We flew to Houston, TX to see Derek's Uncle Mike, Aunt Margaret, and cousins Jeff and Michael before heading to Dallas for a residency interview. Our first flight from MSP to Houston went well! Adam only fussed a couple of times, but otherwise was a very happy baby. We had to laugh, because he was flirting with the flight attendant. She would smile at him and he just kept smiling and cooing at her! He is now in a new mode of being very very talkative, so he will go on for 15-20 minutes just babbling. She apparently caught his attention so he was pretty funny to watch! We landed in Houston on Saturday afternoon and uncle Mike picked us up at the airport. We went back to Mike and Margaret's house and chatted for the afternoon. Derek wanted to learn how to smoke meat on Uncle Mike's smoker so we spent some time out by the hot tub while Derek and Mike smoked up some pork. Adam got to splash his feet in the hot tub, which was luke warm and fabulous! This was the first time Adam was outside in something other than a full outfit and hat, since of course Minnesota is very cold now! He loved kicking around and splashing! Then we went to Pappacitas for Margaritas and chips while we waited for the meat to smoke! We had fun chatting and getting to check out a little Houston culture! After we got back, we enjoyed fabulous pulled pork and the boys all played ping pong! Luck for us, Mike and Margaret had set up a crib for Adam, so we got a great night of sleep and Adam even slept in until 8! We woke up to a day of rain, but enjoyed watching the football games and snacking around the Christmas tree. We had a blast! We were sad to have to leave already on Sunday night.
We flew to Dallas Sunday night and got into our hotel and ready for my interview the next morning at UT Southwestern and Children's hospital. Adam and Derek spent Monday together while I did my interviewing. Everything went well, though Adam got a little fussy for Derek and also had a pretty good blowout! (I laughed a good deal at that one :-) ) After my interview, we had an hour to spend before we had to fly back home, so we went to go see where JFK was killed. We walked around the street where he was shot and got to stand on the X that they have continually marked on the road where each shot took place. They also have left the window on the depository half-open that Lee Oswald shot from (supposedly?). We got to hear about the different theories of his death and walked around with Adam. Derek loves the history, so we had a great time! Then it was time to head back to the airport and get on our plane back to Minnesota.
While we had a wonderful whirlwind visit to Houston and Dallas Texas, we were sure glad to be home again in our own beds. Vicky picked us up from the airport and came to visit for a bit with Tracy. Turns out, Tracy missed Adam already! haha! We are sure lucky to have her watching him!
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