Illinois Visit Part 1

This plush airport seat is way better than my high chair!

These girls look like they are up to no good

Riley and Great Grandma Jean

2nd cousins Cydney and Michelle and Great Aunt Sheila

Digging in the dirt with my feet, this feels great!

Loving Great Grandma Jean

Great Aunt Chris

Why do Riley and Great Aunt Peg have the same strange look on their faces?

Daddy, Riley and Mommy posing near the pond

Sitting on the target deer.

Playing outside with Aunt Amy and Great Grandma Jean

Sticking my toes in the pond

Grandpa Kelly took me fishing off the dock

Grandpa, Riley and Mommy

Great Grandma Charlotte, I like your necklace!

Having fun with Grandma Cathy

A rare pouty face

I liked watching Lucky chasing the ball that Dale threw

Relaxing with Great Grandma Charlotte

Great Grandpa John and I both like blue!

This bald baby has absolutely no idea what to do with hair scrunchies.

A visit from 2nd cousins Sophie, Katie, and Great Aunt Maggie

Riley and Grandma Cathy

Great Grandpa John, Mommy, Riley, Grandma Cathy and Great Grandma Charlotte

4 generations of Burdzilauskas girls

Last week Riley made her first trip to visit family in Illinois. Every year Chad recruits U of I engineers to work at Clorox, so he was working for most of the week while Riley and I were playing.

The flight out was interesting...our first rodeo. And we just couldn't catch a break. We ran into a rare headwind, so the flight was longer than usual and ended up lasting just over 4.5 hours. The pilot was expecting turbulence so we needed to remain in our seats for most of the flight. And of course it was a completely full. Riley did well for the first few hours, but understandably got bored of sitting in our laps despite the many toys we had. The seatbelt light clicked off for a few minutes and she was happy when Chad walked her around, but unfortunately they had to return to their seats again too soon. Despite a little fussing, she did really well for a 7 month old!

Our first stop was Grandpa Kelly's farm. She had a fantastic time outside, looking at the trees, digging her feet in the dirt, and playing in the grass. Many of her great Aunts and Uncles and 2nd cousins came to visit, and it was wonderful to meet all of them. Great Grandma Jean visited, too; Riley was happy to spend time with her again. Grandpa Kelly had fun showing Riley around the farm and even took her fishing (they didn't catch anything).

Then Mommy and Riley went to stay at Grandma Cathy's house. Again, we had fun meeting new people (Great Aunt Maggie and 2nd cousins Sophie and Katie) and seeing great Grandparents again. Grandma Cathy enjoyed showing Riley all the flowers and plants that she has in the yard and nature girl Riley of course loved this!