggy repeats it to me. The other day I was in the backyard trying to explain to the doggy the difference between the lawnmower and the blower. Check out the video below.
Also recently there has been a lot of activity at home moving furniture around and painting various rooms in the house. According to my parents I have a new room. I haven’t moved into it yet, but it looks pretty cool.
Below was my parents office before they painted and moved in new bedroom furniture.
This is after they painted. I’m told the bed was my Dad’s and that Grandpa actually sawed it in half to make a twin bed from a queen sized bed. I wonder if Dad was happy about that? Anyway…thanks Dad!
So I finally started wondering why all this room rearranging was going on and I figured it out when I saw my Dad scanning in this picture:
I’m not a doctor but I kind of remember hanging out in Mom’s belly like that not too long ago. So I asked my Mom and sure enough I’m going to have a little brother or sister. I haven’t completely figured out how that’s going to change my life…but for now I’m excited.
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