Nicholas's First Trip

Two weeks ago we took Nicholas on his very first trip, and went to visit Scott’s sister’s family in Colorado. Nicholas slept horribly the night before we left, so we were worried we were in for a terrible flight. Luckily, he was exhausted from the night before and slept the entire flight other than when he woke up to eat. He didn’t actually wake up completely until we got to the car rental place.
(Asleep at the gate)

(Still asleep on the tram)

We arrived on Thursday and drove to Wendy’s house. It was wonderful seeing her and seeing how well she has recovered! Nicholas was super excited to meet her and his cousins.

On Friday we took a tour of Schriever AFB with Damon, and Mimi and Grandaddy arrived that evening.

On Saturday we went to Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. It’s an awesome zoo – set up on the side of Cheyenne Mountain. You work your way uphill through the zoo and the view of Colorado Springs and the surrounding area gets better the higher up you get. There is a great giraffe exhibit where you can actually feed and pet the giraffes.

After the zoo we drove through Garden of the Gods – absolutely amazing rock formations that just jut out from the earth. Breathtaking!!

Nicholas didn’t see much of it – but he looked adorable as we drove through the park.

Super Baby!

On Sunday we planned to go up to Pikes Peak but realized that Nicholas was too young to travel to that altitude, so we headed to Royal Gorge instead.

First, we took an incline railway down into the gorge.

(View of the bridge from the bottom of the gorge)

Then we took a walk across the bridge that crosses over the gorge.

And finally we took a gondola ride across the gorge.

Nicholas managed to fall asleep in the Baby Bjorn and we put Grandaddy's baseball cap on his head to give him some peace and quiet. Too cute!

On Monday we had to say goodbye, but not before we took some pictures of the cousins all together.

Here's a cool shot of the Denver airport.

Nicholas (and Scott and I) had a great trip!