Sunday, September 20, 2009

First Trip to Minnesota!

Andrew, Claire and I traveled to Minneapolis/St. Paul this weekend for our friends, Chrissy and Damon's wedding. Chrissy was my wonderful roommate our junior year at Macalester and is still one of my best friends. We stayed with my brother, Todd, and his family who live in St. Paul and had a great time with them. The wedding was beautiful and so much fun thanks to Todd and Liz who watched Claire, so that Andrew and I could have a date night. We also squeezed in a lunch with another awesome friend/roommate from Macalester, Lucy, and a dinner with friends, Becca and Matt. Becca, also a great Mac friend, went to UNC for graduate school as well where she met and married Matt. We became very good friends with them while in Chapel Hill and were excited to see them again. Last Thursday, before leaving, Claire took her first army crawl! Here are some photos from our trip.

Claire's cousin Brendan, shared some of his toys with her. She really liked the stuffed horse. Later, she fell over and pulled the horse on top of her. It looked like she was trampled.




Claire posed for a few photos in the guest room.




Liz took us to Como Park.



Uncle Toddie and Claire.

Cousin Brendan, Uncle Toddie, Claire and Momma.
Chrissy and Damon's reception was at the James J. Hill Library in downtown St. Paul.



Macalester friends Rich and Jess.

Claire in her Aunt Liz's old high chair that her cousin, Brendan, also used.

Lunch with Lucy.

Becca and Claire.

Even though Claire was worn out from a long day, she was pretty adorable while meeting Chrissy and Damon for the first time.

3 comments:

DC Nahm said...

Todd's beard is cool.

Mia said...

In the pictures of Claire on the bed in the middle one she looks like her Momma! Most of the time I see Andrew, but in this one Definitely MR!

Anonymous said...

Wow, great photos. You did alot in a very short time and certainly looked like you were having fun. Jill