Oh the Places You Have Been! part 1

I know the title of the very adorable Dr. Suess book is "Oh, the Places You Will Go" but this post is about all the trips Curtis and I have taken since we found out that I was pregnant with Max. This will be a reminder to him someday when he says "Mommy we never go anywhere!" I can say "What about that trip to _____? Was that nowhere?". Seriously though Curtis and I have done more traveling around this year than any other, and in some cases being pregnant didn't affect the total experience too much, on others it did!

Trip #1, April 2009-

We finally made it back to Omaha! Curt and I lived there for three years while he was attending dental school at Creighton and I worked on my master's degree at UNO. We loved living there and we still refer to it often as our first real home. We also had fabulous friends while we lived there and had the opportunity to see a few of them this trip although many have also moved on. Our purpose in going to Omaha was to attend Dr. Geluso's farewell seminar at UNO, but it was the type of excuse we finally needed to go back. I was probably only about 5-6 weeks pregnant at the time and the whole eating issues were just starting to show up. It wasn't too much of a problem until the Herefordt's took us to Lo Sole Mio, my favorite restaurant while we lived there. I didn't enjoy my carbonara as much as I wanted to, sigh. Oh well, I guess we will have to go back!! It was so great seeing the folks we did and taking a long walk down memory lane (although that place has changed!). Overall it was a fabulous trip! Miss you guys much!

Trip #2, May 2009-

The second weekend of this month we packed and headed once again to familiar territory, Disneyland! When Curtis was stationed in Port Hueneme we had season passes and visited the "Happiest Place on Earth" often. We flew first to El Paso where we met up with my family. From there we flew out to sunny California where we immediately needed jackets! They did not know yet about me being pregnant and we decided to surprise my mom with the news on Mother's day, aka Nona's day! We had to tell our news mainly because I wasn't able to go on most of the rides in my delicate condition, and that would have clued them in anyway! I was only 9-10 weeks along at this time, but my mom swears my belly already looked different. Gee thanks mom! The trip was fun although I was limited again by my soured stomach, and the fact that I couldn't ride Space Mountain 200 times. I think the highlights of the trip for me was seeing the new Star Trek film in IMAX and muffins from Mimi's. We'll go back one of these days, so I didn't feel like I missed out on too much!

Nona and Papa hanging out in a giant O? We took pictures with the CALIFORNIA letters outside of California Adventure. They are tearing them down soon so I'm glad we got some pics before that tragedy occurs.
The Simmons' heading in after breakfast. They opened and closed the park everyday we were there. They squeezed every bit of fun they could out of that place!
I "borrowed" some Mickey ears from Bo to take a quick Disneyland picture. I was also showing off my new Jack Skellington sweatshirt. I do love Jack!
Curtis hanging out in the big C. My idea is to collage them all together into a family photo.

Check back for the conclusion of this post soon!